I FORGOT TO POST THIS ONE.

I was reviewing my assignment, and I realized that I forgot to post this article! I'm so sorry!

http://cbs4.com/local/visa.students.foreign.2.1537035.html

This is an article about students visa's, and how the United States, in particular ICE, has been cracking down on language schools for undocumented workers.

~Holly Bartow

Liberan a Los Presos Politicos

AN FRANCISCO.— Un grupo de alrededor de 35 personas vestidas de blanco se dieron cita el mediodía del miércoles 31 de marzo frente a la alcaldía de San Francisco en un gesto de apoyo hacia las Damas de Blanco cubanas, y exigiendo la liberación y respeto a los derechos humanos de los presos políticos de Cuba.

La organización conocida como las Damas de Blanco surgió espontáneamente en La Habana, Cuba, en 2003 cuando un grupo de mujeres, madres, hijas, hermanas y esposas de presos políticos comenzaron a reunirse y marchar en actos de protesta pacífica, vestidas de blanco y llevando flores, pidiendo por la liberación de sus seres queridos.

for full article, click here.

[posted by sosa]

President Obama courts anti-Castro stars

MIAMI BEACH — President Barack Obama raked in millions for the Democratic National Committee during a stop here Thursday, but the real prize is an unprecedented endorsement from two of the most influential ambassadors to a critical Florida voting bloc.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35875.html#ixzz0lrRDy8sC

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Gloria Estefan's speech at fundraiser hosted for President Barack Obama

Welcome everyone to our home!
Emilio, Emily and I are very happy that you’re here and we hope you very much enjoy this afternoon!
When our parents brought us to the United States as children they never imagined that the country that had opened its arms to them at a time of crisis would eventually become their country and in turn, our country. They came here to raise us in freedom and democracy so that we could thrive and learn. And that we did. We learned how to listen to and respect different ways of thinking, different nationalities, and different political ideologies.Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/16/1582647/gloria-estefans-speech-at-fundraiser.html#ixzz0lrPoLgBf
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/16/1582647/gloria-estefans-speech-at-fundraiser.html

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Cubans caught between generations

My nephew Julian turned 16 this past week. When I called on Wednesday to wish him a happy birthday I told him he was now an adult. This is it, I said, childhood is far behind; adolescence is over. You are now a grown up.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/17/1583981/cubans-caught-between-generations.html#ixzz0lPZGhoKR

[Posted By: Araceli Vazquez]

The Mariel exodus: from trickle to tsunami

It was April 3, 1980, just days before the Mariel boatlift erupted, and senior Carter Administration officials were meeting to consider the turmoil lashing Cuba.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/17/1584464/the-mariel-exodus-from-trickle.html#ixzz0lPYeGeVD

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Now 16, Elian Gonzalez shown at Cuba youth meeting

HAVANA -- Cuba has released photos of one-time exile cause celebre Elian Gonzalez wearing an olive-green military school uniform and attending a Young Communist Union congress.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/05/1564560/now-16-elian-gonzalez-shown-at.html#ixzz0kjfL27Ok

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Tens of thousands join Gloria Estefan in Calle Ocho march for Ladies in White

Tens of thousands of Cuban exiles wearing white, carrying gladioluses and flags marched for blocks along Calle Ocho with singer Gloria Estefan in support of Cuba's Damas de Blanco, Ladies in White, the peaceful dissidents who last week were attacked by government security forces in Havana.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/25/1547498/calle-ocho-packed-with-marchers.html#ixzz0jF2HfqtX



[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]







Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/25/1547498/calle-ocho-packed-with-marchers.html#ixzz0jF20P0uL

No backing down for Ladies in White protesters in Cuba

Cuba's Ladies in White marched Thursday on the seventh anniversary of the crackdown that sent their dissident husbands and sons to prison, but without a repeat of the government violence a day earlier that triggered a flurry of international condemnations.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1536792/no-backing-down-for-ladies-in.html#ixzz0iqvfvSDx


[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Democrat's Immigration Priorities

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124519474

An article on the wants of immigration reformists on both sides of the political spectrum.

~Holly Bartow

http://cbs4.com/cuba/ladies.in.white.2.1588685.html

Article on the Ladies in white marching in Cuba.

~Holly Bartow

http://www.news-press.com/article/20100426/NEWS01/100426011/1075/More-undocumented-workers-are-filing-returns--advocates-say

Along with the previous two article I posted, this one focuses mainly on the idea that undocumented workers are filing tax returns more in Miami, and the was in which this has affected the community.

~Holly Bartow

White American's may become a Minority

http://cbs4.com/national/whites.minority.status.2.1550229.html

An intersting article on the census and how white's may become the minority race in the upcoming year.

~Holly Bartow

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/01/1559501/detainees-pick-freedom-now-deportation.html

Along with the issue of the census, this is an article that juxtaposes the idea of immigration along with the horrific nature of the earthquake in Haiti. It explores how we have taken action against "undocumented" Haitians' who have fled Haiti, but do nothing against those from Cuba just because of the political situation between Cuba and the US. An interesting piece.

~Holly Bartow

Arizona May Criminalize Presence Of Illegal Immigrants

http://www.justnews.com/news/22718876/detail.html

Just a cool article on Arizona that popped up on a Miami newspaper.

"The proposal would make Arizona the only state to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants through an expansion of its trespassing law. It also would require police to try to determine people's immigration status when there's reasonable suspicion they are in the country illegally.An estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants live in the state."

~Holly Bartow

Obama Says He's Committed To Immigration Overhaul

http://www.justnews.com/politics/22813083/detail.html

"President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year."

~Holly Bartow

Immigration reform backers heading to D.C.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/12/1525105/undocumented-aliens-backers-to.html

This article is about "undocumented immigrants and their U.S-born supporters who plan to board buses next week in Homestead and other Florida cities to participate in a March 21 march and rally in Washington, D.C. urging President Barack Obama to champion immigration reform."


~Holly Bartow

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/education/article/IMMI16_20100415-223005/337760/

A more recent article on the issue of marching for undocumented workers rights.

~Holly Bartow

Funds To Support Democracy In Cuba Not Spent

http://cbs4.com/cuba/cuba.funds.democracy.2.1537331.html

This is an article criticizing the lack of actual money that Congress was supposed to give to Cuba in pro-democracy efforts.

~Holly Bartow

March Remembering Cuban Dissident Held In D.C.

http://cbs4.com/cuba/dissident.cuba.orlando.2.1520330.html

This article is about a march on capital in protest of the death of a man held in D.C. who died after an 85 day hunger strike.

The march was to call attention to the state of affairs in the 'island nation'.

The group of marchers included Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressmen Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart.

~Holly Bartow

Protesting cuts to education

SANTA CRUZ -- Hundreds of students, faculty and workers gathered at the entrances to UC Santa Cruz Thursday morning, effectively blockading the campus and closing it down for the day.
The protesters, who also amassed at universities across the country, were decrying billions in cuts to education nationwide.
Several hundred protesters blocked UCSCs main and west entrances, refusing

http://www.register-pajaronian.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=8472&page=72

Posted by Ramiro Andrade

A new poll finds no clamor for change in U.S. Cuba policy

A new poll found that there is little clamor for change in the U.S. embargo on Cuba.

Forty percent of Americans say the Cuba embargo should remain in place while 36 percent want it ended, and nearly half say they wouldn't visit the island even if allowed, according to a BBC/Harris Poll released Tuesday.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/03/1509267/a-new-poll-finds-no-clamor-for.html

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Cuban Exile’s Plan for a Ferry From Miami to Havana Is Awaiting U.S. Approval

MIAMI — Imagine a ferry from Miami to Havana that costs far less than a flight. Cuban-Americans, who can now visit the island without restriction, could eat lechón on deck, then deliver a shipping container of food to needy relatives by morning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13cuba.html

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

U.S.-Cuba Migration Policy

This article briefly describes the wet feet, dry feet policy and its implications by answering common questions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072701493.html


[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Demanda pone en peligro los vuelos a Cuba

Todos los vuelos directos de Estados Unidos a Cuba podrían suspenderse si la ex esposa de un espía cubano gana una demanda para confiscar el dinero que las compañías que fletan los aviones pagan en la isla por concepto de tarifas, dijeron el lunes abogados que trabajan en el caso.

http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2010/03/02/665783/demanda-pone-en-peligro-los-vuelos.html

English Translation: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/02/1507478/suit-by-spys-ex-wife-could-stop.html?storylink=omni_popular

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Cubans In Miami Celebrate Castro Resignation video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKigSe4-2XE

[Posted by: Araceli Vazquez]

Undocumented worker numbers decline in Miami

http://cbs4.com/local/economy.undocumented.workers.2.1490602.html

Just a brief article stating some facts about how Florida is the only state to see a decrease in the number of undocumented workers. I thought the article was pretty sarcastic, but that could just be me.

~Holly Bartow

Affirmative Action in California

http://www.justnews.com/news/22583158/detail.html

While this isn't necessarily an article that deals with Miami, this article came up on a Miami website, and I think that it is important enough and relevant enough that it should be posted and discussed.

That being said, this is an article about a lawsuit that is trying to reappeal Prop 209, which ended Affirmative Action in Calfiornia's school.

The article goes on to discuss statistics that startled me, about how underrepresented certain groups are in the UC system. I think that this article is relevant because it discusses Latinos in the higher education system.

~Holly Bartow

Colleges use Spanish in application Materials

http://www.justnews.com/education/22491824/detail.html

While this article does not solely focus on Miami, I thought it is an article that deserves some recognition. It's about how US colleges are trying to attract Latino students be putting their application and financial aid pages in spanish. At the University of Florida, which has a "60 percent Hispanic enrollment", they lack the resources to add a Spanish page option. In conclusion of the article, they said that mostly the Spanish option pages were for the parents of Latino students.

~Holly Bartow

Miami to Observe International Day for the Cuban Exile

http://cbs4.com/cuba/cuban.exiles.recognition.2.1505717.html

I thought this article was cool. It's about how Cuban exiles have played an integral part in making Miami what it is today, and how the Miami-Dade County Board declared February 24 as 'Cuban Exile Day'. Which is really cool that Cuban exiles are being officially honored for their part in Miami's history.

~Holly Bartow

Immigration talks between Havanna and US

http://cbs4.com/cuba/US.Cuba.Immigration.2.1506386.html

This is a really good and really recent article about the current state of immigration between Cuba and US. To quote the article, "Cuba said its deputy minister of foreign affairs, Dagoberto Rodriguez, met with Craig Kelly, a deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs and the highest ranking American official to come to the island in years".

There was also conversation later in the article about the exchange of prisoners convicted of spying. Cuba is holding an American convicted of spying, and Cuba supposedly will give him back in exchange for five Cubans convicted of spying that have been held by the US since the 1960's.

~Holly Bartow

Trial for exile Luis Posada

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/22/1492970/trial-for-posada-continues-to.html

This is a very interesting article which I think show an interesting POV between Cuba's and America's political relationship. The article is about a Cuban exile who, in 1997, placed bombs in Havana that lead to the death of one person, and the injury of others. But what makes this case so fascinating is that there are a lot of sealed documents within the case, which have lead to this trial being dragged out for over 10 years.

~Holly

Inside USA - The Cuban-American influence 08 March 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wgBc02O-bI&feature=related

[Posted by Aaron Mendez]