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]