Fidel Castro

A person drives a classic American car past a floating generator that has not been producing electricity for days in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Americas

Cuba suffers second power outage in 24 hours, realizing years of warnings

Government officials tried to reassure the public that power would be broadly restored over the weekend but acknowledged they could not be sure.

Fidelista Florida: A billboard welcoming visitors to "Florida: The Sunshine 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' State'" is seen April 21, 2022, in Winter Park, Fla. Such billboards, placed in key areas with high visitor traffic and visibility, are part of a protest effort by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) against Florida's raft of anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Commentary

Don't Say Trans: Florida keeps showing just how Fidelista it really is

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Florida's orgy of homophobic lawmaking seeks to make LGBTQ people invisible in the 21st century — just as Cuba's Fidel Castro did in the 20th.

A man poses for a portrait in front of a building.

Americas

Elián González: From international tug-of-war to Cuba’s congress

Associated Press

Elián González recently entered Cuba's congress with hopes of helping his people at a time of record emigration and heightened tension between the two seaside neighbors.

Commentary

On Salazar, are Dems fighting fire with fire — or trying to make two wrongs a right?

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Calling GOP Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar a "socialist" as carelessly as she hurls the word herself cuts Democrats' credibility as foes of disinformation.

From the civil rights movement to the Cuban Missile Crisis, newspaper editor Bill Baggs’ life and legacy

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

The life story of one of South Florida’s most influential newspapermen, Bill Baggs is the April title of the Sundial Book Club.

TRADITION OF RESISTANCE Anti-government protesters in front of a state security building in Holguin, Cuba, last July

As Cuba tries more protesters, is it making an example of historically defiant Holguín?

Tim Padgett

From the Spanish empire to the Castro dictatorship, Holguineros — especially their youth — have been at the forefront of revolt in Cuba. Can that flame last now?

Cuban-Americans, most having traveled from Miami, protest outside the Cuban embassy in Washington D.C. this week.

Commentary

Cuban Exiles Want The World On Their Side, Not Cuba's. Try Persuasion, Not Petulance

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Cuban-Americans want countries to join an anti-apartheid-style front against Cuba. Do they recall how they dissed the anti-apartheid movement?

Commentary

Salazar's Hypocrisy Reminds Us How Harmful 'Socialista' Hysteria Is To South Florida

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Congresswoman-elect Maria Elvira Salazar used the McCarthy tactics she once faced. Her success signals a darker South Florida political culture.

Commentary

Fidel Blindness Is Florida Blindness – And It's The Reason Biden Won't Pick Bass

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARYCalifornia Congresswoman Karen Bass offers a spot-on reason Americans should object to President Trump sending shadowy federal agents to break…

Do Latin American Expats Consider Trump A Democracy Crusader Or Dictatorial Caudillo?

Tim Padgett

In one of the most controversial moments of one of America’s most controversial presidencies, Donald Trump this month sent National Guard troops to…

Sanders Likely To Suffer In Florida Primary With Hispanics. But As Badly As Expected?

Tim Padgett

When Bernie Sanders praised communist Cuba recently, most pundits wrote him off with Florida Hispanics. But in the state’s Tuesday presidential primary,…

Alan Gross makes a statement after arriving back in the United States on Dec. 17, 2014. A U.S. Agency for International Development subcontractor, Gross was imprisoned in Cuba for five years on espionage charges. He told NPR that Sen. Bernie Sanders visited him in detention and remarked that he didn't understand why others criticized Cuba.

National Politics

Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying, 'I Don't Know What's So Wrong' With Cuba

Tim Mak

Alan Gross, an American who was detained in a Cuban prison for several years, tells NPR that Sen. Bernie Sanders visited him in detention and remarked he didn't understand why others criticized Cuba.