Abelardo and Lucy Gomez, like many of their generation who fled Cuba, have voted for every Republican U.S. presidential candidate for the past 40 years. Their son is another story. Albert Gomez, 39, who works in the family business in...
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Albert Gomez talks on the phone at his office in Miami, Florida.
Cuban-Americans: Generational Shift Helped Elect, Re-Elect Obama
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A soldier next to a placard on the fence line of the "Camp Five" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Guantanamo Debate-Listening Party
The president pledged to close this prison. Tonight, reporters there were following a presidential debate. Reporters camping out at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to cover court hearings for the accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were determined not...
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President Barack Obama
Obama’s Latino Audience Awaits — as Romney Honors Cuban Liberation
Obama. In Orlando. Addressing Latino leaders. Sounds like the Obama campaign’s idea of a day well spent. The day is June 22, according to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. It says it has booked the president for...
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Mariela Castro, white shirt, celebrates the 3rd anti-homophobia festival in Havana, Cuba on May 16, 2009.
Rubio Protests Mariel Castro Visa
In the volatile world of Cuban-American exile community politics, it doesn’t take long for a fire to spread. The medium of the message, in this case, is a sign of the times: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a rising Republican...
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