Need a job? Want an affordable home? Come to Tampa. You're not likely to hear those words these days, but 50 years ago, that was the marketing campaign of developers luring Northerners to the Sunshine State. ...more

November 1, 2009

Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu. ...more

October 31, 2009

The year was 1959, and the nation was recovering from a recession. Unemployment was at 1.4 million; foreign relations were strained as Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba; and motorists were complaining about a 2-cent rise in gas prices to 32 cents a gallon. ...more

October 30, 2009

La hermana menor de Fidel Castro colaboró con la CIA en 1964, después de la revolución cubana ...more

October 28, 2009

Colombian rocker Juanes will play a "concert for peace" in Havana with Cuban folk legend Silvio Rodriguez and local salsa stars Los Van Van on Sept. 20, the Cuban Institute of Music announced Tuesday. ...more

August 4, 2009

Fidel Castro met Tuesday with three members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the former Cuban president's first known meeting with American officials since he fell ill in July 2006. ...more

April 7, 2009

MIAMI — Inside the rolling room of El Credito Cigar Company, the air is earthy and fragrant, a mix of coffee and nuts tinged with caramel and leather. Amid those sweet smells, though, workers are worried about a new federal tobacco tax that threatens Florida's $2 billion cigar industry. Starting today, the tax increased from 5 cents to about 40 cents on large cigars, a little less on smaller stogies. Cigar makers say the increase will torch jobs and profits — what's left of them in the recession. ...more

April 1, 2009

Cuban-American voters in Miami remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 22, 2009

Cuban-American voters here remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 21, 2009

Our school system needs to make serious inroads into the education of the bottom 50 percent of our students. ...more

March 13, 2009