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• Miami SOS Cuba boaters eager to deliver humanitarian aid, show support A group of boaters with Cuban and U.S. flags met Wednesday afternoon to join an SOS Cuba demonstration near the Miamarina at Bayside Marketplace in downtown Miami. Since the uprising Sunday in the communist island, many Miami-Dade County boaters have said they are willing to deliver humanitarian aid across the Florida Straits. It’s a short voyage that the U.S. Coast Guard warned would be illegal after SOS Cuba supporters started to meet at the Pelican Harbour marina in Miami. Jorge…
• For 3rd night, Little Havana drivers honk to join ‘SOS Cuba’ protest outside Versailles Drivers on Eighth Street honked to feel part of the SOS Cuba demonstration going on for the third night Tuesday outside of Versailles in Miami’s Little Havana. Thirteen-year-old Lola Rodriguez was there with her grandparents. Lola has never been to Cuba, but she has heard the stories about her grandparents having to abandon their homes as children. Lola has also learned about the pain the late Fidel Castro has caused to Cubans on the communist island and to Cuban American…
• Vanguard Digital Advisor review: Automated ETF portfolios with a $3,000 minimum Vanguard Digital Advisor uses an algorithm to create and manage a personalized portfolio centered on Vanguard ETFs. Vanguard; Gilbert Espinoza/Business Insider Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may receive a small commission from our partners, like American Express, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. Vanguard Digital Advisor® is an automated investing service that manages your portfolio for you. The service has a $3,000…
• Gloria Richardson, civil rights pioneer, dies at 99 Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside as she moves among a crowd of African Americans to convince them to disperse in Cambridge, Md. July 21, 1963. | APHer granddaughter said that although she was at the forefront of the civil rights movement, Gloria Richardson didn’t seek praise or recognition. “She did it because it needed to be done, and she was born a leader.” ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gloria Richardson, an influential yet…
• Cubans wonder what's next after antigovernment protests Less than a week after a rare series of antigovernment protests were broken up by police and government sympathizers, and elicited self-criticism from President Miguel Díaz-Canel, things appear calm in Cuba. But many wonder for how much longer. Squares and parks were occupied by government sympathizers with flags on Friday, and the circulation of traffic and people was normalizing. But mobile internet data service – which authorities cut on Sunday – remained limited. “There is political and social erosion ...…
• Cuba's leader lays some blame for protests on his government Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel for the first time is offering some self-criticism while saying that government shortcomings in handling shortages and other problems played a role in this week's protests. But in a televised address Wednesday night he also called on Cubans to not act with hate — a reference to the violence that occurred at some of the rare street demonstrations in which protesters voiced grievances over high prices, food shortages and power outages, while some people also called…
• Don’t act directly to overthrow Cuba’s regime A small group hold signs and Cuban flags as Ramón Saúl Sánchez of the Cuban exile organization Democracy Movement held a press conference requesting that President Joe Biden to come to Miami and meet with Cuban exiles on Monday. | Carl Juste/Miami Herald via APPrevious armed interventions were highly counterproductive. Massive protests have erupted in Cuba against ruthless dictatorship and cruel deprivation. Predictably, President Miguel Diaz-Canel, handpicked successor to the Castro brothers, blames the United States for everything. That is…
• AP source: Biden looks to increase staffing of Cuba embassy President Joe Biden on Monday ordered the State Department to create a working group to review U.S. remittance policy to ensure that money that Cuban Americans send home makes it directly into the hands of their families without the regime taking a cut. He also ordered a review of the viability of increasing staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. The White House is hopeful that a boost in staffing could help it better facilitate civil society engagement following one…
• AP source: Biden looks to increase staffing of Cuba embassy President Joe Biden on Monday ordered the State Department to create a working group to review U.S. remittance policy to ensure that money that Cuban Americans send home makes it directly into the hands of their families without the regime taking a cut. He also ordered a review of the viability of increasing staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. The White House is hopeful that a boost in staffing could help it better facilitate civil society engagement following one…
• ‘He’s a fraud!’ – Florentino Perez slams Real Madrid legend over Manchester United star Juan Mata’s exit in leaked audio The Spanish midfielder left Real during Perez’s period away from the club (Pictures: Getty)Manchester United playmaker Juan Mata is the latest player to be dragged into the leaked audio clips controversy surrounding Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. Spanish newspaper El Confidencial have released a series of recordings over the past week in which Perez has attacked a host of former Real players, calling Iker Casillas and Raul two of the ‘biggest frauds’ in the club’s history. The 74-year-old has vowed…