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November 30, 2020

Rep.-elect Carlos Gimenez, former Miami-Dade mayor, condemns other mayors that 'allowed mob rule'

Republican Carlos Gimenez, who toppled a Democratic incumbent in November to win a South Florida congressional seat, brings to Washington nearly three decades of leadership in local governance, tackling budget cutbacks, public safety and most recently the coronavirus pandemic.

November 18, 2020

Warnock takes heat for dodging questions about Castro's visit to church

Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock is facing scrutiny after appearing to dodge multiple questions about his former church's decision to host Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in the 90s.

November 17, 2020

Latino voters supported Trump out of fear of Democratic socialists

Some Latino voters who themselves fled dictatorships in their home countries say they supported President Trump because the agenda of the Democratic party too closely resembled the socialist regimes they escaped. 

November 10, 2020

Georgia Senate candidate Warnock was youth pastor of church that hosted, praised Fidel Castro in 1995

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock worked at a church that hosted and celebrated late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in 1995, past news stories and Warnock's biography indicate.

November 8, 2020

Tropical Storm Eta roars toward Florida as hurricane warning, state of emergency declared

A strengthened Tropical Storm Eta is roaring across Cuba on Sunday with South Florida in its sights next after leaving dozens dead in Central America.

November 2, 2020

UFC's Jorge Masvidal praises Trump, predicts 'red wave' in Florida on Election Night

President Trump will be the beneficiary of a "red wave" that hands the incumbent his adopted home state of Florida, UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal told "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night. 

October 22, 2020

US officials targeted on American soil, across the world by purported sonic attacks

Four years ago, dozens of American officials stationed in Cuba started to hear odd cracks and humming in their ears – punctured by rushes of nausea, headaches, muddy vision, memory loss, disequilibrium, and lethargy – all key indicators of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

October 13, 2020

Cuba, China, Russia elected to UN Human Rights Council; US brands it a 'mockery'

Cuba, China and Russia on Tuesday were elected to the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council -- moves that the U.S. branded a “mockery” of the body's intended purpose and as proof the U.S. was right to leave the Council in 2018.

October 9, 2020

Former Gitmo Navy commander sentenced to 2 years for lying about civilian's death

A former Navy commander stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for lying about a drunken fight with a commissary worker who was found dead and floating in the bay.

September 30, 2020

Florida's top city for Cuban exiles goes to bat for GOP in 2020: 'Trump Town'

The city of Hialeah, outside Miami, is known for its Cuban American community of working families, tight incomes and friendships among neighbors -- and as the election nears, many say they're leaning strongly toward voting for President Trump.