Ortega should pay for election misdeeds

November 20, 2008

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Recent columns

• Different South Florida views on Cuba will get an ear from the next U.S. administration

  November 13, 2008

  For the first time in almost a decade, South Florida's Cuban-American community will have a government in Washington that will listen to differing points of view on how to deal with the Castro brothers' dictatorship in Cuba.

• Fight for freedom repeats itself today

  November 6, 2008

  The story written by Cristiana Chamorro Barrios about her brother, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, and his struggles with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and his increasing efforts to consolidate himself in power, made me think of a book I read 50 years ago.

• Guillermo Martinez: Obama victory could result in isolationism from Latin America

  October 30, 2008

  Many Latin Americans — we might even say an overwhelming majority — will respond positively to the election of Democrat Barack Obama as president of the United States. They don't like George W. Bush. They hate the war in Iraq and blame the Republican administration for everything going wrong in the United States, Latin America and all over the world.

• South America's economy has been hit harder than ours

  October 23, 2008

  Once again, the adage proves true: When the economy in the United States catches a cold, countries in Latin America catch pneumonia. What will happen in South America as the U.S. economy goes through its worst economic crisis in over a half century can only be answered with another question: How bad will things get?

• Immigration reform will have to wait for better economy, not just new government

  October 16, 2008

  Outside of South Florida, neither presidential candidate has said much about immigration. For many in this country, talk about what to do about the millions of undocumented workers in our midst has become the third rail of American politics.

• Hurricanes propel Castro back to power

  October 9, 2008

  While the economy and the credit crisis have created chaos in the United States, in Cuba two hurricanes have done as much or more damage to a country already struggling to survive economically.

• Time to stop ignoring Venezuela

  October 2, 2008

  Venezuela, and all of Latin America, has for the most part been ignored during the U.S. presidential election. There was a mention by Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's nominee, about Venezuela. He said Iran, Cuba and Venezuela are three "small" countries and the United States should not be afraid of them. There was also a passing reference to hemispheric relations in the first presidential debate between Obama and his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain.

• Chávez has many tricks up his sleeve

  September 4, 2008

  A magician does his tricks by distracting the audience from the spot where he carries out his magic.

• Hispanic voters just might decide presidential race

  August 28, 2008

  Picking Denver as the site for this year's Democratic National Convention was a wise choice, one that might help Sen. Barack Obama win the presidential election.