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Cuban-Americans

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Cuban-Americans

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Cubans, Retired Bus Drivers, Elderly Latest Ponzi Victims

It may be difficult for the SEC to pinpoint if the latest round of Ponzi schemes involving retired bus drivers, the elderly and Cuban-Americans were credit union members.Since March 3, the commission has stopped three separate investment scams which collectively ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Credit Union Times]

Entities: Cuban-Americans, Williams Industries Inc, Ponzi Scheme

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Human Rights Groups Carry the Same Message of Created Free and Equal

Violations of basic human rights is what unites groups with different, but similar purposes TAMPA, FLORIDA - MARCH 16, 2010 Every 5 seconds during the school day, a Black public school student is suspended. In Cuba, 5,000 citizens were sentenced to prison ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Indymedia Ireland]

Entities: Human Rights, Cuba, Cuban-Americans

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 2 Documents

Air Charter Limited

Us Air Charter Companies Fight Cuba Judgment

MIAMI -- Eight charter companies that provide air travel between the U.S. and Cuba are seeking to block an order requiring they help pay a $27 million award won by a woman who said she was tricked into marrying a Cuban spy.Ana Margarita Martinez won ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Manila News.Net]

Entities: Air Charter Limited, Cuba, Miami (Florida, United States), Cuban-Americans

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Marco Rubio

Why Are Cuban Americans Lukewarm On Rubio?

(Marco Rubio speaks to attendees at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 18. in Washington. Photo by Robert Giroux/)Marco Rubio was born in Miami to Cuban-born parents, became the first Cuban-American speaker of the Florida House, ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by National Journal]

Entities: Marco Rubio, Cuban-Americans, Kendrick Meek, Charlie Crist

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 3 Documents

Republican Party (US)

Latino voters can't wait till mañana | Stewart J Lawrence

Barack Obama won Latino support by promising to reform immigration laws – but so far, he has failed to deliverImmigration reform advocates have been abuzz with the news that President Obama is to meet with Republican senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Immigration, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Charles E Schumer

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

Robert Menendez

Cuba Lunacy

Barack Obama supports a provision in the spending bill before Congress that would allow Cuban-Americans to visit relatives on the island once a year and end limits on the sale of American food and medicines in Cuba. New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (D–Lunaticville) ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Mother Jones]

Entities: Cuba, Cuban-Americans, Robert Menendez, Insanity

First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 07 2010 - 1 Documents

Toys 'R' Us Inc

Broward Commissioner Wasserman-Rubin faces opposition

Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin, facing scrutiny from the Broward state attorney's office, now has an opponent in November.Pembroke Pines Republican Christopher Max Ziadie, a Toys R Us store director who has never run for office, filed ... [Published Mar 07 2010 by Miami Herald]

Entities: Richard Rubin, Cuban-Americans, Toys 'R' Us Inc

First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 07 2010 - 1 Documents

US SEC charges Miami couple in Ponzi scheme

WASHINGTON: A prominent Miami couple was charged by US securities regulators on Wednesday with running a $135 million Ponzi scheme that victimized elderlyCuban-Americans living in South Florida.In a complaint filed in Miami federal court, the Securities ... [Published Mar 07 2010 by The News International]

Entities: Ponzi Scheme, Miami (Florida, United States), US Securities and Exchange Commission, Cuban-Americans

First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 2 Documents

Mike Papantonio: Marco Rubio's GOP Spending Spree

In the T.V. show, "I Love Lucy," Ricky Ricardo had a statement he would unleash when he believed that Lucy had been involved in mischief. He would walk into his home after work and yell across the room in a heavy Cuban accent, "Lucy, You gotta some 'splainin' ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Huffington Post]

Entities: Marco Rubio, Mike Papantonio, Republican Party (US)

First Reported Mar 03 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 4 Documents

Securities: USA's SEC charges couple over unregistered investment scheme

The USA's SEC has charged a Miami couple with fraud alleging that their unregistered investment scheme duped hundreds out of some USD135 million in a real estate-based ponzi scheme, using their affinity with the Cuban-Americans to find their victims. ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Bankinginsurancesecurities.com]

Entities: Gaston Cantens, Cuban-Americans, Mortgages

First Reported Mar 03 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 8 Documents

Couple charged in Ponzi scheme

WASHINGTON - US SECURITIES regulators charged a prominent Miami couple on Wednesday with running a US$135 million (S$189 million) Ponzi scheme that victimised elderly Cuban-Americans living in South Florida.In a complaint filed in Miami federal court, ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Straits Times]

Entities: Ponzi Scheme, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Miami (Florida, United States), Cuban-Americans

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 20 2010 - 2 Documents

US, Cuba Hold Direct Immigration Talks In Havana

EDITOR'S PICKS MOST READ MOST E-MAILED General News 2/19/2010 7:17 PM ET TOP MARKET NEWS (RTTNews) - High-ranking Cuban and U.S. officials held direct talks on issues related to immigration issues in the Cuban capital ... [Published Feb 20 2010 by RTTNews.com]

Entities: Cuba, Havana, Immigration, Barack Obama

Quotes

...The Merkle brothers exploited members of their church and extended family. "You work hard your whole life to be smart with your money and save and then it is taken by someone you know,” said a resident of tiny Van Wert, Ohio, who'd been duped by the Merkles. “People need to be warned that it can happen in Van Wert, too."

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to America, Sucker [Atlantic Free Press - Mar 19 2010]

"`It's very important for our fellow Floridians to take this seriously -- to fill this out," Crist said. ``It is only about 10 questions. It's simple, it's easy and it's important. Filling out the census is a civic duty for everybody in our state."

FL: Governor -- You want the money, fill out the form [Stateline - Mar 19 2010]

More Content

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Cuba-U.S. Rhetoric Timeline: Hope for a Basic S... [Council on Hemispheric Affairs - 3 hours ago]
Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to America, Sucker [Atlantic Free Press - Mar 19 2010]
FL: Governor -- You want the mon... [Stateline - Mar 19 2010]
Cubans, Retired Bus Drivers, Elderly Latest Pon... [Credit Union Times - Mar 19 2010]
Senators grill Obama nominee Mari Carmen Aponte... [Daily Caller - Mar 18 2010]
Governor: You want the money, fill out the form [Miami Herald - Mar 18 2010]
Gov. Crist pleads for Floridians to fill out th... [St. Petersburg Times - Mar 17 2010]
Al Kamen's In the Loop: HUD chiefs fly to Rio f... [Washington Post - Mar 17 2010]
Quï¿½ Puedes Esperar(R) Cuando E... [HispanicBusiness.com - Mar 17 2010]
Human Rights Groups Carry the Same Message of C... [Indymedia Ireland - Mar 16 2010]
South Florida congresswomen travel different pa... [Miami Herald - Mar 16 2010]
Us Air Charter Companies Fight Cuba Judgment [Manila News.Net - Mar 16 2010]
Why Are Cuban Americans Lukewarm On Rubio? [National Journal - Mar 16 2010]
US air charter companies fight Cuba judgment [Miami Herald - Mar 16 2010]
Ponzi Nation [Energy Bulletin - Mar 15 2010]
Progress Energy Elects Former Sen. Mel Martinez... [Poten & Partners - Mar 15 2010]
NBC's Castro-Driven Journalism [American Thinker - Mar 14 2010]
Ponzi Nation: How Get-Rich-Quick Crime Came to ... [Yahoo! News - Mar 14 2010]
Cuba Opening Up? [KGO - Mar 13 2010]
Resetting U.S.-Cuba relations and the Cuban 5 [People's World - Mar 12 2010]
Ponzi Nation [Mother Jones - Mar 12 2010]
Fees, Deadlines Loom for Haitians in Florida [Law.com - Mar 12 2010]
Institutes for Study of U.S. Offer Intensive Cu... [America.gov - Mar 12 2010]
Travel to Cuba [Chronicle of Higher Education - Mar 11 2010]
Crist defends his tour on state plane [Miami Herald - Mar 11 2010]
Crist combines bill-signing tour on state plane... [St. Petersburg Times - Mar 11 2010]
Cuban Musicians Resuming U.S. Performances [Epoch Times - Mar 10 2010]
Latino voters can't wait till mañana \| Ste... [Guardian.co.uk - Mar 09 2010]
Latino voters can't wait till mañana [Guardian.co.uk - Mar 09 2010]
USA: approves the export of internet services t... [Ennahar Online - Mar 09 2010]

Blogs

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Andy Kroll: Ponzi Nation: How Get-Rich-Quick Cr... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 14 2010] Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. Every great American boom and bust makes and breaks its share of crooks. The past decade -- call it the Ponzi Era -- ...
Regina Weinreich: City Island: Close to Home [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 14 2010] As it prepares its ninth season, it is noteworthy that several movies opening theatrically in the next few weeks premiered at last year's Tribeca Film ...
Google, Yahoo & Other Tech Companies to Ope... [Global Voices Online - Mar 11 2010] A recent decision by the United States Treasury Department to open up closed societies to American technology companies was met, at least for the first few hours, ...
Latino voters can't wait till mañana \| Ste... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Mar 09 2010] Barack Obama won Latino support by promising to reform immigration laws – but so far, he has failed to deliverImmigration reform advocates have been abuzz with the ...
Florida Governor Scares Voters With Tale of Hai... [Gawker - Mar 09 2010] Florida governor Charlie Crist must wake up every morning and wonder what happened? He used to be the most popular man in Florida. Now he's telling Greta Von Susteren ...

Audio/Video

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Connector of the Day: Emilio Estefan [CNN International - YouTube - Jan 12 2010]
Connector of the Day: Emilio Estefan [CNN.com - Video - Jan 12 2010]
Travel ban debated in Cuba, too [CNN International - YouTube - Nov 22 2009]
Travel ban debated in Cuba, too [CNN.com - Video - Nov 21 2009]