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7 Rafters Rescued By Oasis Of The Sea Cruise Ship
MIAMI (CBS4)- Seven rafters who were rescued by a cruise ship Friday afternoon on its way back to Port Everglades will be repatriated to their country, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Oasis of the Seas was...
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Coast Guard: 122 Haitian, Cuban Boaters Sent Home
MIAMI (CBS4) — The U.S. Coast Guard has returned more than 120 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their Caribbean homelands. The Coast Guard said 82 Haitians were aboard a 40-foot sailing vessel intercepted...
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Census: South Americans More Than Double Florida Presence
DORAL (CBS4) — Colombians, Venezuelans and Peruvians more than doubled their numbers in Florida over the last decade, making South Americans the state’s third-largest Hispanic group, according to the...
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Cubans Honor Patron Saint Of Cuba At AAA On 400th Anniversary
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Thousands of people honored the Patron Saint of Cuba today with a special Mass at the American Airlines Arena. Our Lady of Charity serves as a beacon of hope, faith and unity for...
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Ryan To Miami’s Cubans: “I’ll Be Tougher Than Obama Was On Castro”
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Visiting Little Havana and the famous Versailles restaurant Saturday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan courted Cuban-American voters with promises to be tougher...
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Travel Restrictions For Cubans Eased
MIAMI (CBS4) – Outside the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, you can almost always find long lines of people waiting in the hot sun. Cubans hoping to travel abroad need endless patience. The process...
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Coast Guard Interviews Migrants Rescued By Carnival, Disney Ships
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Migrant rafters rescued by two cruise ships off the Florida Keys were interviewed by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon. Petty Officer Mark Barney says Coast Guard officials...
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Frequent Cuban Hunger Striker Comes To Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — With Cuban Independence Day just around the corner, a frequent Cuban hunger strike traveled to Miami for the holiday. Guillermo Farinas arrived Sunday. Farinas is a Cuban...
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Marlins Beat Dodgers 6-2
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The Marlins managed to win against the Dodgers Monday night. Jose Fernandez allowed only one earned run in six innings and the Miami Marlins won 6-2 Monday, giving Los Angeles...
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Keys Boat Bust Leads To Suspected Smugglers From Las Vegas
MARATHON (CBSMiami) – A stolen boat was recovered in the Florida Keys, but not before a chase involving Customs and Border Protection. Two Las Vegas, Nevada men were eventually arrested for stealing...
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Doral Mayor Gearing Up To Fight A Recall Petition
DORAL (CBSMiami) – Is a recall election in Doral Mayor Luigi Boria’s future? It is if some local businessmen have their way. Two Venezuelan investors living in Doral told our news partners at El Nuevo...
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Among Cuban Exiles, An Old Toast Goes Silent
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — It was a toast repeated yearly since the family arrived from Cuba in the 1960s. Gustavo Pérez Firmat’s family uttered the toast as a wish they anxiously waited to fulfill. Pérez...
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Coast Guard Repatriates 14 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Coast Guard crews repatriated 14 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, since Tuesday. The repatriation are a result of two separate law enforcement cases. According to the...
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Miami Senior High School Gets $55 Million Upgrade
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Former students and city leaders gathered at Miami High School Friday to see it in its new glory. Miami’s first high school just underwent a $55 million renovation. It’s the first...
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Paltry Car Sales Seen As Sign of Cuba’s Priorities
HAVANA (CBSMiami/AP) — Cuban’s wanting to buy a car will have to pay a hefty price leaving many out of the new policy change which was meant to allow any Cuban to buy a car without a special permit....
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Fidel Castro Hands Power To Brother 8 Years Ago Today
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – On this day exactly eight years ago, Fidel Castro handed power of the communist island over to his brother Raul Castro. Fidel Castro, who took power in a 1959 revolution, led Cuba...
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Guilty Plea Entered In Cuban Ballplayer Smuggling
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The person said to be in charge of a human trafficking ring plead guilty Friday to U.S. charges U.S. extortion charges involving the smuggling. Eliezer Lazo, 41, is accused of...
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FAA: Unresponsive Plane Crashed North Of Jamaica
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — An unresponsive plane flying over the Caribbean crashed off the island of Jamaica on Friday afternoon, according to Federal Aviation Administration officials. The plane went down...
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Cuban Migrants Come Ashore On Key Biscayne
KEY BISCAYNE (CBSMiami) — Migrants came ashore Tuesday afternoon near a Key Biscayne condominium. Marine patrol and Key Biscayne police were at the scene near the Mar-Azul condominiums located at 600...
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Generations Split Over U.S. Policy Change On Cuba
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) –MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Amid the news of the U.S. reestablishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, some groups voiced their resistance to it while...
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Leaving Cuba: A Father And Son Risk Lives At Sea
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — For decades Cubans have attempted to cross the Florida Straits on homemade rafts, risking their lives rather than staying in Cuba. Jose...
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Coast Guard Reports Surge In Cubans Trying To Reach Florida
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Since the U.S. and Cuba announced they would restore diplomatic relations, more and more Cubans have attempted the treacherous sea voyage...
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Women To Watch: Trend Tracker® Tara Gilani With Isabel Toledo
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — For this stylish edition of Women To Watch, Trend Tracker® Tara Gilani tracked down uber talented and prolific fashion designer, Isabel...
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Migrants Come Ashore In Palmetto Bay
PALMETTO BAY (CBS4) — Migrants came ashore on Friday in Palmetto Bay. The men came ashore and were seen docked at a house located at 175 and Old Cutler Road. According to Miami-Dade Police, the five...
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Fmr. Pedro Pan Children Look To Educate Next Generation
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Dozens of children and families are visiting a Miami-Dade camp that was part of the historic Pedro Pan operation involving the emigration...
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More Cuban Migrants Risking Sea Crossings
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The number of Cuban migrants risking their life at sea to reach the U.S. has surpassed last year’s totals, amid fear the U.S. may be...
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Cuban Migrants Spotted Off Key Biscayne
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A group of Cuban migrants were spotted off the coast of South Florida Wednesday afternoon. The U.S. Coast Guard tweeted around 2: 20 p.m. that...
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Pope Leaves Hopeful Message For Youths From South Florida
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Youth groups from South Florida who made the pilgrimage to Cuba to see Pope Francis arrived back in South Florida Monday evening....
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Obama, Castro Talk About Possible End To Embargo
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro stood before the United Nations General Assembly Monday, covering controversial topics...
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Deal Reached On Cubans Stranded In Costa Rica
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Several Central American countries have reached a deal which will allow thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to continue their journey...
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Cubans Stranded In Costa Rica Start Arriving In South Florida
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The first group of Cubans- who were stranded in Costa Rica- arrived in Hialeah Gardens late Sunday night. According to our news partners at...
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Miami Politicians Pushing To Prevent Cuban Consulate In City
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A group of local politicians are pushing hard to prevent Cuba from opening a consulate in Miami saying it would inflame passions among...
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Questions Persist With Arrival Of Cuban Immigrants From Central America
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Spanish language radio host Ninoska Perez has been fielding calls from listeners focused on the recent arrival of nearly 200 Cubans from...
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Poll: Trump Nomination May Mean A Shift In Cuban-American Voters
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Donald Trump’s possible nomination may mean a break between Miami-Dade County’s influential Cuban-American voters and the Republican Party,...
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Debate Over Cubans’ Arrival Heads To Federal Court
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Lawyers for a group of Cubans currently in U.S. Coast Guard custody filed a motion in federal court to allow all of them to stay in the...
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Lawsuit: Cubans Who Scaled Keys Lighthouse Should Stay In U.S.
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The group of migrants who fled Cuba in a homemade boat and climbed onto a 136-year-old lighthouse off the Florida Keys should be allowed to...
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Feds Won’t Send Cubans Back Until Legal Decision Is Made
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Attorneys fighting on behalf of Cuban migrants found on a Florida Keys lighthouse, say the government has promised not to send them back to...
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Coast Guard Searching By Air, Sea For Missing Migrant
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI(CBSMiami) — Coast Guard crews are searching for a Cuban migrant reported missing after a group of migrants were discovered in the Florida Keys. Eleven...
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Dozens Of Cubans Who Arrived In Florida Keys Headed To Doral
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — More than 50 Cubans are being processed by U.S. Border Patrol after coming ashore over the weekend in three separate locations in the Florida...
View ArticleCongresswoman Mucarsel-Powell Pushes To Speed Up Process For Cubans
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell held a news conference in Miami with Congresswoman Donna Shalala on Friday to talk about a bill she has introduced that seeks to...
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