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Cuba, U.S. say third round of diplomatic negotiations ends

Published on March 17, 2015 in Top Headlines by Associated Press

A third round of U.S.-Cuban negotiations over the restoration of full diplomatic relations ended after a day of talks, Cuban and U.S. officials said Tuesday. They provided no details on whether progress was made toward a deal on reopening embassies in Washington and Havana. The two countries have been trying to strike an agreement on embassies before presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro attend the Summit of the Americas in Panama on April 10-11. Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Relations said…

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Marco Rubio on Offshore Drilling: ‘It’s the right place to be’

Published on June 15, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio tells The Brody File that despite what happened with the BP oil disaster offshore drilling is “the right place to be”. Marco Rubio: I maintain that offshore drilling is going to happen whether we’re for it or against it because Cuba’s going to drill off its coast. We know China and Russia and Venezuela and Brazil are all exploring in the gulf and off our coasts. I don’t know if it would make us…

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Marco Rubio on Offshore Drilling: ‘It’s the right place to be’

Published on June 15, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio tells The Brody File that despite what happened with the BP oil disaster offshore drilling is “the right place to be”. Marco Rubio: I maintain that offshore drilling is going to happen whether we’re for it or against it because Cuba’s going to drill off its coast. We know China and Russia and Venezuela and Brazil are all exploring in the gulf and off our coasts. I don’t know if it would make us…

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Democrats widen gap over Republicans in Florida voter registration

Published on May 13, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

My seemingly alter-ego at The Reid Report has a summary of the the new stats from the Florida Division of Elections: Democrats are trouncing Republicans at registering voters. Dems have registered 61,643 more voters since the 2008 election than Republicans have, swelling what was already a 700,000-plus registration advantage in the state. That doesn’t always win Democrats elections, of course, because of issues of turnout, and also due to the presence of conservative Dems in northern Florida who don’t always…

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