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According to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com, the Miami Marlins have moved from merely a frontrunner to the "clear frontrunner" in the chase for Cuban slugger Yoenis Cespedes.A The Marlins recently offered Cespedes a contract, reportedly worth roughly $40 million over six years, and the 26-year-old has said he'd love to play in Miami.

Oxygen Rich Respiratory & Home Health Equipment 880 Kings Way Texarkana, TX 75501 903-831-7424 Read more about this business / View Map Associated Press file photo Cuban security forces arrive with USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, left, March 5, 2011, outside the courthouse in Havana, Cuba, where he is to stand trial.

As far as Cuban prospects go, most of the national media's attention has been on outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.A While the slugger has been a spectacle this winter, another intriguing player is also drawing considerable interest; 19-year-old outfielder Jorge Soler.A While the Marlins have made Cespedes their focus, reportedly offering him a contract , ... (more)

Rayarena : There's a blitzkrieg of Cuban tourism propaganda going on at the moment.

In just a few weeks Pope Joseph Ratzinger will arrive in Cuba, but we are already breathing something of his incense from a distance.

Last March, Cuba's Sixth Party Congress took what its leadership described as an irrevocable decision: to adopt a large number of economic guidelines that will gradually reform, decentralise and liberalise aspects of the Cuban state.

In recent years, the evolution of the Americas toward democratic governments has been striking.

Solar-powered lights serve as sentries where U.S. Marines once faced-off along the Cuban frontier.

Getting there: You can fly legally from the United States to Cuba only if you're traveling with a licensed travel service provider.

South Florida Independent Filmmaker Agatino Zurra has started production of his new film Faun Moon, to be filmed in different locations in Miami this February 2012.

We knew the Miami Marlins were ready to deal with Cuban import Yoennis Cespedes, so it is not surprising to hear that they fired the first salvo, according to a source that spoke with Eric Reynoso of Cafe Fuerte.

A change in U.S. policy is bringing throngs of Americans to the island nation's shores for ''people-to-people'' trips.

Yoenis Cespedes recently sat down with Marlins brass in Miami.A The slugger's journey state-side included a tour of the Marlins new stadium and lunch with Miami's executives.A While the meeting didn't end in an offer or handshake-agreement, the Marlins are considered the favorite to ink Cespedes.A While he admits Yoenis is impressive, Marlins ... (more)

When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth.

Miami isn't just about beach and pools, shopping and clubbing. Sign up for a culinary and cultural crawl around the 140-block area of Little Havana.

Among Cubans and Cuban Americans, a number of foreign companies have earned a place in the "hall of infamy" for their outright complicity with the Castro dictatorship.

The Yoenis Cespedes show touched down in the United States Tuesday, seemingly prepared to embark on a team-to-team negotiating tour.A However, ESPN's Jayson Stark is now reporting that Cespedes and his crew could pack things up and head back to the Dominican Republic as soon as today.A Cespedes has already met with the Miami Marlins, but many ... (more)

ROME, ITALY, February 8 .- A Cuban priest believes that Pope Benedict's upcoming trip to the country will bring profound change and show that 'love is the only path possible for the present and the future of Cuba.' 'I am convinced in faith that God our Lord will bring great benefit out of the Pope's visit and out of everything that Cuba is ... (more)

Ziva Sahl : My fav is the four million tons of honey to feed cattle. One of his exports is the best of the best, the... When 6 Ladies in White were violently arrested this past Sunday February 5th in the city of Holguin, they were also warned that they could not continue trying to assist mass in church, according to Marta Diaz Rondon , one of the ... (more)

Sexy, sweet and laced with a sadness at once specific to its place and time and accessible to anyone with a breakable heart, "Chico & Rita" is an animated valentine to Cuba and its music.