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...anti- Castro Cuban exile community in the U.S., or rather the faction of it composed of early exiles, many of whom are grouped in the Cuban American National Foundation. It was after meeting with them at the White House that Clinton followed up his decision to bar the refugees by forbidding U.S. residents to send money to relatives in Cuba and by cracking down on the charter flights by which families could visit those left behind. The moves especially distressed younger and more recent refugees who still have relatives in Cuba. But the steps were urged by the Cuban-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cubans, Go Home | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

...Floridians were adamant: they would not, could not bear the cost of absorbing a vast new population of exiles. Already blistered by criticism of his reversals on Haiti, Clinton needed a firm solution that would slow the flood of refugees but not ignore their suffering or antagonize the powerful Cuban-American community in Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Dire Straits | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...Hispanic community, and the mysteriously absent "umbrella" organization. It has taken me almost two years to realize that such an organization is not only unrealistic and impracticable, but also undesirable. As a Hispanic, I have come to understand the necessity for varied and specific cultural organizations. As a Cuban-American, I welcome the appearance of CAUSA, the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association, onto the campus cultural scene...

Author: By Manuel F. Cachan, | Title: Don't Call Me Latino | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...Ethnic Studies demonstration for Junior Parent's Weekend, protesters claimed that Harvard lacked even one tenured Latino professor. A second stack of posters defined the term "Latino" as referring only to Chicanos or "U.S. Latinos." Though the call for more faculty diversity is warranted, Harvard does have a tenured Cuban-American professor--his name is Jorge Dominguez, and he is a worldreknowned expert in political science. Though organizers claim the error was an oversight, I was left wondering how much of that oversight had to do with tensions within our communities. The mistake was pointed out after the second...

Author: By Manuel F. Cachan, | Title: Don't Call Me Latino | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

Also on page one of Saturday's paper, contrary to the impression given by a story about the Cuban-American student group CAUSA, Cesar Conde '95, who was elected president, will jointly head the organization with Carlos A. Zumpano '96, chair. The president will be undertaking the task of relating CAUSA's future objectives to the public Conde and Zumpano are co-founders of CAUSA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRECTIONS | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

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