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In Miami the rise of Cuban political power led to the fall of Puerto Rican-born Mayor Maurice Ferre in a blustery eleven-man race. For the past twelve years Ferre had adroitly managed to hold together a coalition of Miami's black, Hispanic and white voters. He lost black...
The biggest surprise may be that it took so long. For a full generation, Miami has been populated so heavily by refugees from Fidel Castro's dictatorship that Anglos sometimes call it "North Cuba." But not until last week was its first Cuban-born mayor sworn in. Xavier Suarez, 36...
For once, no one voiced the cry "Vote Cuban," nor did the finalists compete in denouncing Castro. Instead, they talked about crime prevention and garbage collection. Banker Masvidal, a self-made millionaire and veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion, inherited most of the black vote that had supported Ferre...
Businesses these days are obsessed with outsourcing, and the fashion business is no different. You could say that the European designers on display at the spring 2005 collection last week in Milan went beyond manufacturing clothes abroad; they outsourced their inspiration. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who had recently traveled...
DIED. LUIS FERRE, 99, ex-Governor of Puerto Rico who championed statehood; in San Juan. A powerful political and cultural force for half a century, he helped produce Puerto Rico's 1952 constitution and founded the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, arguing until he died that without statehood the island...