CUBANS IN AMERICA



CUBANS IN AMERICA
 

CSI is pleased to announce a new interactive Webpage, “Cubans in America” available on the Internet at www.cubansinamerica.us
 
Cubans have had a significant social, economic, political, and cultural impact on the State of Florida and in other parts of the U.S.  For the past 60 years, more than 2 million Cubans settled in the U.S.  Education, politics, business, society has been affected by the Cuban migration.
 
The “Cubans in America” Webpage includes:
 

  1. History of Cuba Video.  A 26-minute summary of the history of Cuba narrated by Andy Garcia in English with Spanish Subtitles and a two-lesson course video by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Spanish.
  2. The Journey to Exile.  Short descriptions and videos of the various migrations toward U.S. including the Freedom Flights, Mariel, Balseros, Pedro Pan.
  3. Critical Moments. Short videos of the Bay of Pigs; the Missile Crisis; the downing of two Brothers to the Rescue planes on the Florida Straits, the Elian affair, and 2021 Uprising.
  4. Prominent Cuban-Americans/Organizations.  Short biographies with photos of several hundred Cuban-Americans in the arts, sports, business, academic, journalism, medicine/science, law/politics; religion as well as key organizations active in the U.S.
  5. Cuban-American Food (recipes)
  6. Cuban Music. Short descriptions of Cuban music genres plus video/interviews by Eloy Cepero with Cuba’s most prominent singers/composers, including Enrique Chia, La Coral Cubana, José Ruiz Elcoro, Añorada Cuba, Susy Leman, Hansel y Raul.
  7. Facts & Figures

 

Cubans in America serves as an information and research hub for community leaders, grade schools, universities, researchers, institutions, and the community in general interested in the significance of Cuban-Americans in the U.S. It covers historical and developing events resulting from the arrival of Cubans and their continued impact.

 
This database is a worldwide resource and point of information, sponsored by the State of Florida and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as an active, ever-expanding webpage of relevant material on the growth and development of generations of Cubans and Cuban-Americans in the U.S.
 
 

This is a publication of the Cuban Studies Institute. 

Our mailing address is:
1500 South Dixie Highway, Bank of America Bldg., 2nd Floor
Coral Gables, FL  33146
Tel: 786-803-8007
Fax: 786-803-8068
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Ex Political Prisoner, Misael Canet Velázquez, Denied Medical Care

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THE JFK ASSASSINATION COMPLETE


THE JFK ASSASSINATION COMPLETE
By Pedro V. Roig, JD
Fifty-nine years ago on November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The President was shot twice and slumped over toward First Lady Jackie Kennedy who was sitting by his side in a convertible limousine.. At 1:00 pm Central Standard Time, the President was pronounced dead.
At 1:51 pm Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested at the Texas Theater. In the police station Oswald was interrogated by several detectives. He was sitting at a table in a delusional state of satisfaction until he was asked; "Have you ever been to Mexico? “Yes, I’ve been to Tijuana when I was in the Marine Corps”.

Then the next question deeply disturbed Oswald ``Have you been to Mexico City?”. He was surprised and asked the interrogator.” “How did you know? I-I-I’ve never been there.” [Interview with Jim Hosty, June 22,1993 (Frontline)].
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November 29, 2022

 
Dear friend:

The Cuban Studies Institute has received a donation from Ralp Galliano of several copies of the important book, “The Fourh Floor” written by Earl E.T. Smith, former U.S Ambassador to Cuba.  The books is now out of print and discusses the Castro Communist Revolution and its impact on Cuba and on U.S. policy toward Cuba.

First published in 1962, The Fourth Floor describes in painful detail just how and why the communists were able to gain control of the strategically located island only ninety miles from the United States mainland.  Smith’s explanation of events remains timely today as it clearly demonstrates the disastrous effects of an ill-advised and ineffective foreign policy development structure.  As Smith’s title suggests, a great deal of responsibility for the Cuban fiasco must be borne by the bureaucrats who occupied the “fourth floor” of the State Department building in Washington, D.C.  As President Eisenhower’s “man in Havana” from July 1957 to January 1959, Ambassador Smith witnessed firsthand the events that resulted in the fall of Fulgencio Batista and the advent of Castro.

CSI is making this book available to our friends and followers for $35 per copy (free shipping).  The Fourth Floor is being sold at Amazon for more than twice this amount.

This is a valuable story of Castro rise to power and of the failures of American foreign policy in the 1950s.  Please order before this limited number of books are sold out.  Thank you.

Saludos


Jaime Suchlicki
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November 29, 2022
 

Dear friend:
 
This has been a very difficult year for all, but especially for organizations like the Cuban Studies Institute that survives from contributors and friends like you.
 
The Institute, a non-profit organization, provides free information and studies on Cuba to U.S government officials, the business community, the media, and the public in general on a regular basis.
 
We need your support to continue our work. We are most grateful for your donation. 
 
Wishing you and your family a successful and healthy 2023.
 
Saludos,

 



Jaime Suchlicki
Director

 

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Estimado amigo:
 
Este ha sido un año muy difícil para todos, pero especialmente para organizaciones como el Instituto de Estudios Cubanos que sobrevive de la ayuda de amigos como Ud.

El Instituto de Estudios Cubanos, una organización sin motivo de lucro, provee información y estudios sobre Cuba a miembros del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, a empresas comerciales, a la prensa y al público en general.

¡Necesitamos, si puede nos ayude! Cualquier donación que pueda enviar será muy agradecida.

Espero que Ud. y su familia tengan un saludable y exitoso 2023.

Un abrazo,



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Due To Extreme Hunger, Cuban Eats Spoiled Fruit Splashed On Sidewalk

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CSI


CUBANS IN AMERICA
 

CSI is pleased to announce a new interactive Webpage, “Cubans in America” available on the Internet at www.cubansinamerica.us
 
Cubans have had a significant social, economic, political, and cultural impact on the State of Florida and in other parts of the U.S.  For the past 60 years, more than 2 million Cubans settled in the U.S.  Education, politics, business, society has been affected by the Cuban migration.
 
The “Cubans in America” Webpage includes:
 

  1. History of Cuba Video.  A 26-minute summary of the history of Cuba narrated by Andy Garcia in English with Spanish Subtitles and a two-lesson course video by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Spanish.
  2. The Journey to Exile.  Short descriptions and videos of the various migrations toward U.S. including the Freedom Flights, Mariel, Balseros, Pedro Pan.
  3. Critical Moments. Short videos of the Bay of Pigs; the Missile Crisis; the downing of two Brothers to the Rescue planes on the Florida Straits, the Elian affair, and 2021 Uprising.
  4. Prominent Cuban-Americans/Organizations.  Short biographies with photos of several hundred Cuban-Americans in the arts, sports, business, academic, journalism, medicine/science, law/politics; religion as well as key organizations active in the U.S.
  5. Cuban-American Food (recipes)
  6. Cuban Music. Short descriptions of Cuban music genres plus video/interviews by Eloy Cepero with Cuba’s most prominent singers/composers, including Enrique Chia, La Coral Cubana, José Ruiz Elcoro, Añorada Cuba, Susy Leman, Hansel y Raul.
  7. Facts & Figures

 

Cubans in America serves as an information and research hub for community leaders, grade schools, universities, researchers, institutions, and the community in general interested in the significance of Cuban-Americans in the U.S. It covers historical and developing events resulting from the arrival of Cubans and their continued impact.

 
This database is a worldwide resource and point of information, sponsored by the State of Florida and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as an active, ever-expanding webpage of relevant material on the growth and development of generations of Cubans and Cuban-Americans in the U.S.
 
 

This is a publication of the Cuban Studies Institute. 

Our mailing address is:
1500 South Dixie Highway, Bank of America Bldg., 2nd Floor
Coral Gables, FL  33146
Tel: 786-803-8007
Fax: 786-803-8068
Email: cubanstudies@cubanstudiesinstitute.com

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No, You Do Not Have a Right to Your Opinion


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Commentary on Cuba's Future, U.S. Foreign Policy & Individual Freedoms - Issue 280B
 
José Azel's latest books "On Freedom" and "Sobre La Libertad" are now available on Amazon. 

No, You Do Not Have a Right to Your Opinion 
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“You are not entitled to your opinion” is an incongruous opening for an opinion page column, but I hope to have your attention.
Our democratic and free speech convictions lead us to proclaim that we have an uncontestable right to our opinions. However, that expression embodies a logical fallacy in which an individual discredits any opposition by claiming a right. When we assert the existence of a right, we excuse ourselves from having to offer any justification for our opinion. We have a right to it period. That is all; no further discussion is necessary.  And worse, if we have a right, it is irrelevant if our assertions are true or false.
 
Opinions have a high degree of subjectivity and uncertainty and, as philosophers see it, we are not entitled to opinions; we are only entitled to what we can argue for. We are entitled to construct and defend an argument.  To offer an opinion imposes an enormous responsibility to question our thought process and to be open to the possibility of being wrong. Those elements are often lacking in many opinions, including some offered in newspaper opinion pages.
 
To be clear, I am not speaking of opinions of preference, taste, or opinions substantiated by technical expertise of some kind.  We should not argue about your preference of vanilla over chocolate ice cream; and given my ignorance of the subject matter, I will not argue about nuclear physics. I am referring mainly to sociopolitical opinions when we pretend to know what we do not know.      
 
If by, “everyone is entitled to their own opinion” we mean only that people can say whatever they want, that is a factual and rather boring statement, at least in a democratic milieu. However, if by that statement we mean, as we often do, that everyone’s views should be considered as equal contenders for the truth, then it is clearly false. Truth is not relative; truth is not a matter of opinion. Something cannot be true for one person and not for another.

We tend to confuse our democratic equal right to an opinion, with the idea that all opinions are of equal value. They are not. Some solutions are better than others.  The fact that someone believes something does not make it true. A belief cannot be its own justification. We should not make beliefs immune to critical inquiry. Someone still has to be wrong.

The Nazis were not entitled to their opinion that Jews were subhuman and needed to be exterminated. It is our responsibility to seek to acquire true beliefs and reject false beliefs, and to deny the lazy moral relativism that all opinions are of equal value.

Our opinions should be based on evidence or on good arguments that seek truth.  We are not morally obligated to accept someone’s falsehoods under the commandment that “it is true for them,” which flows from the “everyone is entitled to their opinion” precept.

The term “truthiness,” coined by comedian Stephen Colbert, captures the flaws in the “everyone is entitled to their opinion” idea. Truthiness refers to the truth that someone knows intuitively because it feels right. Truthiness disregards evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts. Unfortunately, many of our claims to knowledge fall in the truthiness category.

We can also become victims of “Wikiality,” another Colbert term, where if enough people agree with an opinion it becomes the truth. Wikiality, a blend of the words Wikipedia and reality, shapes truth by consensus or cultural relativism.

Expositions on the popular encyclopedic site Wikipedia are designed to be accepted as true by majority vote. Given that anyone can edit Wikipedia, then anyone can edit the truth and, if enough people agree with an edit, it becomes the new truth as consensual truth-building.

Rather than parroting indiscriminately that we are all entitled to our opinions, perhaps we should, in Colbert fashion, rework the phrase to: “everyone has a right to ignore our opinions.” Maybe then, we will begin to take our philosophical responsibility seriously and begin offering more thoughtful opinions.

Please let us know if you Like Issue 280B - No, You Do Not Have a Right to Your Opinion on Facebook this article.
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Abrazos,
 
Lily & José
 
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José Azel, Ph.D.

José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a 13 year-old political exile in what has been dubbed Operation Pedro Pan - the largest unaccompanied child refugee movement in the history of the Western Hemisphere.  

He is currently dedicated to the in-depth analyses of Cuba's economic, social and political state, with a keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba strategies. Dr. Azel was a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami, Jose Azel has published extensively on Cuba related topics.

In 2012 and 2015, Dr. Azel testified in the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Cuba Policy, and U.S. National Security.  He is a frequent speaker and commentator on these and related topics on local, national and international media.  He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in business administration and a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Miami.

José along with his wife Lily are avid skiers and adventure travelers.  In recent years they have climbed Grand Teton in Wyoming, trekked Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Machu Pichu in Peru.  They have also hiked in Tibet and in the Himalayas to Mt. Everest Base Camp.

They cycled St. James Way (
El Camino de Santiago de Compostela) and cycled alongside the Danube from Germany to Hungary and throughout southern France.  They have scuba dived in the Bay Islands off the Honduran coast and in the Galapagos Islands. Most recently, they rafted for 17 days 220 miles in the Grand Canyon. 

Their adventurers are normally dedicated to raise funds for causes that are dear to them. 

Watch Joe & Lily summit Kilimanjaro.

Books by Dr. José Azel
José Azel’s writings are touched with the wisdom of a master, and the charm of an excellent communicator. Anyone who wishes to understand why countries do, or do not, progress will find in this book the best explanations. And, from these readings emerge numerous inferences: How and why do the good intentions of leftist collectivism lead countries to hell? Why is liberty not a sub product of prosperity, but rather one of its causes?

If it was in my power, this work would be required reading for all college and university students, and I would also recommend its reading to all politicians, journalists, and policymakers. With his writings Azel accomplishes what was achieved in France by Frédéric Bastiat, and in the United States by Henry Hazlitt: Azel brings together common sense with intelligent observation, and academic substance. Stupendous,

Carlos Alberto Montaner
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Los escritos de José Azel están tocados por la sabiduría de un maestro y la amenidad de un excelente comunicador. Cualquiera que desee entender por qué los países progresan, o no, encontrará en este libro las mejores explicaciones. De estas lecturas surgen numerosas inferencias: ¿Cómo y por qué las buenas intenciones del colectivismo de izquierda llevan a los países al infierno? ¿Por qué la libertad no es un subproducto de la prosperidad, sino una de sus causas?

Si estuviera en mis manos, esta obra sería de obligada lectura de todos los estudiantes universitarios, pero además, le recomendaría su lectura a todos los políticos, periodistas y policy makers. Con sus escritos Azel logra lo que Frédéric Bastiat consiguiera en Francia y Henry Hazlitt en Estados Unidos: aunar el sentido común, la observación inteligente y la enjundia académica. Estupendo.

Carlos Alberto Montaner
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"Liberty for beginners is much more than what the title promises. It is eighty themes touched with the wisdom of a master, and the charm of an excellent communicator. Anyone that wishes to understand why countries do, or do not progress, will find in this book the best explanations. Stupendous"

Carlos Alberto Montaner

"Libertad para novatos es mucho más de lo que promete el título. Son ochenta temas tocados con la sabiduría de un maestro y la amenidad de un excelente comunicador. Cualquier adulto que desee saber por qué progresan o se estancan los pueblos aquí encontrará las mejores explicaciones. Estupendo."

Carlos Alberto Montaner

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In Reflections on FreedomJosé Azel brings together a collection of his columns published in prestigious newspapers.  Each article reveals his heartfelt and personal awareness of the importance of freedom in our lives.  They are his reflections after nearly sixty years of living and learning as a Cuban outside Cuba. In what has become his stylistic trademark, Professor Azel brilliantly introduces complex topics in brief journalistic articles.
En Reflexiones sobre la libertad José Azel reúne una colección de sus columnas publicadas en prestigiosos periódicos. Cada artículo revela su percepción sincera y personal de la importancia de la libertad en nuestras vidas. Son sus reflexiones después de casi sesenta años viviendo y aprendiendo como cubano fuera de Cuba.  En lo que ha resultado ser característica distintiva de sus artículos, el Profesor Azel introduce con brillantez complejos temas en  breves artículos de carácter periodístico.
Mañana in Cuba is a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Cuba with an incisive perspective of the Cuban frame of mind and its relevancy for Cuba's future.
Pedazos y Vacíos is a collection of poems written in by Dr. Azel in his youth. Poems are in Spanish.
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