OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Years ago, my mother got a letter from her sister in Cuba complaining about the lack of food. and especially seafood. So my mother said to her Cuban friend, “Can you believe that? No fish in Cuba.” And her friend said, “How can that be? It’s an island. I remember going fishing and catching everything.” And
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OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly taken swipes at Cuban-American Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bob Menéndez during his regular press conferences this month, piling on from criticism lobbed by him at the three in the past. López Obrador has accused the three senators, along with other Cubans living in the
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Back in 1988, General Augusto Pinochet had run Chile for 15 years. He had overthrown the Popular Unity government of President Salvador Allende in a controversial military coup in 1973 that gained international condemnation but was little understood by the outside world. Allende’s three-year presidency led to an extended period of social unrest and political tension
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Saudi-led economic blockade of Qatar may still be in force, but that didn’t stop the Arabian Peninsula state’s ambassador to Mexico, Mohammed bin Jassim M.A. al-Kuwari, from celebrating his country’s national day with a lavish diplomatic reception at Mexico City’s Four Seasons Hotel on Thursday, Dec. 13. “Qatar today is recognized worldwide for the fruit of
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