Miami's Cuban Connection

Cuba Hands Over U.S. Fugitive

   MIAMI -- (AP) -- A man who fled to Cuba after he was convicted of mail fraud more than 40 years ago was expelled from the island Wednesday and sent to Miami where U.S. Marshals arrested him. Joseph Adjmi, 70, was sentenced in 1963 to 10 years in prison but disappeared before serving his sentence, according to a statement released by the U.S. State Department.

Former U.S. Interests Section Chief: Engage Cuba

Vicki Huddleston, whose served as the U.S. Interests Section chief in Havana from 1999 to 2002, wrote an op-ed piece on U.S.-Cuba policy going against the grain of the presidential administrations she served.

Huddlestons writes:

"...Perhaps it is time for American oil companies to lead the way in opening up Cuba? After all, the expropriation of these companies led President Eisenhower to impose the first comprehensive sanctions.

It will take courage and vision to change course, but the alternative is that neither the United States nor Cuban Americans will play a part in Cuba's future..."

photo: Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Jaime Suchlicki, Huddleston, 2002

Cuban Star Shoots North

Five months ago, singer Issac Delgado, one of Cuba's biggest salsa stars, walked across the U.S.-Mexico border into Laredo, Texas, bringing with him only his family, his talent and his reputation.

U.S. Intel: Castro's Better

Castro's Adidas track suit signals serious illness, U.S. Intel says.

Papi: Scram, Kid!

A teenager who ran away from his father's West Miami-Dade home seven months ago and flew to Cuba, where his mother lives, returned to Miami on Sunday.

But the boy received a less-than-warm welcome from his still-seething father, who turned him away at the front door as a news crew from WLTV-Univisión 23 captured the confrontation.