Miami's Cuban Connection

So Three Surgeries Sidelined Him

Castro finally acknowledges his bad health, saying for the first time that he doesn't want to waste time on "primping" for cameras and interviews. As usual, he raises more questions about his condition and his leadership status than he answers.

Garcia vs. Calzon, Tonight at 8 on Mega TV

Joe Garcia and Frank Calzon face off tonight (Wednesday) on Maria Elvira's show, Polos Opuestos on Mega TV Channel 22. Word is things get hot.

Oppenheimer: Iraq War Shock Waves Could Warm U.S.-Cuba Relations

DETANTE WITH CUBA?

Andres Oppenheimer believes the meltdown over the Iraq war could spell a friendlier, less antagonistic relationship between Cuba and the United States. Why? Because a United States with a badly damaged international reputation may rethink its policy of regime change in Cuba in order to maintain stability there.

Any change in course would come after the next presidential election, of course.

Joe Garcia: In His Own Words

The well-known website, cubaencuentro.com interviews Joe Garcia in Spanish: "Garcia represents for some the great white hope of a civilized Cuban left, uncompromised and increasingly realist in that the ghosts of the past don't hover over his head. A left without a past to shy away from."

Garcia will also appear on Polos Opuestos with Maria Elvira Salazar sometime this week (Mega TV Channel 22) in a debate with Frank Calzon, head of the Center for a Free Cuba. Stay tuned for an update.