Fla. Democratic Senate debate a string of attacks

<p style="text-align: justify;">ORLANDO, Fla. -- Senate candidates often debate issues like Cuba and transportation, but not the way Rep. Kendrick Meek and billionaire Jeff Greene did Tuesday. Read More

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Hotel trade group spends $305,000 lobbying in 2Q

<p style="text-align: justify;">WASHINGTON — The American Hotel &amp; Lodging Association spent $305,000 in the second quarter lobbying federal officials on labor issues, matters affecting small businesses and other items, according to a recent disclosure report. Read More

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SEC investigates Australian mining company over Cuba business

<p style="text-align: justify;">The New York-based Securities and Exchange Commission made what the company called a "routine inquiry" of the business Australian mining giant BHP Billiton does in Iran and Cuba, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Read More

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OlitiFact Says Greene Flip-Flopped on the Story of His Cuba Yacht Trip

<p style="text-align: justify;">The primary election is two weeks from Tuesday, and the gloves are off in the U-S Senate primary between Democrats Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene. Read More

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COHA Opinion: Lifting the Travel and Trade Restrictions on Cuba Closer than Ever

<p style="text-align: justify;">Since 1960, Washington has been seeking ways to punish Cuba for its transgressions, real and imagined. The embargo was also meant to force the Cuban leadership, as well as the island’s population to repent for worshipping their communist canons. Read More

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Obama May Ease U.S. Travel to Cuba Even If Congress Won't Act

Obama may change rules to allow more Americans to visit Cuba on educational and cultural trips. Read More

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Lee County Cubans mixed on travel

<p style="text-align: justify;">1:10 A.M. — The potential loosening of restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba has prompted mixed reactions from some local Cubans. Read More

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Coast Guard sends 28 migrants back to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. Coast Guard returned 28 Cuban migrants to Cuba Friday, after intercepting two rustic boats headed for Florida earlier in the week. Read More

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Cuba travel boost

MEXICO CITY: US President Barack Obama may ease travel restrictions on Cuba, allowing more Americans to visit the island on educational and cultural trips, a US official said. Read More

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Obama expected to make travel announcement

<p style="text-align: justify;">An unnamed U.S. official told Bloomberg News that President Barack Obama will soon make an announcement further easing travel to Cuba. Also, Washington insider Al Kamen wrote in his Friday “In the Loop” column in the Washington Post to “look for Obama Administration action, after Congress leaves town, to loosen travel restrictions.” Read More

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