A Cuban Dissident and A Changed Miami

New Breed of Cuban Dissident Finds Changed Miami - Not long ago, Cuban-Americans in Miami rolled out the red carpet only to defectors who disavowed their homeland. But a dissident who plans to return home has been greeted warmly--

Yoani Sánchez, Cuban Dissident, Welcomed in Miami - NYTimes.com: "Yoani Sánchez, the Cuban dissident whose trenchant blog and Twitter posts have made her a cause célèbre for democracy on the island, lingered on the edge of the sea wall at La Ermita de la Caridad, Miami’s shrine for Cuban exiles, and looked toward home. “Me siento como en Cuba pero libre,” said Ms. Sánchez, summing up her first day in Miami last week. “I feel like I’m in Cuba but free.” With that, Ms. Sánchez officially cemented her bond with the old guard, the city’s Cuban exiles. . . . " (read more at link above)




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