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Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Visits Cuba
06/04/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, Bob Rohrlack, Cuba Trade, Occupy Tampa, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
This past weekend a large delegation of members from the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce returned from a historic five day trip to Cuba from May 29 – June 2. President and CEO of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Bob Rohrlack joins Rob Lorei to discuss the Chamber's renewed perspective after visiting and their goal to re-institute an economic relationship with Cuba. Listen to the full show above.
For more Information: [www.gotocuba.org][1].
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Be the first to commentTampa panelists question Cuba's terror designation listen
04/24/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, Cuba-Americans, trade embargo, foreign policy, Kathy Castor
In a decisive move this month, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) announced she want the U.S. to normalize relations with Cuba. During a discussion in Tampa Wednesday, five out of six panelists agreed.
Attorney John Grandoff said the island nation should be removed from the state sponsors of terrorism list.
Grandoff said Cuba wasn’t added to the state sponsor of terrorism list until 1982.
If the U.S. removes Cuba from that list, it opens the door to lift the 50-year long trade embargo. ...
Be the first to commentTampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn indecisive on normalization with Cuba listen
04/09/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, Kathy Castor, Cuba, normalization
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn isn’t taking a stance on normalizing relations with Cuba.
"It’s not an issue that I am weighing in on. It’s not an issue that, as mayor, I have any control over. I have enough on my plate with the things that I do control.”
But Buckhorn says he does see the embargo ending sooner or later.
Be the first to comment“I would hope it would be when the Castro government – either Raul or Fidel are gone – and I think it will be when the Cuban people have an opportunity to exercise the...
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor worried about boys abducted in Tampa and taken to Cuba listen
04/09/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Cuba, Joshua Hakken, Cole Hakken, Chase Hakken
The man accused of abducting his two sons from Tampa last week is reportedly in Cuba. An Associated Press reporter in Havana wrote "the family appeared to interact normally" there. Tampa Congress member Kathy Castor told reporters during an unrelated event today that she is working hard to ensure the family is returned to the U.S.
The news comes just days after Castor returned from a trip to Cuba. The U.S. Representative said she’s in contact with authorities including the Hillsborough Co...
Be the first to commentU.S. Rep. Kathy Castor's trip to Cuba solidifies her desire for trade embargo to be lifted listen
04/08/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Cuba, trade
U.S. Representative Kathy Castor returned from her first visit to Cuba this weekend with a new-found confidence in the island nation’s shift toward human rights. The Tampa Bay area Democrat spent three days in Cuba with a packed itinerary that left her convinced lifting the long-standing trade embargo is the right thing to do.
“They are still a hardcore communist nation, but they are embarking on market reforms in their economy that deserve encouragement.”
Castor returned from [her tr...
Be the first to commentU.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is in Cuba; will lean about their environment, economy and culture
04/04/13 Seán Kinane & Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, Kathy Castor, oil spill, drilling, tourism, economy, socialism
Tampa-area member of Congress Kathy Castor is in Cuba on what her office calls a fact-finding visit. The Democrat traveled to the socialist island Wednesday and will learn about Cuba's economy, culture, human rights and environment.
While on her trip Castor will speak with the ministry of tourism and a professor of gender studies.
She’ll spend time in Old Havana with small business owners to encourage...
Be the first to commentCreating a new district for a Latino commisioner in Hillsborough County, and Kathy Castor in Cuba
04/04/13 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, Kathy Castor, Les Miller, Hillsborough County Commission, redistricting
Victor DiMaio is with the Hillsborough County Hispanic Caucus. They're supporting a plan that Commissioner Les Miller is proposing - it would move one of the at-large districts in Hillsborough into a 5th single member district, which he thinks could be one that elects a Latino member. Latinos make up over a quarter of the county (26%), but aren't represented on the board.
DiMaio also discussed Congresswoman [Kathy Castor's trip](http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/us-rep-kathy-castor-is-in-cu...
Be the first to commentU.S. Rep Kathy Castor will travel to Cuba; supports ending embargo listen
04/01/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Cuba, trade
Tampa area member of Congress Kathy Castor has come out in support of lifting the longstanding trade embargo with Cuba. In addition, Castor told WMNF Monday she plans to travel to Cuba to talk to their foreign ministry about issues that affect Florida.
“It is very important for the economy of the Tampa Bay area, the entire country and, I think for Cuba that outdated and anachronistic embargo on trade and travel come to an end.”
The United States has imposed an embargo on Cuba since the...
Be the first to commentColumnist Joe O'Neill on Buckhorn, Rick Scott & U.S.-Cuba relations
03/28/13 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: La Gaceta, Tampa Tribune, Joe O'Neill, Cuba, Pam Iorio
Joe O'Neill writes political news columns for La Gaceta and the Tampa Tribune. On the program he talked about a number of local issues, including how Tampa is doing under Mayor Bob Buckhorn and what might former Mayor Pam Iorio's next move.
Also a discussion of a recent summit on improving relations between Cuba and the U.S.
Be the first to commentPublic officials, scientists and businessmen urge US to fix policy with Cuba listen
03/25/13 By Lenka DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, embargo, Cuban policy, Lawrence Wilkerson, Peter Kornbluh, Dan Whittle, Wayne Smith
For more than 50 years the U.S. Government has severely limited trade and travel with Cuba, but there’s a growing movement to restore the US-Cuba relationship. WMNF’s Lenka Davis reports from a seminar Saturday in Ybor City hosted by Alliance For Responsible Cuban Policy Foundation, dedicated to restoring trade and diplomatic relations with Cuba, and by Center for International Policy.
Panelists urged the U.S. embargo on Cuba be lifted and diplomatic, economic and scientific relations be r...
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