/PRNewswire/ The Miami-Dade Beacon Council, the County s official public-private economic development partnership, names Rodrick Miller President and Chief.
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Major donors to South Florida hospital foundation got early vaccine access
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TALLAHASSEE The fundraising foundation for the Baptist Health of South Florida hospital system told donors who could afford at least six-figure financial contributions on New Year’s Day that they were eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, at a time when vaccine doses were in short supply in the rest of the state.
The email, sent by hospital foundation CEO Alexandra Villoch to the collection of more than 3,000 wealthy donors and obtained by POLITICO, offers another glimpse into the exclusive access some of Florida’s well-to-do enclaves received at a time when the state was left with 266,000 fresh doses per week. Pop-up vaccination sites in affluent, mostly white pockets of the state have become a political thorn in the side of Gov. Ron
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Former Political Prisoner: Today’s America Has Lesson to Learn From Cuban Socialism
The United States is teetering on the edge of socialism, and the pattern of events is similar to what happened in Cuba when it fell from being a prosperous capitalist country into socialism, according to a former Cuban political prisoner.
“I am sure that at this time, there are strong forces inside the United States pushing hard to turn to socialism,” said Luis Zuniga, who was imprisoned for his opposition to communism in Cuba.
He warned that, like what has been experienced in Cuba, those who are pushing the ideology may claim not to be socialists, but it’s only because “they don’t tell you.”