THE BROWNFACE OF LATINIDAD IN CUBAN MIAMI. By Ariana Hernandez-Reguant and Jossianna Arroyo

Ariana Hernández-Reguant and Jossianna Arroyo
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 04:10:02 +0000
Features, MOST POPULAR, Afro Cuba, Cuban America, mass media, Miami

Meet Yeyo Vargas, Miami’s foremost Latino: the president of the ULPO (Latino Union Party), which arguably represents the interests of Latinos, particularly Democrat Afro-Latinos. He is, by his own account, El Tigre Barack Obama’s right hand; his advisor for Latin American and Caribbean affairs, including those of the Major, Minor, and Tiny Antilles. Obama and …