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Patricia Fox: nun attacks Duterte’s ‘reign of terror’ in Philippines upon return to Australia

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Catholic nun calls on Australia to stand up to Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte

An Australian nun who angered the Philippine president by joining anti-government protests has criticised his “reign of terror” after being kicked out of the country.

Sister Patricia Fox, who arrived back in Australia on Sunday morning, said of Rodrigo Duterte’s violent crackdown on the drug trade: “The human rights abuses are just increasing and it’s a reign of terror. Of tyranny.”

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In Miami, Cuban Americans have the power to push the state to the left

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Cuban immigrants were drawn to the Republican party in the 80s, but their children and grandchildren are shifting the vote

Miami runs on Cuban cafecitos, Cuban sandwiches and “Cuban time” – a favorite excuse for being 45 minutes late. As the largest group of Latinxs in Florida and Miami, Cubans are credited with giving the city its cultural core.

A bit of Cuba can be heard in the Miami accent, tweaking a local’s tongue to round vowels and cut syllables. And Cubans are also heard through their politics, or so the cliche states: they will always push Miami, and Florida, to the right.

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