Episode 22 of the Miami After Dark show features a discussion about the news of public corruption coming out of Hialeah, a city nearby to Miami where the mayor has been fined for ethics violations related to loan sharking allegations as well as the continued development of normalization between the US and Cuban governments. Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) joins us as guest host while regular host Bob Powers is on vacation and currently sailing through the Straits of Magellan. 

Joining us by phone to discuss the story of Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez is Miami Herald Writer Jay Weaver. Weaver writes, "Hernandez got caught in the alleged lie about his series of exorbitant loans to jeweler Luis Felipe Perez last year, when he testified about his 36-percent-interest terms at the tax-evasion trial of former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife, Raiza." Subsequently, Hernandez was fined $1,500 for lying in public about the loans he made.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article6472653.html

Follow Jay Weaver on Twitter: www.twitter.com/jayhweaver

In studio we were joined by former Miss Miami Meghan Perkins who is reporting on the upcoming Miss Universe pageant taking place in Doral, a neighbor city to Miami.

Follow Meghan Perkins on Twitter: www.twitter.com/meghan_perkins

Friend of the show and human rights activist John Suarez joins us to offer an update on developments of the normalization of US-Cuba relations which had been announced as near total end of the Cuban Embargo. However, a report from the US State Department revealed only lifting of an individual's travel and trade restriction.

Follow John Suarez on Twitter: www.twitter.com/johnjsuarez

Production Team:
Hector Roos on Twitter twitter.com/hectorinmiami
Rosa Maria Palomino on Twitter twitter.com/rosampalomino

Miami After Dark Ep 22 - Miami and Cuba News with Billy Corben - 1/15/15

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