Gloria Estefan, husband to host Obama for Democratic fundraiser

[Mika]

Gloria Estefan, husband to host Obama for Democratic fundraiser
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/01/1559265/gloria-estefan-husband-to-host.html

BY LESLEY CLARK
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama conveyed his harshest rebuke yet of Havana's government last week, just hours before Gloria Estefan protested repression in Cuba from the streets of Miami.

Now, they'll appear together when the Cuban-born singer and her husband, Emilio, host Obama at their home April 15 for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser.

The $30,400-per-couple cocktail reception is the Estefans' first fundraiser, said Democratic consultant Freddy Balsera, who advised Obama's campaign on Hispanic issues and is close to the couple. The Estefans were traveling and unavailable Thursday for comment.

"They're both at a place in their lives where they believe giving back is important and patriotism is important," Balsera said.

Though they keep a low political profile, the Estefans are no strangers to the White House. Gloria Estefan performed at the inaugural festivities for President George W. Bush in 2000, and in 2002 Bush appointed Emilio Estefan to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Emilio Estefan met at the White House with Obama last May. He told The Washington Times that he was hoping to have the president over for dinner to talk about U.S.-Cuba relations.

"We just want freedom," he told the newspaper.

In September, Obama appointed Emilio Estefan to a commission to study the feasibility of a National Museum of the American Latino, and Gloria Estefan - along with Marc Anthony, Jose Feliciano and others - performed at the White House in October as it celebrated Hispanic music. The president quoted Gloria Estefan in his welcoming remarks, noting that in her words, "The most beautiful things in this country have the flavor of other places."

Gloria Estefan also scored a pre-Christmas interview with Obama for Univision, the Spanish-language TV network. The pair chatted about Santa and reindeer, with Gloria Estefan prompting the president to deliver a holiday message in what he jokingly called his "flawless" Spanish.

Cuba BC Baby! Cuba's glory days! All the way. Change we can believe in. :puke:
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Gloria sells this t shirt at her restaurants in Miami and at Disney parks..


And the menu w/mention of the t-shirts at the bottom....
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:tbnWjCTlixYJ:divadeals.y100.com/images/BongosCubanCafeMiamiALaCarteMenu52008.pdf+Gloria,+Cuba+BC&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Cuba B.C. Collection

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[roody]

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[Judi Lynn]

3. Anyone remember who posted #1? I got here too late to read it.

Mika, this news is so depressing.

What we need is a Presidential candidate who will go to Miami to speak to the WHOLE town sometime, not just the hardliners.

It's long past time for them to integrate themselves into the country and stop demanding special gifts from the U.S. government, like the Cuban Adjustment Act while all other groups get thrown in jail, instead, when they are discovered, and they need to NOT be the only people who can travel to Cuba.

God, it was time for change on this topic so very long ago, instead of enshrining such a killer mistake.

[Judi Lynn]

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