WITHIN WELCOME BACK.
THE VENNERRABLE INSTITUTE FOR
CUBAN AND CUBAN AMERICAN CITIES
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HAS
BEEN IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK, BIG
TIME.
>> INTRODUCING ITS LONG
TIME-- IS NOW BACK TO TAKE THE
REIGNS.
>> RETIRED.
YEARS.
>> SO RETIRED AND CAME BACK AS
AN INTERIM LEADER OF THE BE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE HERE, YOU
HAVE BEEN A GREAT FRIEND OF THIS
PROGRAM AND-- A RESOURCE TO
JOURNALISTS, LIKE MYSELF AND
GLENNA AND THROUGHOUT SOUTH
FLORIDA, THE STATE AND THE
NATION.
>> SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
TO GET THE GREAT INSTITUTE BACK
ON TRACK?
>> LET'S BEGIN BY SAYING THAT
THE INSTITUTE HAS DONE SOME
TERRIFIC WORK IN THE LAST NUMBER
OF YEARS SINCE WE ESTABLISH
INNED 1999.
AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
COFOUNDING IT WITH-- FIRST AND
FORE MOST AS AN INTERNAL,
MICHAEL, MOST OF WHAT IT STOOD
FOR, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME
THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OF COULDED
SOUTH FLORIDA FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME, CUBA BECOMES A
PASSIONATE ISSUE.
IF YOU WIN THIS ARGUE FOR BOTH
SIDES I'M HONORED TO COME BACK.
>> PRESIDENT FRANK, IN FACT, WHO
CALLED YOU AND SAID PLEASE COME
BACK.
AT THE BEGINNING.
I MEAN AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I HAVE
BEEN-- FOR FOUR YEARS EVEN
THOUGH HAVE I BEEN A LOT OF CUBA
STUFF, I'M ABOUT TO HAVE MY
DAYS.
SO I REALLY ENJOY THAT PART OF
PIE LIFE TREMENDOUSLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, SHE MADE IT CLEAR,
IF YOU DON'T DO THIS YOU WILL
REGRET IT LATER.
I DO SEE IT, MICHAEL AND GLENNA
AS A RESPONSIBILITY, SOMETHING
THAT I, FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
MIAMI AND AS THE DIRECTOR, AND
ALSO THE COMMUNITY IN
PARTICULAR.
>> YOUR APPEARANCE HERE, YOUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE "MIAMI
HERALD," YOU MENTIONED THIS
INSTITUTION AND IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA WHO WATCH CUBA, SO
MANY CHANGES IN CUBA, U.S.
RELATIONS, AND WHAT IS SORT OF
BELOW THE SURFACE THAT WE'VE
BEEN READING THIS WEEK IS SORT
OF THE DRAMA THAT I WAS HOPING
THAT YOU WIL EXPLAIN.
WHERE IS THAT DRAMA COMING FROM.
>> I AM DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO
INTO THE DETAILS.
ADMINISTRATION, THAT IS AN
AGREEMENT THAT THEY MADE.
I'M AWARE OF IT.
AT THIS POINT GETTING TOO THAT
FIRE.
>> DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH
CHANGES AT THE INSTITUTE.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY
UNIVERSITY HAS CLASSES FOR
PROFESSORS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETIRE.
HE IS A TENURED PROFESSOR OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.
>> AND WELL RESPECTED.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
POLITICS, CAN I TELL YOU, I
THINK THE EASIER TO IMPEACH A
PRESIDENT THAN GET RID OF A
TENURED PROFESSOR.
>> AT THE INTERIM, I DIDN'T WANT
TO MAKE A GREAT DEAL OF CHANGES
BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A COUPLE.
NUMBER ONE, PRESERVE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE INSTITUTION,
THERE IS NO QUESTION, CONTINUE
SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING TAKING
PLACE, HAVING SAID THAT I THINK
THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT I
REALLY WANT TO CONCENTRATE.
MANY RESEARCHERS IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE WORLD
THAT HAVE COUNTED ON THE
INSTITUTE AS YOU ELUDED TO FOR
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE
WEBSITE IS VERY OUTDATED.
I MEAN THEY STILL HAVE ME LISTED
AS AN EMPLOYEE, EVEN THOUGH-- SO
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE OTHER THING, I DON'T WANT TO
US THE WORD CRITICAL BUT I HAVE
BEEN SOME WHA CRITICAL.
I YOU NEED TO DIE VERSE FIE THE
PROGRAM TO ATTRACT YOUNGER
GENERATIONS TO THE INSTITUTE.
I THINK WE HAVE FAILED ON THAT.
THOSE ARE TWO OF MY GOALS
IMMEDIATELY TO TACKLE.
>> WELL, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING
YOUR TENURE, GLAD TO SEE YOU
BACK THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND THE
INSTITUTE ARE A GREAT RESOURCE
FOR JOURNALISTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL OVER THE WORLD.
CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS WE HAVE