Six months after 9/11, an American Coast Guard cutter explodes mysteriously off the coast of Cuba. People immediately accuse Fidel Castro of terrorism. Cuban exiles in Miami, conservative super patriots in Washington and vested interests across the country start beating the war drums for punishment and revenge.War hysteria quickly possesses average citizens and policy makers alike. Thousands of U.S. servicemen prepare to risk death in a massive invasion of Cuba to defend American national security and honor. A century after a similar incident also triggered war over Cuba, history appears on the verge of repeating itself with perverse symmetry.Then Alina Rubio, a Cuban-American reporter for a Miami newspaper, uncovers a grotesque scheme of greed and corruption that endangers the lives of thousands and the future of a nation.The experience puts Rubio through a trial by fire that challenges her professional ethics and personal loyalties. Also tested on issues of loyalty to country and principles are an election-bound United States president, media executives and other power brokers in government and business.Conflicting Loyalties unreels a tale of grand-scale intrigue and power lust in a political thriller as gripping as tomorrow's headlines.
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Harry Caicedo has worked as a news reporter, writer, editor and foreign correspondent in Latin America and the Caribbean. As a long-term Miami resident, he has been a keen observer of the large Cuban exile community?s impact on the city. Conflicting Loyalties, set in Miami, is his first work of fiction.
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Conflicting Loyalties Rocks,
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I just turned the last page and congratulate Mr. Caicedo for such an engaging, insightful, illuminating and perceptive novel regarding the unique challenges to the Cuban patriot living in Miami, only 200 miles from Havana. Bravo!!! The situation and scenario is so believable that I have half a feeling Caicedo has averted an invasion of Cuba by writing this book! Quite a page turner, use caution though; you may end up with a yearning for authentic Cafecito Cubano!
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A Suspenseful Ride,
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With an ear for language and a profound understanding of Latin American politics and history, Caicedo brings the reader to the warm, colorful, and politically dynamic region of South Florida, where the mysterious sinking of a coast guard cutter sparks a national crisis that brings difficult questions into the public consciousness--should wars be waged on account of their fruits, should immigrants be beholden to the interests of their mother country, should a journalist report a fact that will harm her family? With honesty, humor, and the capacity to transport the reader into an 8th Street coffee shop, Caicedo has produced a thriller whose pages cannot remain unturned.
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I have to confess that I couldn't put Conflicting Loyalties down, despite the fact I had pressing work to do. The pace is compelling, and the characters realistic.In addition to being fast-moving and absorbing, the book is a convincing portrait of a community in conflict, as well as an intriguing reflection of how journalism works. June from Cambridge
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