Tracey Eaton: Accused of being a CIA creation, Sanchez describes how “irreversible change” is coming to the island nation.

Ashley Lopez: Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigned amid news that she is part of a state and federal investigation of a charity organization for veterans, which is tied to an Internet cafe company suspected of racketeering.

Ashley Lopez: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld a previous court ruling that stopped the state of Florida from drug testing Floridians receiving temporary assistance from the state.

Ashley Lopez: A year after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a state task force examining Florida’s “stand your ground” law — which some allege was used to keep Martin’s shooter out of jail — have announced they will not recommend repealing the controversial law.

Amy Green: A year after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in Central Florida, gun control is at the center of national debate. But Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law isn’t part of the discussion.

Amy Green: Un año después que George Zimmerman mató de un tiro a Trayvon Martin en el centro de la Florida, el control de las armas está en el centro del debate nacional. Pero la controversial ley de defensa propia conocida como “Defiéndete”, no es parte de la discusión.

Grant Smith: Florida’s congressional delegation has received $71,538 in NRA money.

ProPublica: We’ve compiled some of the best graphics on guns, from where they’re purchased to the laws governing how they’re used.

Grant Smith and Mc Nelly Torres: Data shows that over the last decade, the likelihood that a murder in Florida will involve a firearm has steadily increased.

Ashley Lopez: Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, held a press conference in Tallahassee Wednesday to ask lawmakers to repeal the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which she believes shielded the man who killed her young son last year.