 The case settled out of court for $100,000, and the magazine issued an apology for the title which was chosen without participation of the author of the article Ann Louise Bardach.After the settlement, The New Republic still stands behind the article itself, stating that nothing in the article requires clarification, correction or apology as nothing in it has been proven false or libelous.Mas Canosa repeatedly feuded with the "Miami Herald", which he claimed had Cuban spies among its reporting staff.