Angola

In His Great Tabu, Miguel Gomes Offers More

Controversial Pastor O'Neal Dozier's Scheme to Enrich Africa

Music From the Big House at O Cinema

Jose Bedia: Transcultural Pilgrim at MAM

LeBron James Immortalized in Giant Foam Sculpture, Dwyane Wade is Next

​The Miami Heat's "Big Three" just got even bigger. A Miami Beach entrepreneur has taken it upon himself to build 18-foot foam sculptures out of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh -- complete with tattoos and "I'm-about-to-dunk-in-your-face" expressions. A monstrous LeBron is already comple ... More >>

Alma en Boca at the Colony Theatre October 1 (one night only)

WMC 2010: Mad Fools Party with Buraka Som Sistema, Kill the Noise, Jokers of the Scene at Electric Pickle March 27

J-Wow of Buraka Som Sistema (front) making his Miami debut during WMC.​Finally, here it is. Poplife has announced its annual WMC party, and not a moment to spare -- cutting it close there kids. This year Miami's perennial hipster party is teaming up with Mad Decent and Fool's Gold to bring you Mad ... More >>

Art Capsules

Art Capsules

Art Capsules

Art Capsules

Land Mine Legacy in Coral Gables

Photos at the Spanish Cultural Center remind us wars linger.

Castro About to Do Something Crazy?

www.kremlin.ruRaul Castro and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev That's what political writer Mickey Kaus is wondering over at his blog on Slate.com, pointing out that every time the U.S. seems to be getting too cozy with Cuba, Castro pulls some shit just to let everybody know he's either a bad ass o ... More >>

Diplo's World Beat

Thank this DJ/producer for the growing global funk at WMC.

Top Dance Albums of 2008

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

Kasai Allstars

In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic (Crammed Discs)

Video 50 Cent Gets His Chained Snatched in Angola

The Vanishing Mouse

Wake up, cat lovers!

War on Hugo Chávez

An outlaw and former spook takes on the Venezuelan dictator

Konono No. 1

Live at Couleur Café (Crammed Discs)

Press Time

With Fidel on his death bed, journalist Carlos Otero is more critical than ever

Dirty Purdy

There’s a passel of crazy peeps at the Purdy Lounge

The Drink-'Em-Up World Cup

America's most international city was scandalously lubed

Bonga

Kaxexe (Times Square)

WMC Events

Listings, listings, listings

Sodade No More

Cesaria Evora sings songs of love and longing, but her memories are full of something else

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the Issue of February 7, 2002

Mother Knows Best

And that goes for mothers of convicted Cuban spies, too

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of July 12, 2001

Family Filin'

Marcelino Valdes finds his own voice singing his uncle's songs

Equal Opportunity Dissident

Julian Jorge Reyes, a child of Castro's revolution, turned against his leader. Now he's taking on el exilio.

Kulchur

Pop goes the Brazilian pop craze

Kulchur

Kulchur

Cuba's Second Revolution

Before he was banished from his homeland, Diosmel Rodriguez sowed the seeds of revolt among Cuban farmers

The Man with God in His Mouth

In tiny Miraflores Viejo, in Cuba's cane country, the religion of choice is vodou, and the high priest is Eugenio Sensio

Twice Exiled

Bernardo Benes helped free hundreds of Cuban political prisoners twenty years ago. Hardliners in Miami hate him for it.

The Congo, by Way of Cuba

Uncertain Justice

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

Death of a Bandleader

Rotations

Rotations

The Man and the Microphone

In the turbulent and often virulent world of Spanish-language radio, two things are certain: Fidel will be the debate, and Tomas Garcia Fuste will prevail