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Bay of Pigs

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Luis Posada Carriles Could Be Extradited to Panama for Allegedly Plotting to Kill Fidel

    ​Former CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles may have beaten charges in Texas last year, but the aging anti-communist operative ain't in the clear just yet.A Panamanian lawyer requested his extradition today on charges that he plotted to kill then-Cuban president Fidel Castro while in Panama back in 200 ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Allen West, uncut

    A candid conversation with South Florida's rising Tea Party star.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Rambling County Commissioner Javier Souto Plays Loose With Election Laws

    Miami-Dade County​Javier Souto should have been sent out to the political pasture a long time ago.But lobbyists and special interests know they can cajole the rambling county commissioner to do what they want. So they make sure he stays in power. And even though 71-year-old Bay of Pigs veteran is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "I Don't Know How Anyone of Hispanic Heritage Could Be a Republican"

    ​We're pretty sure that no one, not even hard-core Democrats, really likes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He's this wishy-washy, spineless moderate with a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth. Yesterday he was back at it again by saying, "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could b ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Cuban killer Luis Posada Carriles goes on trial

    ​We're pretty sure that no one, not even hard-core Democrats, really likes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He's this wishy-washy, spineless moderate with a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth. Yesterday he was back at it again by saying, "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could b ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Rapper Lyrikill.com's publicity blitz has made him an enemy among South Florida TV reporters

    ​We're pretty sure that no one, not even hard-core Democrats, really likes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He's this wishy-washy, spineless moderate with a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth. Yesterday he was back at it again by saying, "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Is the CIA Hiding Miami Anti-Castro Cubans' Role In JFK's Assassination?

    Here at Riptide, we've had a lot of fun lately with recently declassified CIA documents.via Wikimedia CommonsWho is on that grassy knoll?​Last week, the spooks gave us files from the 60s that proved Luis Posada Carriles -- Miami's most famous terrorist still walking the streets today -- used to sn ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Bay of Pigs Vet Seeks Miami City Commission Seat

    Here at Riptide, we've had a lot of fun lately with recently declassified CIA documents.via Wikimedia CommonsWho is on that grassy knoll?​Last week, the spooks gave us files from the 60s that proved Luis Posada Carriles -- Miami's most famous terrorist still walking the streets today -- used to sn ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Spies in the Magic City

    The Supreme Court will decide whether to reconsider conviction of the Cuban Five.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Americans Can't Get Enough F'd Up Miami and Cuban History

    Maybe it's because Fidel finally seems to be stumbling around on his last legs. Maybe it's because Raul, the "younger" brother who's still older than John McCain, seems to be loosening some rules.Who knows? But Americans popular fascination with Cuba and its Miami exile community seems higher than e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Other Cubans Catch a Different Whiff of Obama

    Maybe it's because Fidel finally seems to be stumbling around on his last legs. Maybe it's because Raul, the "younger" brother who's still older than John McCain, seems to be loosening some rules.Who knows? But Americans popular fascination with Cuba and its Miami exile community seems higher than e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Some Cubans Back the Feces that Stinks the Least

    Maybe it's because Fidel finally seems to be stumbling around on his last legs. Maybe it's because Raul, the "younger" brother who's still older than John McCain, seems to be loosening some rules.Who knows? But Americans popular fascination with Cuba and its Miami exile community seems higher than e ... More >>

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Could Che Guevara Be Cloned?

    Riptide investigates the odds of a new generation of revolutionaries

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2007

    Castro Who?

    Riptide investigates the odds of a new generation of revolutionaries

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Super Brawls

    The kid produced a pocket knife and slashed his adversary on the arm

  • Film

    December 21, 2006

    Like Herding Sheep

    De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    High-Wire Hunt

    He climbed. He saw. He hasn't yet conquered the mystery of his missing brother.

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Renegade Radio

    A Miami radio station makes waves — short waves, that is

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of September 1 , 2005

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    Terror Alert, Miami Style

    Clandestine meetings and a hungry press

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    The D Word

    Say anything you want, but just don't call them Democrats

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2004

    Yesterday's News

    Say anything you want, but just don't call them Democrats

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Contra Campaign

    John Kerry once took a shot at Miami's Felix Rodriguez for his part in the Iran-contra scandal. Now the Bush family friend is shooting back.

  • Culture

    May 8, 2003

    Tales of the Dispossessed

    Two plays tackle life when home is yanked away

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Dialogue: The Final Frontier

    When trade sanctions, bluster, and a few bombs don't work, you gotta try something else

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of January 30, 2003

    The Cuba embargo takes it on the chin

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    A Friend Indeed

    Meet Camilo Padreda, dynamic businessman, faithful Republican, patron of law enforcement, convicted felon

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Bolita in Havana

    "I always say this is a mafia, but a peaceful mafia."

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of November 28, 2002

    Haitians and Cubans and the unfairness of it all

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Politics & Parties & Power

    How to campaign in the new House District 25? There's always Cuba.

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of April 18, 2002

    Is the only good fish a dead fish?

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

    Where can terrorists find safe harbor? If you're of the Cuban exile variety, right here.

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Class Act

    If you want to know where many of Miami's social and political elite got their start, check the playgrounds at Belén

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    The Camelot Factor

    America's most famous political family could be on the Miami Beach ballot this fall

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    The Autumn of the Matriarch

    For decades Estrella Rubio has been a street-level general in el exilio's army. But her style of leadership, along with her health, is now fading fast.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Cuban Missive Crisis

    For years the infamous Wasp Network collected reams of data on Miami's anti-Castro forces -- and the sundry, sometimes bizarre, attempts to infiltrate them

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Riptide

    "If you do me right, I'll give you $20"

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    DeFede

    Riding the Tiger

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Kulchur

    How about a little music with your drama?

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Hurricane Van Van

    Promoter Debbie Ohanian stared down the City of Miami and won a victory in the area's latest absurdo

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    A Miami Miracle

    Divine intervention may be responsible for the hubbub around a Little Havana statue. Or maybe it's media hype.

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Fidel's Kind of Flick

    A pair of Miami filmmakers head to Sundance with a new motion picture about a congressman turned Castro spy

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    Foundation Follies

    The Cuban American National Foundation sues its enemies again, but this time they're fighting back

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Twice Exiled

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

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    !Viva Los Zafiros!

    Miami businessman Hugo Cancio's musical saga of Cuba's greatest vocal group has taken the island by storm and is now headed here

  • Calendar

    January 22, 1998

    Calendar for the week

    Miami businessman Hugo Cancio's musical saga of Cuba's greatest vocal group has taken the island by storm and is now headed here

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Dead End

    Fico Rojas wanted a treason trial for locals who sought dialogue with Castro. County commissioners named a street after him.

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    Ramon Doesn't Work Here Any More

    The City of Miami's (predictable) response to its friends-of-friends problem

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    Letters

    The City of Miami's (predictable) response to its friends-of-friends problem

  • News

    June 29, 1994

    Room with a Viewer

    A young Larry King. A racist white enclave called Liberty City. A homophobic Anita Bryant taken seriously. South Florida's past is present at the Louis Wolfson II Media History Center.

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