Central Intelligence Agency

Biscayne Blvd Photos Show Immigrants and Freedom Fighters

Carl Scalise: "Congress Must Take Action" to Bust the Mafia

​Carl Scalise is not afraid of the Mafia. Concrete boots don't faze him, and neither does sleeping with the fishes. We met him yesterday outside Miami New Times offices on Biscayne Boulevard protesting the Mafia, and fighting for your freedom."For the past 7 years I've been fighting the Mafia," he ... More >>

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 >>

CG Burgers versus DGB: Damn Good Burger

​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 >>

Pro-Democracy Protesters to Set Off Fireworks Near Cuban Coast

​Every year, America celebrates the birth of its own democracy with fireworks, so it only makes sense a pro-democracy group that helps newly arrived Cubans settle in Miami is on its way to put on a fireworks display off the coast of Cuba. Predictably, the Cuban government is none too pleased.

Bill Nelson Will View Osama Death Photos, Marco Rubio Opts Out

​Regular people will probably not see Osama bin Laden's final glamor shots, the one featuring a bullet hole somewhere in his face. At least not any time soon, but a select group of congressmen will get a chance to view those photos. Because Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio serve on the Senate Intellige ... More >>

Gitmo Detainees Led CIA to Bin Laden, So Is Cuba's Worst Prison Actually Working?

Gitmo vindicated?​When I visited Guantánamo Bay on the eve of President Barack Obama's inauguration, two things seemed certain: that the hated prison would soon be shuttered and that it would go down in history as one of America's worst follies.Two years later, the camp is still running strong an ... More >>

Cuban Operative Posada Carriles' English Questioned in Court

via newscomHow good is Luis Posada Carriles' English? That has become a central issue in the trial of the 82-year-old Cuban, who is charged with 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and immigration fraud for lying during immigration proceedings. On Wednesday, Federal prosecutors played tapes of the CI ... More >>

Anna Ardin, Swede Accusing WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange of Assault, Probably Didn't Work For the CIA In Miami

Anna Ardin: U.S. spy? Sorry, but not in Miami.​Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has shaken the Washington D.C. bureaucracy to its core with embarrassing revelations -- from illicit contacts with Fidel Castro to State Department plans to steal credit card numbers from top United Nations offici ... More >>

The TSA Is Racist And Stupid

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gets in on the Transportation Safety Administration body scanner controversy.The Transportation Security Administration e ... More >>

Aliens, military wackos, and the next war

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gets in on the Transportation Safety Administration body scanner controversy.The Transportation Security Administration e ... More >>

The U.S. Military Ready to Wage War on Outerspace Terrorists

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke dissects the worldwide UFO conspiracy.A propaganda campaign to prepare us for the next big war is underway. But this time ... More >>

Castro Death Meter: Panic! Dismay! Fidel Only 38 Percent Dead!

Fidel was not that dead during his interview on Cuban TV, analysts fear.This week, a nation was compelled to watch as a bearded egomaniac from an impoverished region took to live TV for an overblown announcement. LeBron schmebron. On Monday, the original self-proclaimed king with a six-foot-eight ... More >>

Knight and Day: Tom Cruise, please stop talking

Fidel was not that dead during his interview on Cuban TV, analysts fear.This week, a nation was compelled to watch as a bearded egomaniac from an impoverished region took to live TV for an overblown announcement. LeBron schmebron. On Monday, the original self-proclaimed king with a six-foot-eight ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Fidel was not that dead during his interview on Cuban TV, analysts fear.This week, a nation was compelled to watch as a bearded egomaniac from an impoverished region took to live TV for an overblown announcement. LeBron schmebron. On Monday, the original self-proclaimed king with a six-foot-eight ... More >>

Gerald Posner Hires Rush to Judgment Author Mark Lane in Plagiarism Case

Gerald Posner, Miami Beach author and admitted plagiarist, announced today that he's hired a lawyer to defend him against Miami New Times' stories about his literary thefts. photo by Bill Cooke​His choice of attorney is turning some heads in New York: Mark Lane is famous for authoring -- alm ... More >>

Human Rights Watch: Cuba More Repressive Than Ever

Cuba has been on a repressive kick since the beginning of a year. After well-known critic Zapata Tamayo died in February, other Cubans took to the streets in protest. ​Another one, Guillermo Farinas, is said to be at death's door. The government, in turn, responded by beating some them -- the Lad ... More >>

Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style

Cuba has been on a repressive kick since the beginning of a year. After well-known critic Zapata Tamayo died in February, other Cubans took to the streets in protest. ​Another one, Guillermo Farinas, is said to be at death's door. The government, in turn, responded by beating some them -- the Lad ... More >>

Musicians Demand Classified Gitmo Memos On How Their Tunes Were Used As Torture

Of all the outrages perpetrated at Guantanamo Bay -- which New Times explored in depth earlier this year on our visit to the prison camp in southern Cuba -- one of the strangest has to be the military's music-based "futility technique."via Wikimedia Commons​In case you've succeeded in washing the ... More >>

But Wait: Attorney Says Bay of Pigs Vet Will Collect That $1 Billion From Castro

First Fidel Castro's cronies took his father's car dealership. Then, they took his father's life.Time to Pay Up, BuddNow, Gustavo Villoldo has a legal verdict for $1 billion against El Commandante himself. And he fully intends to collect, as crazy as it sounds.Miami-Dade County Judge Peter Adrien aw ... More >>

Guantanamo's Final Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms.

Moolah for Mullahs

All aboard the Eighties way-back machine for Mike Nichols's good time Charlie.

Che Guevara's Hair Sells for $119,000 to Houston Man Who Loves to Shop

All aboard the Eighties way-back machine for Mike Nichols's good time Charlie.

War on Hugo Chávez

An outlaw and former spook takes on the Venezuelan dictator

Bazooka Babes

"We make sure the girls are handling these weapons properly"

The Big Valley

"We make sure the girls are handling these weapons properly"

Terror Alert, Miami Style

Clandestine meetings and a hungry press

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too

Plaid Prance

Bagpipe bash brings holiday cheer

BEST POWER FAMILY

The Diaz-Balart family

Righteous Bombers?

Miami's non-Muslim mullahs are ready to forgive Castro's accused 2000 assassins

Admitting Terror

The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of September 20, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of May 10, 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

Invasion Installation

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

Is There a Spin Doctor in the House?

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

Private Plays, Public Access

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

Road Worrier

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

Overthrow on the Radio

With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

May the Force Be with You

With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

Shark Bait

Treasure hunter, diving extremist, and aspiring filmmaker Ron McManmon launches the ultimate party barge and introduces the gentleman's sport of shark riding

Rotations

Treasure hunter, diving extremist, and aspiring filmmaker Ron McManmon launches the ultimate party barge and introduces the gentleman's sport of shark riding

Swelter

Treasure hunter, diving extremist, and aspiring filmmaker Ron McManmon launches the ultimate party barge and introduces the gentleman's sport of shark riding

Getting to Know the Major

To Panama's incarcerated Maximum Leader, he is a link to the outside world. But who exactly is Rudolfo Castrell?

The Size of Their Toys

COPEX separates the men from the boys

Inside Feature: John Featherstone

COPEX separates the men from the boys

Whoppers!

COPEX separates the men from the boys

Fraudbuster!

COPEX separates the men from the boys