Dominican Republic

Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk sizzles with Mikhail Baryshnikov's photos

ICE snitch Angel Jose Perez duped the FBI and got rich

Prince Royce Talks Usher, Obama, and His Upcoming English-Language Album

Mun2.tv​If you've never heard of Prince Royce, get used to his name. The Bronx-raised, 22-year-old Dominican kid writes beautiful songs in both English and Spanish. In only three years, Royce has brought a new kind of bachata to the Billboard charts. And recently signed to Atlantic Records, he's ... More >>

Island Strife

Mun2.tv​If you've never heard of Prince Royce, get used to his name. The Bronx-raised, 22-year-old Dominican kid writes beautiful songs in both English and Spanish. In only three years, Royce has brought a new kind of bachata to the Billboard charts. And recently signed to Atlantic Records, he's ... More >>

Marlins Season Goes from Crap to Crappy to Unbe-f***ing-lievable

​The Florida Marlins' sad, sad season has gone from merely pathetic to positively ridiculous. Yesterday, the interwebs were atwitter with speculation over why the team suddenly sent closer Leo Nuñez to his native Dominican Republic only hours after helping the Fish defeat the Atlanta Braves.Well, ... More >>

Cumbia Countdown

​The Florida Marlins' sad, sad season has gone from merely pathetic to positively ridiculous. Yesterday, the interwebs were atwitter with speculation over why the team suddenly sent closer Leo Nuñez to his native Dominican Republic only hours after helping the Fish defeat the Atlanta Braves.Well, ... More >>

Boys (and Girls) in the Hood

​The Florida Marlins' sad, sad season has gone from merely pathetic to positively ridiculous. Yesterday, the interwebs were atwitter with speculation over why the team suddenly sent closer Leo Nuñez to his native Dominican Republic only hours after helping the Fish defeat the Atlanta Braves.Well, ... More >>

Chimi Churri Los Primos Food Truck Dishes Out Late-Night Dominican Burgers

​In the wee hours of the night, white trucks decorated with flashing neon lights line the streets of the uptown neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, dishing out burgers and fried finger foods to club-goers on their way home. The chimichurri, a Dominican street food burger, is b ... More >>

Exposing Exponica

​In the wee hours of the night, white trucks decorated with flashing neon lights line the streets of the uptown neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, dishing out burgers and fried finger foods to club-goers on their way home. The chimichurri, a Dominican street food burger, is b ... More >>

Miami Chefs Attend Club Med Wine & Food Fest

Photo by Riki AltmanChefs in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for Club Med's 2010 Wine & Food Festival.​Club Med, the all-inclusive vacation concept company with its North American headquarters in Miami, has hosted an annual culinary event for years, but it was always kept on the down low.  ... More >>

Merengue, Mami

Photo by Riki AltmanChefs in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for Club Med's 2010 Wine & Food Festival.​Club Med, the all-inclusive vacation concept company with its North American headquarters in Miami, has hosted an annual culinary event for years, but it was always kept on the down low.  ... More >>

Baseball Wants to Replace Blacks with Dominicans

Alex Izaguirre​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 claims Major League Baseball has a plan to phase out African American players and replace them with black H ... More >>

Cesar Carasa loves His Women Dominican Like His Coffee

Cesar Carasa defense is that he was never told that he had to pay for all his calls to women he met in the Dominican Republic​For a story in this week's Miami New Times, I dialed up a few of the ladies suspended West Miami Mayor Cesar Carasa befriended during his sojourns to the Dominican Republic ... More >>

Baseball agent Juan Ignacio Hernandez Nodar returns to Miami after 13 years in a Cuban prison

Cesar Carasa defense is that he was never told that he had to pay for all his calls to women he met in the Dominican Republic​For a story in this week's Miami New Times, I dialed up a few of the ladies suspended West Miami Mayor Cesar Carasa befriended during his sojourns to the Dominican Republic ... More >>

Hair Up to There

Cesar Carasa defense is that he was never told that he had to pay for all his calls to women he met in the Dominican Republic​For a story in this week's Miami New Times, I dialed up a few of the ladies suspended West Miami Mayor Cesar Carasa befriended during his sojourns to the Dominican Republic ... More >>

See Spanish Royalty Rock

Cesar Carasa defense is that he was never told that he had to pay for all his calls to women he met in the Dominican Republic​For a story in this week's Miami New Times, I dialed up a few of the ladies suspended West Miami Mayor Cesar Carasa befriended during his sojourns to the Dominican Republic ... More >>

USA places fourth by losing to Puerto Rico; Brazil wins the championship

Aurea Cruz may have slender shoulders, but they were big enough to carry the whole Puerto Rican team to victory.Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points, Adrian Peterson's 296 rushing yards, and Roger Clemens' 20 strikeouts all prove that a single player can win a game in a team sport. While her name do ... More >>

No surprises in round one; USA-Brazil and Puerto Rico-Dominican Republic in semis

Puerto Rico dominated the net and will do the same against the Dominican Republic this afternoon.As a reward for a perfect 5-0 run through the first round of the Pan-American Cup, the US women's volleyball team had today off. But they could still be seen in the BankUnited Center sco ... More >>

Ponzi Schemes Are So Hot Right Now, Even the Dominican Republic Has One

via Mihneaâ„¢'s FlickrPonzi schemes and business frauds are so hot right now. They're the latest craze among the rich and worldly, so of course we're seeing more of them every day. They're like the new Rolexes or Birkin bags for the recession world: Anyone who is anyone got swindled, and if you didn ... More >>

No A-Rod? No Problem

via Mihneaâ„¢'s FlickrPonzi schemes and business frauds are so hot right now. They're the latest craze among the rich and worldly, so of course we're seeing more of them every day. They're like the new Rolexes or Birkin bags for the recession world: Anyone who is anyone got swindled, and if you didn ... More >>

Tropical Depression Not Likely To Annoy Miami

via Mihneaâ„¢'s FlickrPonzi schemes and business frauds are so hot right now. They're the latest craze among the rich and worldly, so of course we're seeing more of them every day. They're like the new Rolexes or Birkin bags for the recession world: Anyone who is anyone got swindled, and if you didn ... More >>

Hey, Everybody, We’re All Gonna Get Laid!

Well, some laid-back golf, that is.

Behind These Gates

Peek inside Miami Beach’s most infamous mansion.

NY Times: South Floridians dangerously apathetic about coming hurricane

Peek inside Miami Beach’s most infamous mansion.

Island Tease

A shapeshifting artist's first major U.S. survey lands in Miami.

Fernando Villalona

A shapeshifting artist's first major U.S. survey lands in Miami.

Art Capsules

Current shows

Art Capsules

Current shows

Art Capsules

Current shows

From Ring Rust to Riches

These galleries offer different takes on panning for gold

Mistress of All

These galleries offer different takes on panning for gold

Latino Sluggers

These galleries offer different takes on panning for gold

Our Crossing

Sharing the stories of those who come by sea

Letters from the Issue of April 8, 2004

Miami’s corruption, midwives’ training, Cobain’s legacy

Label of Love

J&N Records proves, ya gotta love bachata to sell bachata

Various Artists

Republica Dominica (Putumayo)

Best Latin Club

Rancho Gaspar

The Dominican Squeezebox Goes Digital

Fulanito creates a furor at home and abroad

Never Too Small to Break the Rules

Andrea Loring got tired of seeing private high schools recruit star basketball players. But she had no idea busting them would bring her such grief.

Brotherly Beats

The "froggie-style" merengue-bomba rhythm is gonna getcha

The Bitterness of Sugar

Activist Inoelia Remy came to Miami to tell the harrowing story of working in the Dominican Republic's cane fields

Positively Eighth Street

Activist Inoelia Remy came to Miami to tell the harrowing story of working in the Dominican Republic's cane fields

Dancing with Dominicans

Activist Inoelia Remy came to Miami to tell the harrowing story of working in the Dominican Republic's cane fields

Calendar for the week

Activist Inoelia Remy came to Miami to tell the harrowing story of working in the Dominican Republic's cane fields

Reverb

Activist Inoelia Remy came to Miami to tell the harrowing story of working in the Dominican Republic's cane fields

Holy Smoke

Deep in the heart of Little Havana, El Credito's expatriate artisans quietly go about the business of hand-rolling the creme de la creme of Cuban cigars

Banana Republic

Deep in the heart of Little Havana, El Credito's expatriate artisans quietly go about the business of hand-rolling the creme de la creme of Cuban cigars

Bottom of the Heap O Top of the World

Just how popular is Juan Luis Guerra? If you have to ask, you haven't been listening.

Letter From Haiti

Just how popular is Juan Luis Guerra? If you have to ask, you haven't been listening.