Elian Gonzalez

Miami New Times' predictions for 2012

Herman Cain Heading To Versailles This Week To Pretend He Cares About Cuban Issues

A candidate making a pit stop for cafecitos at Versailles isn't exactly hot news, even for a guy improbably still leading the GOP after a month fending off more sexual harassment accusations than Gene Simmons' tongue. The Cuban landmark is such a de facto stopover for White House wannabes, the regul ... More >>

Other Cop in Miami Beach ATV Fiasco Married to Elian Gonzalez's "Foster Mom"

​Somehow all crazy things in Miami-Dade County are connected. Rolando Gutierrez, the second Miami Beach cop fired today for this weekend's bizarre ATV crash, is married to Marisleysis Gonzalez. She's better known as the woman who was Elian Gonzalez's "foster mom" while he was in Miami.

The 10 Sexiest Miamians

Tipdrill​When people think Miami, the first thing that pops into their mind's eyes is boobs. Big, beach ball boobs. But we're so much more than that. We are also crazy-huge booties and rock hard six-pack abs. We are tans the color of Key Biscayne sunsets and weird Barbie hair that breaks apart if ... More >>

Marc Randazzo on Jail Eats and Mickey Rourke's Nose

Photo by Riki AltmanMarc Randazzo loves his customers. Really.Were you knocked out by yesterday's interview? If not, read part one again... or we'll beat you up.New Times: You've got tons of photos of celebrities on your walls. Who's the most famous you've cooked for?Marc Randazzo: I cooked for Pres ... More >>

Coffey Calling the Kettle Black

Photo by Riki AltmanMarc Randazzo loves his customers. Really.Were you knocked out by yesterday's interview? If not, read part one again... or we'll beat you up.New Times: You've got tons of photos of celebrities on your walls. Who's the most famous you've cooked for?Marc Randazzo: I cooked for Pres ... More >>

Rick Scott and Bill McCollum Are Florida's Grand Wizards

​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 Democrats are missing in action in the governor's race.The Democratic Party is out of sight and out of mind in the ... More >>

History Miami Museum commits to crime

​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 Democrats are missing in action in the governor's race.The Democratic Party is out of sight and out of mind in the ... More >>

Bill Clinton Throws up 'the U'

via The U's Facebook​Bill Clinton was all over town this weekend leading conferences, partying at LIV, looking back on the Elián González saga, being interviewed by George W. Bush's daughter, fixing up homeless shelters, and all that jazz. But really the most important thing he di ... More >>

Marlins Closer Meltdown Watch: Núñez Starts the Season off Ugly

Leo Núñez pitching against the Mets last night.We've already put our asses out there by saying we think the Marlins are going to contend this year. That said, you don't need to be Miss Cleo to foresee that this squad's ragtag relievers are going to lose us a lot of games -- and Fredi Gonzale ... More >>

Suge Knight sues Kanye West and the Shore Club

Leo Núñez pitching against the Mets last night.We've already put our asses out there by saying we think the Marlins are going to contend this year. That said, you don't need to be Miss Cleo to foresee that this squad's ragtag relievers are going to lose us a lot of games -- and Fredi Gonzale ... More >>

The Circus is in Town: Suge Knight Brings Lawsuit Against Kanye West, Shore Club, to Miami Court

MTV.co.uk​Back in January 2009, bankrupt hip-hop chieftain Marion "Suge" Knight filed a lawsuit against Kanye West, claiming the rapper should be financially responsible for an unsolved 2005 shooting at a South Beach Shore Club party West hosted that left Knight capped in the leg. Among Sug ... More >>

Van Peebles, Borowitz, S.L. Price at the Book Fair

MTV.co.uk​Back in January 2009, bankrupt hip-hop chieftain Marion "Suge" Knight filed a lawsuit against Kanye West, claiming the rapper should be financially responsible for an unsolved 2005 shooting at a South Beach Shore Club party West hosted that left Knight capped in the leg. Among Sug ... More >>

Spies in the Magic City

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

The Big Donors in Miami Mayor's Race

Illustration by Alex Izaguirre In this week's print edition of Riptide, I wrote that none of the candidates in the Miami mayoral race will crack the $1 million benchmarks set by Manny Diaz in 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless, City Commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez are shoring up support with s ... More >>

A Letter to Barack Obama

Joe Arriola kisses up to the future prez.

Fidel's Gone. Yawn.

The day el dictador quit was a bizarre one at Versailles, in Hialeah, and on Miami streets.

Same as It Ever Was

At Filtro, images of Cuba, island of lost time

Café con Retché

Little Havana struggles to reinvent a once-growing arts scene

BEST HERO

Judge William Hoeveler

BEST LOCAL POLITICIAN

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz

Young at Art

Talented kids compete

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Talented kids compete

Critic's Notebook

What's happening, what's not, at the tip of the peninsula

BEST URBAN BIKE RIDE

What's happening, what's not, at the tip of the peninsula

Right On!

Music Fest Miami is a complicated mission, but maybe no one understands Miami like a politician

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of June 7, 2001

Shake

¡Ño, Qué Punk!

Screen Scribes

Robert Stone

Have Bullhorn, Will Travel

Most anti-Castro groups shun partisan presidential politics, but not Miguel Saavedra and his merry band of protesters

Broadcast Blunder, Part 2

Radio Martí station director is suspended for two weeks

Out with the Geezers

Englishman Rupert Mould takes Cuban music to new frontiers

DeFede: Deconstructing Alex

He billed himself as a reformer, but a close look at Alex Penelas's record reveals a politician more in tune with ambition than innovation

The Not Ready for Prime Time Mayor

Who can forget the night Alex Penelas made an ass of himself

Donkey Demise

Miami-Dade's Democratic Party is a shambles. Blame Joe Geller, candidate and chairman.

Losers, Schmoozers

New Times finally concludes the brouhaha over the brat

To Serve and Protect

And in the case of the Miami Police Department: To Lose

Best Promoter Of Cultural Diversity

John de Leon

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of May 4, 2000

DeFede

Riding the Tiger

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of March 9, 2000

Riptide

What's a day in Miami without a bizarre twist?

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of February 24, 2000

Riptide

Reappearing acts

Internet Network News, September 20, 2010

Elian Gonzalez: Still mum after all these years

Riptide

Nat Wilcox on bad behavior; and growing radio verde?

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of February 3, 2000

A Family Portrait

Meet Luis and José Cid, Elian Gonzalez's Miami cousins, just a couple of good old-fashioned American criminals

Vital Forces

A Bicycle Country

DeFede

The Insider