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    November 25, 2011

    Xiamen Wants to Become the Miami of China

    ​We're not sure if we should be flattered or slightly afraid that Xiamen, a major city in China, has decided to model its future growth after our humble little town."Xiamen and Miami are at the same altitude, and I believe Xiamen has the potential to be a global tourist destination like Miami," Zh ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 23, 2011

    The perils and heartbreak of migration at Pan American Art's new exhibit

    ​We're not sure if we should be flattered or slightly afraid that Xiamen, a major city in China, has decided to model its future growth after our humble little town."Xiamen and Miami are at the same altitude, and I believe Xiamen has the potential to be a global tourist destination like Miami," Zh ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 13, 2011

    Miami art this week: horses, mermaids, and shantytowns

    ​We're not sure if we should be flattered or slightly afraid that Xiamen, a major city in China, has decided to model its future growth after our humble little town."Xiamen and Miami are at the same altitude, and I believe Xiamen has the potential to be a global tourist destination like Miami," Zh ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2010

    Miami art this week: DNA science experiments

    ​We're not sure if we should be flattered or slightly afraid that Xiamen, a major city in China, has decided to model its future growth after our humble little town."Xiamen and Miami are at the same altitude, and I believe Xiamen has the potential to be a global tourist destination like Miami," Zh ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    Miami art this week: Black Square Gallery catches dreams

    ​We're not sure if we should be flattered or slightly afraid that Xiamen, a major city in China, has decided to model its future growth after our humble little town."Xiamen and Miami are at the same altitude, and I believe Xiamen has the potential to be a global tourist destination like Miami," Zh ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Spies in the Magic City

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

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Guantanamo's Final Days

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

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    High Rollers on the High Seas

    Sports geeks set sail on the Aquasino

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    The Life Aquatic

    Brenda Lanzendorf's underwater excavations reveal Biscayne Bay's secret past

  • Culture

    July 21, 2005

    Copycats

    In this age of artistic appropriation, everything is fair game

  • Music

    December 23, 2004

    Revolution Soul

    Next stop for Miami's Latin underground: Hope

  • Culture

    April 22, 2004

    The View from Here

    Architecture, painting, and imagination

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of February 27, 2003

    Cuba after Castro? Don't be left out!

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Little Goes A Long Way

    Immigration attorney Cheryl Little spent years banging her head against INS bureaucracy, until a Haitian boat cracked it open

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    Kafka in a Guayabera

    He may be across the ocean, but Czech Pres. Havel's Cuban-exile headaches have already begun

  • Culture

    August 15, 2002

    Drama Cubano

    The voices of Cubans, here and from the island, are resounding onstage

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of April 25, 2002

    The Everglades, dead fish, and dictators

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Heretics in the House

    They came to Miami. They gathered publicly. They showed no fear. And they trashed the Cuba embargo.

  • 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

    August 9, 2001

    Fidel Made Them Do It

    Posada Carriles is in jail -- again -- for plotting against Castro. And again, he's sure it's Castro's fault.

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    The Great Elián Hoax

    Did Demetrio Perez, Jr.'s Libre really produce this book?

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Sail Away and Stay and Stay

    Ramon Saul Sanchez's Democracy Movement unveils a new twist on the venerable sit-in protest: The float-in

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Carlos Cruz's Second Act

    In his native Cuba he was a film star. Here in the States he's just another car salesman with a dream.

  • Music

    December 21, 2000

    No More Batalla

    Issac Delgado returns to a kinder, gentler Miami

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    Requiem for a True Original

    Reinaldo Arenas detested Miami's exile culture as much as Castro's tyranny, and he wasn't shy about saying so

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    Socialism or Suntan, Part 2

    Is it a harmless political party, or is it a cult?

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Socialism or Suntan

    Miami's revolutionaries may not be plentiful but they're persistent

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Battle Was Won but the War Continues

    So where's that Cuban musical invasion?

  • Culture

    September 28, 2000

    New Roots to Travel

    The importance of being Cuban gets a fresh hearing

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    In Too Deep

    Four years ago a dangerous chemical tanker ran aground in Biscayne National Park. The salvage operation that followed would go down in history.

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Out with the Geezers

    Englishman Rupert Mould takes Cuban music to new frontiers

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    Broadcast Blunder

    When the feds snatched Elian, Radio Martí should have been first with the news to Cuba. Instead its director quit in protest and chaos reigned.

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of August 10, 2000

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Jiang Zemin Stuns World, Embraces Democracy

    Letters from the issue of July 13, 2000

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    The Sanchez Solution

    Ramon Saul Sanchez is an exile leader with charisma, style, and a strong sense of drama

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Cuba Ordinance 101

    A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Internet Network News, September 20, 2010

    Elian Gonzalez: Still mum after all these years

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Fine Young Cannibals

    The reporters providing us coverage of Elian Gonzalez seem to recognize they're taking part in a shark feed. And they just keep chomping.

  • Culture

    December 30, 1999

    The Architecture of Control

    Glexis Novoa's "Recent Works"

  • Culture

    December 30, 1999

    Vital Forces

    A Bicycle Country

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Cash Cargo

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    The Smuggler as Savior

    Juan Garcia Pino was obeying a higher law when he rescued nineteen family members fleeing Cuba. But a more mundane law ruined everything.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Letters

    Juan Garcia Pino was obeying a higher law when he rescued nineteen family members fleeing Cuba. But a more mundane law ruined everything.

  • Calendar

    February 27, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    Juan Garcia Pino was obeying a higher law when he rescued nineteen family members fleeing Cuba. But a more mundane law ruined everything.

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Gimme Subterranean Shelter

    When it comes to home security, you can't beat a house designed to withstand an atom bomb.

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    King of Clubs

    Club Tropigala's heritage dates back to nineteenth-century Cuba, but when the curtain rises, this could only be Miami

  • News

    November 2, 1995

    Capitalist or Commie?

    How a Miami businessman got rich doing business with Cuba - and lived to shout about it

  • Culture

    September 21, 1995

    Letter Imperfect

    How a Miami businessman got rich doing business with Cuba - and lived to shout about it

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    Reach Out and Really Touch Someone

    Late last year thousands of people learned that the "free" calls they'd been making to Cuba weren't really free. Now the bills are arriving.

  • News

    September 26, 1990

    The Quiet Riot

    Late last year thousands of people learned that the "free" calls they'd been making to Cuba weren't really free. Now the bills are arriving.

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