Fulgencio Batista

Cuba Over and Out

From Moscow to Miami

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, founder of Cambio Cubano, confronts a force as powerful as Castro: The exiles who condemn his moderate views

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

Meet Miami's Next Mayor

Political gangster or humble servant, Miriam Alonso wins either way

When Egos Collide

Political gangster or humble servant, Miriam Alonso wins either way

The Man Who Would Be Fidel

For more than fifteen years, master Castro imitator Armando Roblan has been sending up El Tirano

Perez Hilton Picks a Fight

Haters and lawsuits threaten Miami's infamous celebrity gossip export.

Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Home

Betrayed by the U.S. government and their own country, they want to be remembered.

War on Hugo Chávez

An outlaw and former spook takes on the Venezuelan dictator

Park and Politics

A new documentary portrays a little-told — and very local — history

Storming the House

The real story behind that wacky run at George W.

Cows to Cuba

A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation

BEST POWER FAMILY

The Diaz-Balart family

Dialogueros

Caught between Iraq and a hard-line place

Bolita in Havana

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

Politics & Parties & Power

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

Incessant Static

Every year millions of your dollars are pumped into Radio and TV Martí. What do you get in return?

New Face, Old Connections

Miami mayoral candidate Manny Diaz may look like an outsider, but his political history places him squarely on the inside

Class Act

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

Voice of a Nation

Radio and TV Martí are supposed to remain above politics and provide Cubans with unbiased news. This is not a joke; it only seems like one.

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.

A Cuban Idyll

In the island's countryside the land is lovely, the people are humble, and life is unforgiving

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of December 28, 2000

Ring Cycle

Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

Demetrio's Rules

The world according to public school board member Demetrio Perez includes exile philosophy, Elian propaganda, and old-Havana-school politics.

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 1, 2000

Beyond Havana

Life is a matter of quiet persistence in Santa Clara, the town made famous by Che Guevara

Getting Organized

For Homestead's working poor, the thought of joining a union can be frightening. So how do you fight the fear?

Cuba's Second Revolution

Before he was banished from his homeland, Diosmel Rodriguez sowed the seeds of revolt among Cuban farmers

Twice Exiled

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

Alpha Males

Forty years after Castro's revolution, the men of Alpha 66 talk tough but sometimes snooze

Miami's Man in Havana

Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

Of Grave Concern

Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

Mrs. Brickell's Neighborhood

In the shadows of the skyscrapers lies a quaint little slice of Miami's past known as Southside. Soon it will be wiped from the face of the earth.

Letters

In the shadows of the skyscrapers lies a quaint little slice of Miami's past known as Southside. Soon it will be wiped from the face of the earth.

Canvasing the Caribbean

In the shadows of the skyscrapers lies a quaint little slice of Miami's past known as Southside. Soon it will be wiped from the face of the earth.

Eyewitnesses to History

Marion and Orlando de Cardenas aided Fidel Castro when the Cuban revolution was still a daydream, not a bad dream

Dynasty

Marion and Orlando de Cardenas aided Fidel Castro when the Cuban revolution was still a daydream, not a bad dream

Rough Diamond

A Cuban embezzler built it, anti-Batista guerrillas trained in it, Nicaraguan refugees lived in it, and Frank Robinson played baseball in it. Now somebody has to step to the plate and save Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium.

Name Droppers

Every year hundreds of Miami's titularly challenged discover that a new name can mean a new you

Havana Does Not Believe in Tears

Prize-winning author Roberto Uria landed in hot water in Cuba. Granted refugee status in the U.S., he must now sink or swim.

Before Duran and After

Cuban exile and WRHC-AM sports talk-show host Minito Navarro has always had a passion for punchers

No Peace for Paula

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

Beautiful Sangria of My Soul

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

Actors' Playhouse Tells the Frozen History of Havana Bourgeois

Green fatigues in the Gables.

Cuban Mobster Book Havana Nocturne Being Turned into a Film

T. J. English's best-selling book, Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution, went over like a lead balloon in certain corners of El Exilio. The book paints Fulgencio Batista as a corrupt leader all too willing to play ball -- and take kickbacks -- from powerful ... More >>

He Buried Che

Gustavo Villoldo hunted the revolutionary leader. His new weapon: a $1 billion judgment against Fidel.

Letters from the Issue of August 13, 2009

"His papi swallowed a bunch of pills and committed suicide. Would we blame George Bush for every suicide of an Iraqi in Iraq?"

Letters from the Issue of September 24, 2009

"His papi swallowed a bunch of pills and committed suicide. Would we blame George Bush for every suicide of an Iraqi in Iraq?"

Latin American dictators love South Florida

"His papi swallowed a bunch of pills and committed suicide. Would we blame George Bush for every suicide of an Iraqi in Iraq?"