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Hearts and Mayans

Jack Leonard has opened his South Dade home to Guatemalan migrants. What more can he do?

Yes, Those Are Slaves On The Steps of The Florida Capitol Today

If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

Spanish Sundance

The Miami International Film Festival wants to be a Latin movie marketplace

Dynasty

The Miami International Film Festival wants to be a Latin movie marketplace

We Built This City

The Miami International Film Festival wants to be a Latin movie marketplace

Swine Flu Patient Traveled Through Miami

via FlickrThe fine country of Austria reported its first case of swine flu today according to the World Health Organization. The patient, a 28-year-old woman, who recently returned from a trip to Guatemala to visit her parents, is expected to recover. The woman flew from Guatemala to an airport in M ... More >>

The Cuban Connection

Signing the world's best soccer player didn't do the trick. Maybe two stars from Cuba will finally draw some fans to Miami FC bleachers.

Get schooled in the Miami School

Signing the world's best soccer player didn't do the trick. Maybe two stars from Cuba will finally draw some fans to Miami FC bleachers.

The Art of Recession at Virginia Miller Galleries

Straw turns to gold in the Gables.

Team USA Volleyball Roughs Up Costa Rica in Straight Sets

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

Team USA Hosts a Block Party: Defeats Guatemala in Straight Sets

Guatemala couldn't measure up to the net or to the Americans' talent.The top of the net in ladies' volleyball is nearly seven and a half feet above the ground explaining the need for tall players. The US roster includes a player as tall as 6-foot-7 with eight others taller than 5-foot-10. Guat ... More >>

U.S. Women Spike Peru in Volleyball. Everyone Else Better Look Out.

The scrappy but shorter Peruvian team outblocked the U.S.Having won just five matches in 26 attempts againts the United States, Peru faced a challenge as daunting as trying to climb to Machu Picchu with one leg and a blindfold. But the scrappy 17th-ranked Peruvian squad gave the U.S. its tou ... More >>

More Volleyball: US Survives Puerto Rico, Advances to Semis

It took a total team effort to defeat a fired-up Puerto Rico."It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop ever, until you are dead." That was said about Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator, but it also applie ... 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 >>

He Buried Che

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

The Heat Is On

One gallery bucks the summer doldrums.

Shows at the Freedom Tower and the Moore Space explore strife and displacement

One gallery bucks the summer doldrums.

Letters from the issue of March 4, 2010

One gallery bucks the summer doldrums.

Tacontento Coming to South Beach in June

Coming Soon!​Arriving in South Beach early next month will be Tacontento, a fast/casual full service Mexican restaurant. Tacontento translates to be happy, and if the slogan, "The best tacos... period," comes anywhere close to being true, we will be. Tacontento started in the late '90s as a taco s ... More >>

An Immigrant's Heart: To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia Amparo-Alvarado needed a big heart — but not this big

Coming Soon!​Arriving in South Beach early next month will be Tacontento, a fast/casual full service Mexican restaurant. Tacontento translates to be happy, and if the slogan, "The best tacos... period," comes anywhere close to being true, we will be. Tacontento started in the late '90s as a taco s ... More >>

On L.A.'s Skid Row, a generational war over how to teach the American children of illegal immigrants

Coming Soon!​Arriving in South Beach early next month will be Tacontento, a fast/casual full service Mexican restaurant. Tacontento translates to be happy, and if the slogan, "The best tacos... period," comes anywhere close to being true, we will be. Tacontento started in the late '90s as a taco s ... More >>

Giant Guatemala Sinkhole Still Open; Temporary Protected Status In Limbo

​In May, a tropical storm and a volcano eruption devastated Guatemala, leaving hundreds dead, and a giant sinkhole that swallowed a three-story building in the heart of the capital city. In response to the natural disasters, its government asked the United States to extend Temporary Protected Stat ... More >>

Pizza Rustica Challenges Its "Overrated" Status

Pino Piroso and with a freshly-made cheese pizza​After Short Oder called this Miami Beach-based chain an overrated, the oversensitive pizzza makers issued a challenge. "Come on over and check us out. Just see if our stuff ain't fresh...." (Well, to be honest, we're paraphrasing here.)So we we wen ... More >>

Phoenix, Arizona: America's kidnapping capital is brutal

Pino Piroso and with a freshly-made cheese pizza​After Short Oder called this Miami Beach-based chain an overrated, the oversensitive pizzza makers issued a challenge. "Come on over and check us out. Just see if our stuff ain't fresh...." (Well, to be honest, we're paraphrasing here.)So we we wen ... More >>

Latin American dictators love South Florida

Pino Piroso and with a freshly-made cheese pizza​After Short Oder called this Miami Beach-based chain an overrated, the oversensitive pizzza makers issued a challenge. "Come on over and check us out. Just see if our stuff ain't fresh...." (Well, to be honest, we're paraphrasing here.)So we we wen ... More >>

In Guatemala, Alayna Wool Tries To Heal Civil War Wounds With Photography

photo courtesy Alayna Wool.​Earlier this month, in "South Florida Living, Butcher Style," New Times brought you the history of genocidal dictators and warlords who have fled to Miami after raping and pillaging their homelands. But there's a flip side to that story: What happens to their countries ... More >>

Alayan Wool uses photos to heal Guatemala

photo courtesy Alayna Wool.​Earlier this month, in "South Florida Living, Butcher Style," New Times brought you the history of genocidal dictators and warlords who have fled to Miami after raping and pillaging their homelands. But there's a flip side to that story: What happens to their countries ... More >>

Driver Who Caused Accident That Killed Heat Dancer Was Drinking

In today's stunning return of Riptide's news roundups: the man who fatally struck a Miami Heat dancer's motorcycle admits to having been drinking, a Miami police officer is sent to prison for stealing from a traffic accident victim, a rare destructive beetles species is found in Miami, and the lates ... More >>

Red: Classiest comic book movie ever

In today's stunning return of Riptide's news roundups: the man who fatally struck a Miami Heat dancer's motorcycle admits to having been drinking, a Miami police officer is sent to prison for stealing from a traffic accident victim, a rare destructive beetles species is found in Miami, and the lates ... More >>

Operation Streamline treats migrants like cattle

In today's stunning return of Riptide's news roundups: the man who fatally struck a Miami Heat dancer's motorcycle admits to having been drinking, a Miami police officer is sent to prison for stealing from a traffic accident victim, a rare destructive beetles species is found in Miami, and the lates ... More >>

Top 10 Worst Food Recalls of 2010

image via portorikan on flickr.Food poisoning.​Blech! We used to think food recalls were a rare phenomenon. Turns out American factory culture may not have changed enough since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," to stop bacterium-infected food products from hitting store shelves.The last year has ... More >>

Sustain Restaurant & Bar Preview Dinner in Photos

David Samayoa​Sustain Restaurant & Bar opened to the public this past Saturday. I was invited to Friday's social media preview (complimentary) dinner.The space is airy and open. Most eye catching is a massive wooden rib cage structure hanging along one wall, which managing partner Jonathan Laz ... More >>

El Gran Inka's Javier Angeles-Beron Chews on Guinea Pig

Photo by Riki AltmanHe cooks, he manages, and he pours a mean pisco sour.​You might recall a while back we interviewed Chef Christopher Cramer at Panorama about Peruvian cuisine and, for an Irishman, he did seem to know a lot about it. But this time we wanted to chat with the genuine article, Lima ... 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 >>

Viva Arte!

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 >>

Special Prix Fixe: Botran Rum Menu at De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean Through April 15

Florida lobster ceviche with local heirloom tomatoes and avocado, topped with stone crab mustard and Botran Rum ice cream.​Riding the momentum of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean (inside the Hilton Bentley) and Botran Rum is offering a special rum-tastic prix fi ... More >>

Lester's to Open Soon With Craft Beer, Good Wine, Guatemalan Coffee, and Mustaches

Clean and chic, we're tellin' ya. ​Lester's. It sounds like a Milwaukee dive bar where steelworkers make eyes at Doreen, the sassy bartender with a heart of gold. But not Lester's in Miami. Here it will be a coffee shop/bar with a simple concept and a chic, clean, sleek look.Artist Dan M ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo: Test Your Knowledge With True/False Test

True or False:This is the true meaning of Cinco de Mayo in America.Sadly, Cinco de Mayo is a largely misunderstood holiday. This is due to much misinformation being passed along in articles, blogs, and so forth. For instance, many people think that the real Mexican celebration has nothing to do with ... More >>

Scott Fredel on the Best Place to Catch Sailfish

​Scott Fredel, executive chef and owner of Pilar, gave us a rundown on his feelings on sustainable fishing, what you're getting on your plate when you eat at his restaurant, and how expensive it is to commercially fish. Read the first part of the interview for the full story.New Times: You named t ... More >>

Deaths at Strax raise questions about the safety of cheap nips and tucks

​Scott Fredel, executive chef and owner of Pilar, gave us a rundown on his feelings on sustainable fishing, what you're getting on your plate when you eat at his restaurant, and how expensive it is to commercially fish. Read the first part of the interview for the full story.New Times: You named t ... More >>

Double Helping of Footsies

​Scott Fredel, executive chef and owner of Pilar, gave us a rundown on his feelings on sustainable fishing, what you're getting on your plate when you eat at his restaurant, and how expensive it is to commercially fish. Read the first part of the interview for the full story.New Times: You named t ... More >>

Do That Conga

​Scott Fredel, executive chef and owner of Pilar, gave us a rundown on his feelings on sustainable fishing, what you're getting on your plate when you eat at his restaurant, and how expensive it is to commercially fish. Read the first part of the interview for the full story.New Times: You named t ... More >>

Miami-Dade Officer Allegedly Calls Man "Fucking Immigrant," Arrests Him On Trumped Up Charges

​A Miami-Dade Police officer is accused of arresting a Guatemalan man on trumped up charges and calling him a "fucking immigrant" after asking where the man was from. Cases like this sure don't help those in favor of bringing Arizona-style immigration laws to Florida and claim that they wouldn't l ... More >>

Nicaragua Stays Left, Guatemala Goes Right in Central American Elections

Otto Perez MolinaDaniel OrtegaA leftist former guerrilla retains his grip on power while an ex-general promising mano dura sweeps into office.Yesterday was election day in two Central American countries. In Nicaragua, early results show Hugo Chavez ally and current president Daniel Ortega easily win ... More >>

Vic & Angelo's Holds Grand Opening Bash

Courtesy of Vic & Angelo'sElisabetta Canalis​Vic & Angelo's Italian Restaurant, the newest kid on the Ocean Drive block in South Beach, had its official opening on Friday, November 4. They've been open for a while but last night was the big night.On hand for the festivities was none other ... More >>

"Hola Y'all," Sandra Gutierrez Brings Southern-Latino Cooking to Miami Book Fair

Photo by Matt Hulsman​Her family motto was "hola, y'all," and for an American girl growing up in Guatemala, Sandra Gutierrez had the best of both worlds; hamburgers for dinner and arroz con leche for dessert. The New Southern-Latino Table (The University of North Carolina Press, $30) reveals her s ... More >>

Breakfast Beer: Not Just For Alcoholics Anymore

Betty Crocker/Facebook​The craft beer movement has produced some surprising side effects for the brewery world; suddenly blueberries, cherries and chocolate are considered hops-friendly ingredients, giving beer a whole new aisle in your local liquor store. In fact, beer is so user friendly with fo ... More >>

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator at the Cosford Cinema Feburary 2 and 3

Betty Crocker/Facebook​The craft beer movement has produced some surprising side effects for the brewery world; suddenly blueberries, cherries and chocolate are considered hops-friendly ingredients, giving beer a whole new aisle in your local liquor store. In fact, beer is so user friendly with fo ... More >>