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International Relations

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Pro-Democracy Protesters to Set Off Fireworks Near Cuban Coast

    ​Every year, America celebrates the birth of its own democracy with fireworks, so it only makes sense a pro-democracy group that helps newly arrived Cubans settle in Miami is on its way to put on a fireworks display off the coast of Cuba. Predictably, the Cuban government is none too pleased.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Visit a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland With ¡Mayday!'s New "Sweat Shop" Video

    Back in the day (circa 1950), every person on Planet Earth was panicked about the impending apocalypse. The Soviets were hoarding warheads like bottles of vodka. The United States government was stacking 'em up like Coca-Cola. And in the interest of "national security," our nation's very best phys ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Obama Nominates Kendrick Meek to United Nations Post

    ​We're actually kind of surprised it took this long for someone to appoint Kendrick Meek to something. The White House has announced that it will nominate the former South Florida congressman to a representative position at the United Nations.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Marco Rubio Really Admires Dead Racist Jesse Helms

    ​Asked to name a senator he'd like to pattern his own career after, Marco Rubio told the National Review that he really admires Jesse Helms. Yes, Helms, the late North Carolina Republican senator with notorious and well-documented racist and homophobic views. He once called the landmark Civil Righ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Pin Talk

    ​Asked to name a senator he'd like to pattern his own career after, Marco Rubio told the National Review that he really admires Jesse Helms. Yes, Helms, the late North Carolina Republican senator with notorious and well-documented racist and homophobic views. He once called the landmark Civil Righ ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    What would immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

    ​Asked to name a senator he'd like to pattern his own career after, Marco Rubio told the National Review that he really admires Jesse Helms. Yes, Helms, the late North Carolina Republican senator with notorious and well-documented racist and homophobic views. He once called the landmark Civil Righ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's Call to Assassinate Castro Haunts Her as She Takes Charge of Foreign Affairs Committee

    ​After nearly 22 years in the House and becoming the Republican's longest serving female member of that body, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is about to get her biggest taste of power yet in DC. When the GOP assumes control of the House in January, Ros-Lehtinen will become the chair of the Committee on Forei ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Letters from the issue of October 21, 2010

    ​After nearly 22 years in the House and becoming the Republican's longest serving female member of that body, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is about to get her biggest taste of power yet in DC. When the GOP assumes control of the House in January, Ros-Lehtinen will become the chair of the Committee on Forei ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Aliens, military wackos, and the next war

    ​After nearly 22 years in the House and becoming the Republican's longest serving female member of that body, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is about to get her biggest taste of power yet in DC. When the GOP assumes control of the House in January, Ros-Lehtinen will become the chair of the Committee on Forei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    The U.S. Military Ready to Wage War on Outerspace Terrorists

    ​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 dissects the worldwide UFO conspiracy.A propaganda campaign to prepare us for the next big war is underway. But this time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Mad Scientist Leo Mascheroni Caught Trying To Sell Nuclear Bomb To Venezuela

    Does this look like a man who should have a nuclear bomb?​P. Leonardo Mascheroni had a simple dream: earning billions of dollars in government funding to build a gigantic laser beam that would create stable nuclear fusion and limitless, free energy for the world. So simple! But the government woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Hillary Clinton to Visit Cuba in Coming Weeks?

    Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    Louis Maxwell murdered by Afghan Army, Part 2

    Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Louis Maxwell's forgotten murder, Part 1

    Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    News Roundup

    Surprise, surprise! Politicians who were in favor of easing sanctions on Cuba changed their mind once they got big donations from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee. [Herald] City of Miami politics sucks so much, sort of like a vacuum. So now their is a vacuum of power, if you w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Intelligent Miamians Answer UN Leader's Call to Action

    Alex Izaguirre​Just when I think all is lost in this chaotic, transient subtropical paradise I call home, some of my homies give me hope. They've demonstrated that Miami-Dade does have people who care about the world around them and are willing to raise awareness about making the world a better, s ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    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?"

  • Culture

    July 2, 2009

    Land Mine Legacy in Coral Gables

    Photos at the Spanish Cultural Center remind us wars linger.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Republican House Leader Welcomes Bleach Blonde Anti-Islam Dutch Politician To Florida

    screenshot from floridasecuritycouncil.org/The Security Council of Florida's website proudly heralds the key speaker of its upcoming Free Speech Summit as "Banned in London, Indicted in Holland, Guilty in Jordan, Welcome in Florida." Charming. Geert Wilder has indeed been banned in London, indicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    The Talented Senator Damon? Not If We Draft Judge Judy

    via Wikimedia CommonsThe proposed debate between Matt Damon and eminent conservative windbag Bill Kristol never went down, but that hasn't stemmed the hopes that Damon may be up for a public political showdown. Seems Mark Weaver over at the Florida Progressive Coalition Blog (as pointed out by our j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Secretary of State Clinton Is Almost a Sure Thing

    Obama's fast rise had as much to do with his natural charisma and thoughtful, powerful speeches as the fact that he wasn't Hillary Clinton. The former first lady a year ago seemed like a lock for the White House, but the anti-Clinton factions in her party needed a superstar challenger. Enter Obama ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Unite as ONE

    Bring a donation, rock out, save Haiti.

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Madeleine’s Words of Wisdom

    Bring a donation, rock out, save Haiti.

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    FTAA Settlement Reached

    A New Times exclusive: The door's about to close on John Timoney's most infamous chapter

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    We're Number One!!!

    A New Times exclusive: The door's about to close on John Timoney's most infamous chapter

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2006

    Former Secretary’s Day

    A New Times exclusive: The door's about to close on John Timoney's most infamous chapter

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2006

    Snitzer Takes Manhattan

    Columbia grads rocket into town

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    Black Eyed Peas featuring Cee-Lo, Talib Kweli, John Legend, and Q-Tip

    “Like That” (A&M)

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Politics and Policy

    With its severe new Cuba regulations, the Bush administration alienated some Miami exiles, but not the ones who matter

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

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

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    Vikter Duplaix

    Singles (Prelude to the Future) (K7)

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of January 8, 2004

    Singles (Prelude to the Future) (K7)

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of November 20, 2003

    Singles (Prelude to the Future) (K7)

  • Music

    November 13, 2003

    Mixed Signals

    Looking for music to accompany your protest? Expect the unexpected.

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Calendar of FTAA Events

    Looking for music to accompany your protest? Expect the unexpected.

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    What's Up With The FTAA ?

    Looking for music to accompany your protest? Expect the unexpected.

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Q&A

    Why novelist Alberto Fuguet likes free trade

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Media Bonus!

    Attention print reporters: Here's one story you won't want to miss

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    FTAA and Me

    Looking out for number one, what's in this for Miami?

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    NAFTA: Saint or Sinner ?

    The North America trade pact remains a battleground

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Fair Trade Hot Buttons

    Some countries have issues with these issues

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Q. Is It Free Trade Or Fair Trade ?

    A: Nothing is free, life isn't fair, and the debate rages on

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    All Around the Neighborhood

    A quick look at our amigos from Toronto to Tierra del Fuego

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Free Trade Miami

    Your essential guide to the FTAA

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Waiting for Otto

    Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    He Made Dade

    Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    News of the Weird

    Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

  • News

    December 15, 1993

    Fesity Is As Fesity Does

    Another House Democrat gets stung by Miami's Cuban-American congressional twosome -- and swats back

  • News

    October 6, 1993

    By Appointment Only

    What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    Call While You Can

    Much to AT&T's dismay, foreign companies have found a way around the restrictions on calling Cu ba from the U.S. -- for now, at least

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