Jose Marti

After battling Castro, James Cason takes on Coral Gables

Q&A with Lucrecia, Performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center Saturday

​Few can surpass the majesty and grandeur that is Celia Cruz, but international sensation Lucrecia comes quite close. The Cuban born salsa singer, backed by a classic Cuban-style big band, gives passionate, high energy performances of traditional Latin melodies, and interprets boleros and jazz sta ... More >>

Esther Williams Revisited

We Like Bike!

Soak Up the Sun

There’s enough outdoorsy fun for everyone today!

Shock Jocks Enrique and Joe Return

They crank-called Fidel Castro and got busted. Now they're back on the air.

Name Game

Strip mall magnate gets his own street in Sunny Isles Beach.

Letters from the Issue of January 31, 2008

"Luis Posada Carriles is a dangerous terrorist who belongs behind bars until he croaks!"

Last Man Standing

Hialeah MC LMS brings the grime of his native Dirty Jers

War on Hugo Chávez

An outlaw and former spook takes on the Venezuelan dictator

The Real Mambo King

Playing music for 80 years and counting, Israel "Cachao" López is still going strong

Immigrant Song

With his politically charged sophomore effort, El Mariel, Miami homeboy Pitbull bites back

Fake Art, Real Money

That beautiful painting by Cuban artist Domingo Ramos? The one you bought from a Miami gallery for $10,000? Ready for some bad news? It's a forgery

Art Basel Events

Cheech's Collection

The Kids Aren't All Right

School incident reports create a journal crammed with violence, drama, rivalry, and intrigue

Imagine Nations

The Hispanic theater festival is full of Cervantes

Dialogueros

Caught between Iraq and a hard-line place

Miami & Havana & Hip-Hop

Bring together musicians from both sides of the Florida Straits, let them mix it up, and watch what happens

Letters from the Issue of January 30, 2003

The Cuba embargo takes it on the chin

At Long Last

Thanks to new local label Duque Productions, two of Miami's most talented musicians will finally be heard

Long Journey Home

Three decades after his parents sent him into lonely exile, Tony Gonzalez returned to Cuba to face his demons

Mother Knows Best

And that goes for mothers of convicted Cuban spies, too

The Carlos Lacasa File

Meet the most powerful politician you know nothing about

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.

A Cuban Idyll

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

Bikes in the 'Hood

Little Havana Bike Tour

A Life in Transit

It's not easy driving a jitney in Miami. If the county regulators don't get you, the freeloaders will.

The Sanchez Solution

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

A River Runs Near It

Just across the way from Miami city offices, the coming attraction is a palace of pleasure

Miami Maestro

Roberto Torres is the leader of the band, the singer of the songs, and the keeper of the Cuban musical flame

Portrait of the Artist As a Communist Bureaucrat

Cuba's Minister of Culture Abel Prieto faces a daunting challenge: Sell Cuban culture to the world, but don't sell out the revolution

Home on the Glades

For the Cuban cowboys of west Miami-Dade, restoring the Everglades means destroying their way of life

Cuba's Second Revolution

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

Monumental Ambivalence

Beach commissioners have avoided deciding whether to honor Jorge Mas Canosa. Now, time's up.

Alpha Males

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

Politics and Spirits

Miami city worker Caridad Rios swears she's never practiced Santera. Try telling that to the many politicians who befriend her -- or fear her.

Letters

Miami's Man in Havana

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

First Draft

Her name is Ivonne Lamazares. You've probably never heard of her. Cuban immigrant, good student, dedicated teacher, devoted wife and mother. Oh, and something else. She just might be the world's next big thing in literary fiction.

Letters

Notes from the Underground, Part 2

The latest dispatch from independent journalists in Cuba: Castro is cracking down

Eyewitnesses to History

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

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.

Holy Smoke

Deep in the heart of Little Havana, El Credito's expatriate artisans quietly go about the business of hand-rolling the creme de la creme of Cuban cigars

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.

Industrious Resolutions

Miami artists share their wry hopes, sly hopes, and high hopes for the coming year