Subject: Latin American Politics

• Black October

  December 18, 2008

• War on Hugo Chávez

  October 11, 2007

• Politial Group Protests Herald's Coverage of Ousted Honduran President

  Radio Nacional via Flicker CCNegotiations are under way for the return of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. But here in Miami, a different conflict is brewing. On Tuesday, the Miami Herald ran an opinion piece about the removal of the mustachioed political leader. Writer Glenn Garvin described President Zelaya as "an erratic leftist who styles himself after his good pal Hugo Chávez of Venezuela." Members of the Miami-based Party for Socialism and Liberation say they plan to protest bot

  July 2, 2009

• Hugo Chavez is in a Silent Cat Fight with Miss Universe

  ​Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loves celebrities. He was Oliver Stone's date to the Venice International Film Festival, could probably convince Sean Penn to agree to be held captive and perform a stage rendition of his parts in Simple Jack I Am Sam, and is perhaps the only known person on the planet Earth who can actually stand Courtney Love. But he does not care very much for beauty queens, including current Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez, Venezuela's own.One theory could be that he just

  October 8, 2009

• National Circle of Journalists from Cuba Passes on Honoring a Cuban Journalist

  ​For the first time in its 15-year history, the National Circle of Journalists from Cuba did not give out an award recognizing a heroic colleague on the mainland when they commemorated Cuban Journalist Day on October 25.It wasn't that reporters on the island were no longer risking arrest by stealthily passing information to a foreign correspondent. Or that there weren't still those posting anonymous blogs on the tightly State-controlled Internet. Or even that mimeographed dispatches were no lo

  October 30, 2009

• Miami-based National Circle of Journalists from Cuba can't find a recipient for its award

  November 5, 2009

• Fidel on Wheels

  ​Breaking: Fidel Castro is not dead. But he recently sat on a chair with wheels. What does this mean? We have no idea. Though experts tell us that Castro will likely die. Sometime. Eventually. Because he is mortal and pretty damn old. The photos show Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega meeting with Fidel in both April and December 2009 and were published on three leftist Nicaraguan news sites today. The Miami Herald describes it as a "hospital-type chair." Other photos from what is likely the s

  January 4, 2010

• From Bolivia: Massacre victims get no justice

  January 14, 2010

• Hugo Chávez Calls Twitter a Tool of Terrorism

  Socialist crank Hugo Chávez doesn't much care for communication he can't control, so it was only a matter of time before he put the kibosh on Twitter in Venezuela.Last week, the tag #FreeVenezuela became a trending topic thanks to citizens protesting Chávez's crackdown on press freedom and calling for the president's resignation.Late last month, Chávez ordered the shutdown of five cable TV stations after they refused to air his addresses. Riots over freedom of the press br

  February 9, 2010

• Cuban Commies give Avatar the thumbs-down

  February 18, 2010

• Augusto Pinochet Painted as True Hero of Chilean Earthquake by Wall Street Journal

  ​As far as Latin American dictators go, Augusto Pinochet doesn't get nearly enough hate in these parts. I mean, this is what Miami does: hate Latin American dictators. Philly has cheese steaks, Orlando has theme parks, Miami has its undying hate for Latin American dictators.Oh, that's right! Pinochet was a right-wing murderous dictator and not a left-wing murderous dictator. Unfortunately some people are willing to over look the deaths of more than 1,000 political dissidents under his governme

  March 2, 2010

• Miami has dozens of Fidel Castros

  March 11, 2010

• Fidel Castro's New Miniseries Chronicles 638 Times He's Cheated Death

  On Sunday, Cuban television broadcast the first episode of an 8-part miniseries on the various assassination attempts on Fidel Castro.Just another jolly night on Cuban prime-time!​Called He Who Must Live, the miniseries covers the "638" attempts on El Supremo's life, including some that took place even before he came to power. It is expected to do for ruthless dictators what "Roots" did for slavery. Cubans instantly took to the streets when the state newspaper announced the show would pre-empt

  March 10, 2010

• This Week's New Times Broward-Palm Beach Split the Uprights

  ​Just a few items we tackled in this week's New Times Broward-Palm Beach print edition.In Music: Pitbull is throwing a party on Sunday. Carnaval Miami and Calle Ocho's guest list includes T-Pain, Flo Rida, Sean Paul, Spam Allstars and a million or so of their closest friends. Someone was also gonna throw a party featuring Drake, but no one told Drake.News: A must-read about the Lingerie Football League's Miami Caliente. Some guy who's not Fidel Castro, but is named Fidel Castro.Food: El Guana

  March 12, 2010