Manuel Noriega

The more Rick Ross lies, the more we love him

Manuel Noriega's Last Days Memorialized In Leaked U.S. Embassy Documents

Manuel Noriega promised retribution against "Panamanian traitors and their U.S. Masters" One week before his ouster, Panama strongman Manuel Noriega was preparing to crack down on his opponents and rally his troops, according to Prudence Bushnell, at the time U.S. Ambassador to Panama.Bushnell's ana ... More >>

LeBron James and crazy quotes

Dumb things people have said since the baller signed with the Heat.

The Craziest Things Said During the Summer of LeBron

​LeBron James tore a hole in the fabric of the universe when he announced on live television he was joining the Miami Heat. And wow, did people say some really dumb/crazy things about it. Here's our compendium, in roughly chronological form, of the looniest and most mind-melting quotes from the Su ... More >>

Literary, Not Literal

​LeBron James tore a hole in the fabric of the universe when he announced on live television he was joining the Miami Heat. And wow, did people say some really dumb/crazy things about it. Here's our compendium, in roughly chronological form, of the looniest and most mind-melting quotes from the Su ... More >>

Manuel Noriega, Miami's Favorite Dictator, Gets Seven Years in French Prison

​Poor Manuel Noriega. Sure, it was a rough fall from grace to go from the iron fist ruling all of Panama -- from the Atlantic to the Pacific and all 20 miles in between -- to a jail cell in Miami. But there was some dignity there, at least. Miami and fallen Latin American strongmen go together ... More >>

In Honor of Wade/LeBron, South Florida's Greatest Duos

​The most vaunted NBA free-agency class in history ran screaming out of the school building at midnight, and the Miami Heat has some pretty crazy rumors swirling around it. Word on the street is that the team has a strong chance of re-signing Dwyane Wade and signing noted m ... More >>

History Miami Museum commits to crime

​The most vaunted NBA free-agency class in history ran screaming out of the school building at midnight, and the Miami Heat has some pretty crazy rumors swirling around it. Word on the street is that the team has a strong chance of re-signing Dwyane Wade and signing noted m ... More >>

Manuel Noriega Begins His Long, Unplanned French Vacation This Morning

As our own dearly departed Calvin Godfrey pointed out in 2007, Manuel Noriega and Miami really and truly deserved each other. ​"Where else does a corrupt, militant South American cocaine trafficker really belong anyway?" he wrote. "Certainly not France. All of his friends are here." ... More >>

Crazy, Haughty Frenchman Sends Us Our Best Letter Ever

Morons of the Week comes early.Last November, we reported about the many angry creditors of a French-born charter-plane businessman named Mickael Cohen, who was accused of jilting everybody from Jay-Z to a Lamborghini dealer. Then the Miami Herald ran a similar piece, and in March, Cohen email ... More >>

Super Bowl guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida

Morons of the Week comes early.Last November, we reported about the many angry creditors of a French-born charter-plane businessman named Mickael Cohen, who was accused of jilting everybody from Jay-Z to a Lamborghini dealer. Then the Miami Herald ran a similar piece, and in March, Cohen email ... More >>

Moron of the Week: The Confused Airplane Racist Screamer Takes it in a Landslide

​As always, there were plenty of undeniably idiotic contenders for this week's title, a couple of whom might have even taken top honors on a different week. Take, for example, this Totally Cliche South Florida Medicare Scammer, who allegedly blew millions on exotic cars- who's to say ... More >>

Jon Roberts: Cracked Cowboy

Threats, violence, and kilos of coke are just the start for this cocaine cowboy.

Bail Out The International

This movie's assets are troubled indeed.

The 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

Busted rhymes.

The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or ... More >>

A Seriously Insane Federal Trial, Even By Miami Standards

Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or ... More >>

Killer Mold in Miami Court

The fungus nailed Judge Ted Klein and endangers others. Federal incompetence is to blame.

Bon Voyage, Manuel

Have fun in France

Butcher of the Andes

A Peruvian soldier slaughters dozens, gets away with it, and heads for the subtropics

Trial by Hire

Courtroom sketch artists give a unique glimpse of our most infamous criminals

Confessions of a Trafficker

Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house

Perception Is Reality

Drugs, guns, violence, beauty, style, and the illusory world of Miami Vice

BEST HERO

Judge William Hoeveler

BEST LOCAL PHANTASMAGORIA

Judge William Hoeveler

BEST LOCAL PHANTASMAGORIA

Judge William Hoeveler

Lehtinen for Mayor

Unless Manny Diaz tops him, Dexter is the hottest candidate for the 2004 county race

Fruit for Thought

For 21 years, the King Mango Strut has been a countercultural rebuke to Miami political chicanery

Chombo Ghetto

Los Rabanes go global with the Panama City style

Diplo-Monk

Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez takes diplomacy as seriously as he does jazz

Best Spanish-Language Radio Personality

Matias Farias

In Pursuit of Willy and Sal

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Letters

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Letters

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Letters

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Letters

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Uncertain Justice

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

Calendar for the week

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

State of Siege

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

Swelter

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

Winning Wasn't Everything

Jim Dougherty exposed insurance fraud for Lloyd's of London -- until they concluded the Miami Beach lawyer had overbilled them by millions. Now the U.S. attorney is involved and things have turned very ugly, indeed.

Swelter 47

Jim Dougherty exposed insurance fraud for Lloyd's of London -- until they concluded the Miami Beach lawyer had overbilled them by millions. Now the U.S. attorney is involved and things have turned very ugly, indeed.

The Further Adventures of Willy and Sal

Being thrown in jail was supposed to bring down the curtain on Miami drug lords Willy Falc and Sal Magluta. But there was an encore: Death threats, clandestine cameras, illegal searches, and major security violations.

Just `Cause

Being thrown in jail was supposed to bring down the curtain on Miami drug lords Willy Falc and Sal Magluta. But there was an encore: Death threats, clandestine cameras, illegal searches, and major security violations.

Two Rights Make a Wrong

In a Dade jail, a TV tabloid show films a murder confession. In a Dade court, the First Amendment squares off against the Sixth Amendment.

Welcome to Indian Creek Village.

Now Leave. The police chief is under investigation. The village manager is in denial. The residents don't care to comment. And you can't afford to live there.

Letters

Now Leave. The police chief is under investigation. The village manager is in denial. The residents don't care to comment. And you can't afford to live there.

Meatball Hero Up the Wazoo

Now Leave. The police chief is under investigation. The village manager is in denial. The residents don't care to comment. And you can't afford to live there.

Falcon and Magluta

Now Leave. The police chief is under investigation. The village manager is in denial. The residents don't care to comment. And you can't afford to live there.

Whoppers!

Now Leave. The police chief is under investigation. The village manager is in denial. The residents don't care to comment. And you can't afford to live there.