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Mariel Boatlift

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Agustin Roman, America's First Cuban Bishop, Dies at 83

    If Miami's Cuban community had a patron saint, it was surely Agustín Román, who fled Castro with a boatload of other priests and then, as America's first Cuban-born bishop, made such a political mark that current Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski compared him to Felix Varela.Román was found dead of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Fidel Castro May Have Photobombed His Way Onto Colombia's 1,000 Peso Bill

    There's no denying that the guy behind the Mariel Boatlift and the Cuban Missile Crisis can cook up a damned devious trick when he wants to. But did Fidel Castro really photobomb the Colombian 1,000 peso bill?Colombia has been rumbling this week with the conspiracy theory that a young Castro's face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Get Your Machete and Go Meet Local Outlaw Americana Crew Los Bastardos Magnificos at the Stage Tonight

    via facebook.com/losbastardosmagnificos​Don't know local outlaw Americana crew Los Bastardos Magnificos? Well, there were about 100 years between the Civil War and the Mariel Boatlift when Miami was more characterized by its Southern heritage than any worldliness. Those were the days when a che ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Miami Back In Time

    via facebook.com/losbastardosmagnificos​Don't know local outlaw Americana crew Los Bastardos Magnificos? Well, there were about 100 years between the Civil War and the Mariel Boatlift when Miami was more characterized by its Southern heritage than any worldliness. Those were the days when a che ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Escoria Films' Pepe Billete Talks Cuban Translations of Live, Rick Ross, and Major Lazer

    El tipo más suave de Miami!​Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2010

    Elizabeth Caballero: The Soprano

    El tipo más suave de Miami!​Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Gambling back in Miami Beach?

    El tipo más suave de Miami!​Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2010

    Yuppie Rambo Richard "Kudo" Couto takes on the C-9 Basin, Miami-Dade's most lawless outpost

    El tipo más suave de Miami!​Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    The Good Ol'Dias

    El tipo más suave de Miami!​Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Christmas memories of In Cold Blood

    El tipo más suave de Miami!​Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    On a Rainy Day, Two Killers' South Beach Odyssey Is Remembered

    ​The rent has skyrocketed eightfold. The onetime flophouse has been painted and transformed into pricey condos. A shabby sign that once read, "Vacancy -- Lowest Rates -- Beach Facilities -- Always a Seabreeze," has been replaced by a pretty picture peddling a $7 million residence. The beachside ho ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Miami Hurricanes football told by Rakontur filmmakers

    ​The rent has skyrocketed eightfold. The onetime flophouse has been painted and transformed into pricey condos. A shabby sign that once read, "Vacancy -- Lowest Rates -- Beach Facilities -- Always a Seabreeze," has been replaced by a pretty picture peddling a $7 million residence. The beachside ho ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    Two South Florida guys invent faux underwear to circumvent Opa-locka's ban on saggy pants

    ​The rent has skyrocketed eightfold. The onetime flophouse has been painted and transformed into pricey condos. A shabby sign that once read, "Vacancy -- Lowest Rates -- Beach Facilities -- Always a Seabreeze," has been replaced by a pretty picture peddling a $7 million residence. The beachside ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Ghetto Shorts May Be Big Moneymaker and Way to Circumvent the Law

    ​Opa-locka is unique. There's outlandish Arabian-style architecture. Gunfights take place in the open. And in 2007, city commissioners passed a law prohibiting -- and Riptide is not making this up -- saggy pants. Now a couple of South Florida entrepreneurs have patented a pants design aimed at s ... More >>

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Haitians Sent Home

    Refugees fled slavery, slaughter, and starvation, and got rejected.

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Pitbull

    El Mariel (TVT)

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    An Uncertain Overture

    Xavier Spencer is one of Miami’s best young musicians, but you might never hear him play

  • Calendar

    November 16, 2006

    Harvesting History

    Xavier Spencer is one of Miami’s best young musicians, but you might never hear him play

  • Calendar

    June 15, 2006

    Ode to El Exilio

    Xavier Spencer is one of Miami’s best young musicians, but you might never hear him play

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2005

    Night&Day

    Xavier Spencer is one of Miami’s best young musicians, but you might never hear him play

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2005

    Schoolboy Sketches

    Xavier Spencer is one of Miami’s best young musicians, but you might never hear him play

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