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Mario Diaz-Balart

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Gloria Romero Roses, Random Person, to Run Against David Rivera as Democrat

    Democrats have finally found a candidate to take on vulnerable Republican incumbent congressman David Rivera. Her name is Gloria Romero Roses. She has no electoral experience, no name recognition, and doesn't even live close to the district. Oh boy.

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Miami's best blogs: From the Crespogram Report to Political Cortadito

    Democrats have finally found a candidate to take on vulnerable Republican incumbent congressman David Rivera. Her name is Gloria Romero Roses. She has no electoral experience, no name recognition, and doesn't even live close to the district. Oh boy.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    David Rivera Backs Newt Gingrich, Because Allegedly Crooked Congressmen Stick Together

    ​Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart, and former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart have all lined up in support of Mitt Romney, which left little room for Romney's primary opponents to line up a big endorsement that would resonate in Miami's Cuban-American community. Well, Newt Gingrich ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Xavier Suarez and Joe Carollo Endorse Newt Gingrich

    ​Turns out Xavier Suarez and Joe Carollo can actually agree on something: they like Newt Gingrich. They've both been announced as members of Gingrich's Florida Steering Committee. Then again, it only makes sense that two guys who saw their political careers take embarrassing stumbles in the '90s w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Mitt Romney Picks Up Endorsements from Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balarts

    Marco Rubio may be South Florida's star Cuban-American politician, but he's not endorsing anyone in the presidential primary. So, the Republican endorsement prize in these parts is, as it's been for quite some time, picking up the backing of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Latino Republican Group Says Marco Rubio is Unfriendly to Latinos

    ​Florida senator Marco Rubio is supposed to be the Republican party's great Latino hope, but an upstart Latino Republican group, Somos Republicans, has just dubbed Rubio "unfriendly to Latinos." The group claims that because of Rubio's Cuban-American "privilege" he fails to appreciate the importan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Miami-Area Congressional District is the Most Suffering in America

    via Firehouse2District 17's Liberty City​Gallup-Healthway's annual "Well Being Index" takes a wide-ranging reading of physical, emotional, and mental health of political districts on the state, metropolitan and congressional levels. The just-published statistics for 2010 don't give such a healthy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Ros-Lehtinen, Diaz-Balarts Deemed Not Conservative by American Conservative Union

    ​The American Conservative Union, the group now headed by Miami lobbyist Al Cardenas, has released their 2010 ratings of congress and they've deemed the three Cuban-American Republicans who represented much of Miami-Dade county not conservative. In fact, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario and Lin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Are Americans Addicted to Political Dynasties? Jeb Bush for President Boosters Hope So

    ​Name recognition and family connections seems to go along in politics. Salon's Steve Kornacki points out that "there have been 15 presidential elections since 1952, and in all but two -- 1964 and 2008 -- the Republican ticket has included someone named 'Nixon,' 'Dole,' or 'Bush,'" and w ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    Julio Robaina: Dade's next mayor?

    ​Name recognition and family connections seems to go along in politics. Salon's Steve Kornacki points out that "there have been 15 presidential elections since 1952, and in all but two -- 1964 and 2008 -- the Republican ticket has included someone named 'Nixon,' 'Dole,' or 'Bush,'" and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2010

    George W. Bush At The Miami Book Fair: The Live Blog

    ​Dubya is in Miami! To be more exact, he's downtown at the Miami Book Fair International, shilling his new memoir, Flapjacks: My Favorite Breakfast Treat. No, that's not right. Decision Points! It's all about the Decider's finest moments of deciding, apparently.Riptide is here, too, to bring you t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    2010 Election Results Live Blog

    ​Will Florida gets its first female Governor? Will the country's first female Speaker of the House be forced to turn in her gavel? Will Kendrick Meek somehow shock the world by winning? Did anyone bother to get to know enough about the CFO race to bother voting? Join us tonight as we live blog the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Did David Rivera Really Run a Truck Off The Road To Stop an Opponent's Campaign Mailers?

    ​The race to replace carpetbagger Mario Diaz-Balart in congressional District 25 is heating up, and Democrat Joe Garcia has taken to the airwaves with an ad claiming his Republican opponent David Rivera once rammed into a truck on the Palmetto Expressway and ran it off the road to stop a former po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Mario Diaz-Balart Lies About Alex Sink's Stance on Arizona Immigration Laws

    ​Rick Scott, now the official Republican nominee for Governor, has made Arizona-style immigration laws a main issue in the election. The controversial laws are none-too-popular amongst Hispanic voters (in fact, some are theorizing that Bill McCollum's hard right flip-flop in favor of them may have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Miami-Dade Republicans Name Drop Ronald Reagan

    Paul Crespo ​Last night's monthly meeting of Miami-Dade Republicans was an entertaining respite from the LeBronomania enveloping the county. As promised, congressional candidate Paul Crespo demanded that David Rivera, the Republican frontrunner in the U.S. congressional race to replace Mario Diaz- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Is David Riveria's Claim He Hasn't Seen Pro-Cuban Trade Business Man in Years Disproved By His Own Website?

    ​Yesterday, state. Rep David Riveria, who is running to replace seat-jumper Mario Diaz-Balart in congressional district 25, made headlines in the Herald for his friendship with Ariel Pereda. Pereda is the principal of the Havana Group, a firm that advises companies on trading with Socialist Cuba. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Alex Diaz de la Portilla Accused of Stalking Estranged Wife

    Claudia Davant claims her estranged husband and state Sen. Alex Diax de la Portilla has State Sen. Alex Diax de la Portilla "can be extremely explosive and violent," says estranged wife. ​repeatedly stalked her since she filed for divorce five months ago. And the Florida Department of Law Enforcem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    The Hill Says Florida Senate Race Between Meek and Rubio Is Now a "Toss-Up"

    ​Who's going to be Florida's next senator come Election Day in November? No one knows. Not even respected political newspaper The Hill. It recently changed its ranking of the race from "leaning Republican" to "toss-up."A recent Research 2000 poll showed Meek was pulling within 1 percent of Ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Diaz-Balart Brothers Endorse Crist over Rubio

    Marco Rubio can collect all the endorsements of the Mike Huckabees and Jim DeMints of the world he wants, but Charlie Crist seems to be wracking up support from politicians who have been actually voted into office the Florida electorate. Today, Crist's campaign announced the backing of Mia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    The Week That Was: Cat Killings and Reality TV Make Us Question our Religion

    Former celebri-priest and confessed sex-haver Father Cutié became Lay Minister Cutié this week and joined the Episcopal church so he could marry his girlfriend. Though, he's not the first to change faiths in the name of love. The Cat Killer struck again. Once we catch this guy (gal? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Latest Che Outrage: Too Little, Too Late

    via EdenPicture's Flickr If something Che Guevara-related happens in America and Miami Cubans don't make a fuss about it, did it even actually happen? A sculpture has been set up at an entrance at New York's Central Park that bears a slight resemblance to Che Guevera, since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Ros-Lehtinen's Constituents Happy and Healthy, Meek's Not So Much

    Gallup, Healthways, and America's Health Insurance Plans have teamed up to create a state by state, and congressional district by district well-being index. The index is based on the World Health Organization's definition of health as "not only the absence of infirmity and disease, but also a state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Top Ten Miami News Stories of the Year

    Murder trials, drug busts, hurricane warnings and robberies may continue to grab the "If It Bleeds, It Leads"-headlines but 2008 was a year of events that will continue to affect us well past the changing of the calendar year. Riptide counts down the biggest new stories of 2008. 10. Murder Free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Electorial Money Makers, Part I

    With the election season wrapped up, Banana Republican sifted through federal campaign financial reports, including those of Barack Obama and John McCain, to see who got paid. We begin with the companies that made money working for Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Latest Attack on Garcia Takes a Cue From McCain

    With the election season wrapped up, Banana Republican sifted through federal campaign financial reports, including those of Barack Obama and John McCain, to see who got paid. We begin with the companies that made money working for Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Raul Martinez Leads Lincoln Diaz-Balart

    With the election season wrapped up, Banana Republican sifted through federal campaign financial reports, including those of Barack Obama and John McCain, to see who got paid. We begin with the companies that made money working for Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, t ... More >>

  • News

    March 27, 2008

    Kid Stuff

    Politics helped propel college dropout Carlos Manrique to the top of the educational ladder.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Joe Garcia Runs in the Name of the Father

    Politics helped propel college dropout Carlos Manrique to the top of the educational ladder.

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Letters from the Issue of September 7, 2006

    "Could New Times be the fairy godmother?"

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of September 29, 2005

    Savage words, Haitian rights, suicide notes, and DeFede friends and foes

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Loaded

    The federal ban on assault weapons never worked, as Miami-Dade Police Ofcr. Keenya Hubert painfully learned

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of April 29, 2004

    Madcap politicos, hungry crocodiles, and a prescription for the arts

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

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

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Lehtinen for Mayor

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

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    A Man in Full Fight

    Hear why this crusader wants to save you from the evils of gay rights

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Return of the Bullies

    The school board wades through a smear campaign

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    The Carlos Lacasa File

    Meet the most powerful politician you know nothing about

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    The Enigma

    The new chairman of the Miami-Dade delegation sets his own course in Tallahassee

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    True Colors

    Alex Penelas gets in touch with the inner Alex Penelas

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    Have Bullhorn, Will Travel

    Most anti-Castro groups shun partisan presidential politics, but not Miguel Saavedra and his merry band of protesters

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Better Lake Than Never?

    Officials insist the Lake Belt created by limestone mining in Northwest Miami-Dade will be an eco-panacea. Critics say that's all wet.

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Buyer Beware

    That's a motto you might want to keep in mind next time you go shopping for a used car

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    The Doctor is Out

    Beset by internecine battles, troubled leadership, and funding cuts, the local office of the Florida Department of Health is in need of intensive care.

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Sweeps Unchained

    Rad Berky got armed and dangerous. Carmel Cafiero got Joe Gersten. Ike Seamans got a heart attack. And we watched it all.

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Elector Set

    No doubt about it, Raul Martinez is Hialeah's mayor-for-life. The question is: Can Herman Echevarria's Penelas-driven political machine succeed in killing him?

  • News

    June 29, 1995

    The Protectors

    In the child abuse trenches with a Dade County HRS protective investigator

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    The Commish

    She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

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