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Matanzas

  • 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

    February 15, 2012

    Miami's Best Cuban Sandwiches: Getting Creative With Variations On The Traditional

    ​The Cuban sandwich. Just the mention la isla's one-time staple makes salivary glands go into overdrive. Its simple ingredients -- pork, ham, cheese, mustard, Cuban bread and pickles -- make for a surprisingly complex flavor.But there is a plethora of ways to prepare and serve the Cuban. Some pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Hector Lombard, Cuban-Born MMA Champ, Says Miami's Cubans Don't Support Him

    Cuban jujitsu champ Hector Lombard​Hector Lombard insists he is getting no love from his compatriots in South Florida. Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Bellator's middleweight champ is a fast-rising star in professional mixed martial arts. Yet he is not getting any recognition from South Florida's Cuban co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Kork Wine Bar Celebrates Official Grand Opening Friday With Tastings, Music

    All photos by Laine DossKork's wine cellar offers a hideaway from the world.​Walking out of the blinding sun into Kork in downtown Miami is a little like walking into a teleportation device. Suddenly, you've been transported into a 1920s speakeasy in Chicago or New Orleans. Guy, the barkeep, welco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Lauryn Hill Won't Actually Play Arsht Center; Miami Date Still Possible?

    CC by 2.0, photo via DaigoOliva on FlickrSorry, but Lauryn Hill won't be at the Arsht Center this fall. Fingers crossed for another venue.​Yesterday, we speculated on the possibility of a November performance by Lauryn Hill at the Arsht Center, based on a promotional postcard we got in the mail th ... More >>

  • News

    March 11, 2010

    Miami has dozens of Fidel Castros

    CC by 2.0, photo via DaigoOliva on FlickrSorry, but Lauryn Hill won't be at the Arsht Center this fall. Fingers crossed for another venue.​Yesterday, we speculated on the possibility of a November performance by Lauryn Hill at the Arsht Center, based on a promotional postcard we got in the mail th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Castro Is Totally Dying This Time, for Reals

    Hey, have you heard? Fidel Castro might totally be dying! Seriously, some guy who served Riptide a café cubano on Calle Ocho says his brother in Matanzas is tight with Fidel's chauffeur's third cousin who told him that Fidel is ALREADY DEAD.Hey, it's as reliable a source as any on the bearded one's ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Home

    Betrayed by the U.S. government and their own country, they want to be remembered.

  • Culture

    November 1, 2007

    Magical Mystery Lure

    Wendy Wischer sparks the imagination while Pepe Orbein stirs the spirit

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Miami’s Merman Is One of the Fastest Swimmers in the World

    Clocking in at three meters a second, this Cuban rafter aims to be world champ

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    A Bit Sketchy

    Casa Bacardi presents illustrations of history

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

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

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of January 15, 2004

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

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    The Last Deep Dive

    Pipin Ferreras and his wife Audrey repeatedly challenged the deep blue deadly sea. Finally the sea won.

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Miami & Havana & Hip-Hop

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

  • Music

    May 16, 2002

    SECOND-BEST CONCERT SERIES

    Rhythm Foundation

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST PROMOTER OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

    Beth Boone

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of May 2, 2002

    Baseball been very very good to them

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of April 25, 2002

    The Everglades, dead fish, and dictators

  • Music

    April 4, 2002

    Seeing Is Believing

    Los Muñequitos de Matanzas show us what we've been missing for 50 years

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Shake

    Bold booking draws top ratings, topples dictatorship, at Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Cuba's Jackie Mason

    Alvarez Guedes: A Jewish existentialist philosopher trapped in a Cuban mind

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Revelation 19.63

    For nearly four decades the CIA has kept secret the identity of a Miami agent who may have known too much too early about Lee Harvey Oswald

  • Music

    February 8, 2001

    Rumba Shock

    A new recording brings Cuba's folklore into the future

  • Music

    June 15, 2000

    Still on the Streets

    Yoruba Andabó plays pied piper at Cubadiscos

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Demetrio's Rules

    The world according to public school board member Demetrio Perez includes exile philosophy, Elian propaganda, and old-Havana-school politics.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    According to Granma

    Threats and Violence Lead to Tragedy

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Cash Cargo

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • Music

    June 24, 1999

    Sworn to the Drum

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Three Strikes and It's Out

    Florida International University goes to bat for Little Havana's Casa del Bisbol Cubano

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Home on the Glades

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

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    A Little Slice of Cuba

    Welcome to Rancho Don Goyo, where the pork is fresh, the beer is cold, and the music is pure, rural Cuban

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Letters

    Welcome to Rancho Don Goyo, where the pork is fresh, the beer is cold, and the music is pure, rural Cuban

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1998

    Night & Day

    September 3 - 9, 1998

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Alpha Males

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

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Don't Drink on an Empty Stomach -- Or Else!

    Thanks to a recent Miami police crackdown, sipping a beer without ordering food can be a costly proposition

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    A Merciful Court of Public Opinion

    If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

  • Music

    August 7, 1997

    Death of a Bandleader

    If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Communism and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Harleys in Havana? ?Como no? Every one of them is a vintage classic. And every owner an obsessive fanatic.

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Maybe Next Time in Miami

    Los Van Van's first-ever U.S. tour took them everywhere but here

  • Music

    February 13, 1997

    Reverb

    Los Van Van's first-ever U.S. tour took them everywhere but here

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