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South Florida Survivalists Prepare for the Apocalypse

Henry Rollins's spoken-word show at Revolution Live March 9

Annual Study: Cuba Has the Worst Press Freedom in the Americas

​The annual Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index is out, and Cuba continues to have the least freedom of the press in our part of the globe. No other country in the Americas even comes close to Cuba's lowly ranking. Meanwhile, the United States fell 27 places in the rankings in a worrisom ... More >>

Castro, Chavez Make Top Ten List of World's Worst Dictators

​We just usually read Parade magazine for Howard Huge cartoons and "Ask Marilyn," but the magazine actually keeps a somewhat frequently updated list of the world's worst dictators. For the first time this year, Raúl Castro and Hugo Chávez made the top ten list.

Kim Jong Il Dies; Fidel Castro Nearly Alone Atop Elderly A-Hole Club

​How many more ruthless, brutal dictators are going to kick the authoritarian bucket this year before Calle Oche finally gets to hold that damn parade? Fidel Castro's rolodex of entrenched, old-timey leaders is getting dangerously thin.Muammar Gaddafi: whacked. Ali Saleh: deposed. Zine Ben Ali: to ... More >>

Dictators, Globes, Inner Monologues

​How many more ruthless, brutal dictators are going to kick the authoritarian bucket this year before Calle Oche finally gets to hold that damn parade? Fidel Castro's rolodex of entrenched, old-timey leaders is getting dangerously thin.Muammar Gaddafi: whacked. Ali Saleh: deposed. Zine Ben Ali: to ... More >>

Now's Your Chance To Own A Very Tacky Piece Of Allen Stanford's Ponzi Empire

Wave goodbye to that $3 million desk, Allen.​You've got to give Allen Stanford credit for thinking big -- instead of sinking his $8 billion Ponzi scheme profits into the usual uber-rich guy stuff, he bought himself the entire Caribbean nation of Antigua, sponsored giant cricket tourneys (despite b ... More >>

Franco, Finally

Wave goodbye to that $3 million desk, Allen.​You've got to give Allen Stanford credit for thinking big -- instead of sinking his $8 billion Ponzi scheme profits into the usual uber-rich guy stuff, he bought himself the entire Caribbean nation of Antigua, sponsored giant cricket tourneys (despite b ... More >>

Ten best films of 2010

Wave goodbye to that $3 million desk, Allen.​You've got to give Allen Stanford credit for thinking big -- instead of sinking his $8 billion Ponzi scheme profits into the usual uber-rich guy stuff, he bought himself the entire Caribbean nation of Antigua, sponsored giant cricket tourneys (despite b ... More >>

Boy meets man: Justin Bieber plays the American Airlines Arena December 18

Wave goodbye to that $3 million desk, Allen.​You've got to give Allen Stanford credit for thinking big -- instead of sinking his $8 billion Ponzi scheme profits into the usual uber-rich guy stuff, he bought himself the entire Caribbean nation of Antigua, sponsored giant cricket tourneys (despite b ... More >>

Miami Porn Site Owner Israel Melendez Sells Israel, the Nation, Its Own Twitter Handle

Shamed by Hugo Chavez's 800,000 faithful followers and then really red-faced when North Korea's regime beat them to the punch, Israel decided last month that it was finally time to give this whole Twitter business a try.The only problem? The @israel handle was already taken -- by a Miami-based porn ... More >>

Latin American politicians say the craziest things

Shamed by Hugo Chavez's 800,000 faithful followers and then really red-faced when North Korea's regime beat them to the punch, Israel decided last month that it was finally time to give this whole Twitter business a try.The only problem? The @israel handle was already taken -- by a Miami-based porn ... More >>

Borscht Film Festival Answers Your Questions About Music Submissions

borscht.info​ If you could go back in time, would you kill Stalin before he ruined the communism? Do you live in a state of perpetual war against all that sucks? Is your total commitment to the cause what keeps you going everyday? Want to help create an entertainment industry in Miami that fights ... More >>

Where to Party for Brazil World Cup in Miami

Jacob KatelWhere we at?​Miami is full of Brazilians, and Brazilians love to party. Especially when they win futebol matches. Yesterday Brazil squeezed by North Korea 2-1 in its first game of World Cup 2010. We hit up a few local spots while the game was on to find somewhere good to watch the next ... More >>

World Cup 2010: Brazil vs. North Korea, Joga Bonito!

​Newton's universal law of gravity tells us that all motion is comprehensible and predictable, that it guides planets and asteroids and keeps billions of stars in orbit within the Milky Way. But the Brazilian national team, along with its magical style of play, apparently thinks Newton's universal ... More >>

Your Week In Fidel Castro Fantasies: U.S. Sank South Korean Ship, Wants Nuclear War With Iran

Fidel Castro may indeed be 83 percent dead, based on our crack team of unpaid but enthusiastic scientists' latest calculations, but that 17 percent still kickin' can spin a better conspiracy theory than Rush Limbaugh.(On second thought, isn't Castro basically Cuba's Rush at this point? He spends his ... More >>

Belatedly, Fidel Castro Condemns Israel Flotilla Raid, Gaza Blockade

El Mas Supremo got out of his crypt Wednesday to give us his two cents on Israel's attack of an aid flotilla heading to Gaza.​Writing in his irregular column, Reflecciones, Fidel Castro called the sinking of the flotilla "a brutal attack" caused by a "fanatic," uncontrollable Israel.On Sunday, as ... More >>

Notes from a Miami dominatrix

El Mas Supremo got out of his crypt Wednesday to give us his two cents on Israel's attack of an aid flotilla heading to Gaza.​Writing in his irregular column, Reflecciones, Fidel Castro called the sinking of the flotilla "a brutal attack" caused by a "fanatic," uncontrollable Israel.On Sunday, as ... More >>

Did Efraim Diveroli's Crony Ship Missiles to Hezbollah?

Courtesy of Miami-Dade CorrectionsEfraim DiveroliIn early 2007, after winning a $300 million U.S. Army contract to equip Afghanistan with munitions, Miami Beach arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, age 21, went scavenging in Albania. There he subcontracted Ylli Pinari, head of that Balkan country's state-ru ... More >>

Winter of Their Discontent

Courtesy of Miami-Dade CorrectionsEfraim DiveroliIn early 2007, after winning a $300 million U.S. Army contract to equip Afghanistan with munitions, Miami Beach arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, age 21, went scavenging in Albania. There he subcontracted Ylli Pinari, head of that Balkan country's state-ru ... More >>

Current TV: Is Miami Just Beaches, Boobs, and Drinking?

Al Gore, inventor of the Internet, founded Current TV. You might have heard of it, considering two journalists affiliated with the channel were held captive in North Korea until Gore's old boss Bill Clinton went to save them.So sometimes the channel is home to important, hard-hitting global journali ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of September 17, 2009

"One has to be strong not to do something as extreme as killing oneself."

Letters from the Issue of July 9, 2009

"I am sad to report I lost a few brain cells while reading your article."

Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.

Letters from the Issue of March 19, 2009

"Here's hoping community journalism finds new and sturdier outlets."

Judge, Jury, and Dictator

Liberty City Six Judge Joan Lenard refuses to pay a P.I. after he speaks out.

Healing Haiti

Aaron Jackson went from homeless to hero. Now, with the help of Rainn Wilson, he's trying to cure a country.

Let's Go to Prison

Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

Bands in Bloom

Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

The Drink-'Em-Up World Cup

America's most international city was scandalously lubed

VA

Choubi Choubi!/Radio Pyongyang (Sublime Frequencies)

Kyung Ju Kicks

Choubi Choubi!/Radio Pyongyang (Sublime Frequencies)

Night&Day

Choubi Choubi!/Radio Pyongyang (Sublime Frequencies)

World Beats

Progressive acts manufacture new sounds

Visions of Eggnog

The Mayor of Nerville rambles on about fads, God, and other Yuletide traditions

You and Me, Global Brother

Boycott French wines or Asian restaurants? Let's get real, people!

Letters from the Issue of December 26, 2002

The antiwar battle continues

Trouble From Denmark

Wacky Danish cult leader Mogens Amdi Petersen was a guest on tony Fisher Island until recently; now he's staying with the State of California

Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

Where can terrorists find safe harbor? If you're of the Cuban exile variety, right here.

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of March 22, 2001

Lawbreakers Beware!

Until the county's Cuba ordinance is rescinded, it remains the law of this land. Which is precisely why we must support the Cuba Affidavit Citizens' Auxiliary.

Plowing Under the Cuba Embargo

A Spokane politician wants to make Castro pay -- literally

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 15, 2000

A Legacy of Reason

Letters from the issue of June 15, 2000

Passport to Paradox

The Cuban embargo is supposed to be getting tougher on travelers, but it's just getting weirder

News of the Weird

The Cuban embargo is supposed to be getting tougher on travelers, but it's just getting weirder

Back on Top

You may admire him or you may find him disgusting. But at least you've got to hand it to him: Jorge Mas Canosa has got clout.

Michael Finney's Last Flight

You may admire him or you may find him disgusting. But at least you've got to hand it to him: Jorge Mas Canosa has got clout.