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Throwback Tuesdays: Manu Chao "Desaparecido"

When Manu Chao released his landmark album, Clandestino, in 1998, it was regarded as an instant classic by most people who heard it. The 16-track disc was a funky underground pop album aimed right at the cultural left (and bourgeois right) of Spain, France, South America and Mexico all at once. Be ... More >>

Operation Screw Up

When Manu Chao released his landmark album, Clandestino, in 1998, it was regarded as an instant classic by most people who heard it. The 16-track disc was a funky underground pop album aimed right at the cultural left (and bourgeois right) of Spain, France, South America and Mexico all at once. Be ... More >>

Chong Feature

When Manu Chao released his landmark album, Clandestino, in 1998, it was regarded as an instant classic by most people who heard it. The 16-track disc was a funky underground pop album aimed right at the cultural left (and bourgeois right) of Spain, France, South America and Mexico all at once. Be ... More >>

Just `Cause

When Manu Chao released his landmark album, Clandestino, in 1998, it was regarded as an instant classic by most people who heard it. The 16-track disc was a funky underground pop album aimed right at the cultural left (and bourgeois right) of Spain, France, South America and Mexico all at once. Be ... More >>

Feds: Miami Man Funneled Money To Irish Terrorists Behind This Weekend's Attacks

A Cutler Bay man funneled money to the Irish terrorists who murdered two British soldiers in Belfast on Saturday, federal prosecutors say in a complaint unsealed in Miami-Dade court today and obtained by Riptide.Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsAn IRA mural in Belfast. An IRA splinter group took credit for ... More >>

Irish Blood

Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

Lazardi

Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

Art Capsules

Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

Art Capsules

Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

Art Capsules

Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

Disguising the Tentacles

Behold the mighty octopus

Open Wide!

SoBe Wine and Food is baaaack

All Around the Neighborhood

A quick look at our amigos from Toronto to Tierra del Fuego

Letters from the Issue of December 12, 2002

Once upon a time there was this African-American surgeon...

Righteous Bombers?

Miami's non-Muslim mullahs are ready to forgive Castro's accused 2000 assassins

Paradise Lost, Again

As Miami Beach prepares for life in wartime, it's on its own

Chombo Ghetto

Los Rabanes go global with the Panama City style

Fidel Made Them Do It

Posada Carriles is in jail -- again -- for plotting against Castro. And again, he's sure it's Castro's fault.

Spies in Miami, Commandos in Cuba

If you disagree with what they do, why defend their right to do it?

Diplo-Monk

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

Night & Day

September 10 - 16, 1998

Letters

September 10 - 16, 1998

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.

News of the Weird

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.

Immigrate Expectations

Exile leaders raised millions to bankroll their plan to refugees to South Florida from Guantanamo -- but money isn't the only stumbling block

Getting to Know the Major

To Panama's incarcerated Maximum Leader, he is a link to the outside world. But who exactly is Rudolfo Castrell?

Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

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

See Spanish Royalty Rock

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

Free Booze Giveaway: Four Bottles Of Abuelo Rum & Limited Edition Box

Jacob KatelNew Times art critic Carlos Suarez De Jesus with bottles in parking lot.​What can you say about a job where several liquor companies a year contact the office to hold tasting demonstrations? Fucking awesome.When Ron Abuelo hollered at Short Order to see if we were interested in finding ... More >>

Panama!

Jacob KatelNew Times art critic Carlos Suarez De Jesus with bottles in parking lot.​What can you say about a job where several liquor companies a year contact the office to hold tasting demonstrations? Fucking awesome.When Ron Abuelo hollered at Short Order to see if we were interested in finding ... More >>

Pop and indie figure high on this list of the year's best Latin albums

Jacob KatelNew Times art critic Carlos Suarez De Jesus with bottles in parking lot.​What can you say about a job where several liquor companies a year contact the office to hold tasting demonstrations? Fucking awesome.When Ron Abuelo hollered at Short Order to see if we were interested in finding ... More >>

South Florida Folk Roundup This Weekend in Davie

Folk Nation isn't just a street gang.According to Wikipedia, "It has been defined in several ways; as music transmitted by word of mouth, music of the lower classes, music with no known composer."Folk is the music of ramblers and wildcats, grifters and coal miners, killers, thieves, pimps, train ho ... More >>

Face the Crowd

Folk Nation isn't just a street gang.According to Wikipedia, "It has been defined in several ways; as music transmitted by word of mouth, music of the lower classes, music with no known composer."Folk is the music of ramblers and wildcats, grifters and coal miners, killers, thieves, pimps, train ho ... More >>

Colombian urban fusion act Choc Quib Town makes its Miami debut at Kukaramakara

Folk Nation isn't just a street gang.According to Wikipedia, "It has been defined in several ways; as music transmitted by word of mouth, music of the lower classes, music with no known composer."Folk is the music of ramblers and wildcats, grifters and coal miners, killers, thieves, pimps, train ho ... 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 >>

LeBron James and crazy quotes

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

Florida Cities Dominate List of "Divorce Capitols;" Miami is Number 26

​Florida's constitution strictly forbids gays from marrying, but what about the Sunshine State's straights? They're obviously doing such a fine job of upholding the sanctity of marriage, right? Apparently not so. The Daily Beast has compiled a list of "the 50 cities with the worst divorce rates," ... More >>

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 >>

Gaybies: South Florida same-sex couple travels to Central America for a family

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 >>

Viva Arte!

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 >>

Vote Yes On Question #56 And Fight Public Corruption

Norman Braman's advice to voters notwithstanding, there is a measure on the ballot that deserves a resoundingly emphatic YES! And that is the question asking voters to make the Miami-Dade Inspector General's office a permenant part of the county's home rule charter -- in effect our local constitutio ... More >>

Animal Love Affair: Female Wolf has Crush on Panama City Family's Pet Dog

via News Herald​Someone call up Pixar, because boy do we have a situation definitively calling out for some sort of animated movie treatment here in Florida. You see, a female wolf has been hanging around the  yard of Panama City resident Nathan Didier. The reason? D ... More >>

Smash Face, Repeat

via News Herald​Someone call up Pixar, because boy do we have a situation definitively calling out for some sort of animated movie treatment here in Florida. You see, a female wolf has been hanging around the  yard of Panama City resident Nathan Didier. The reason? D ... More >>

Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre Talks Voudou, Kompa, and The Rolling Stones

Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre.​Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin' drums, this band is the most eclectic kompa crew in the world. The group started in 1968 under the na ... More >>

Florida Man Uses Fake KKK Cross Burning to Try to Save His Marriage

​The flames of hate rarely relight a dimming flicker of love, but L.B. Williams of Panama City decided to stage a fake KKK-style cross burning in his front yard as a last-ditch effort to get his wife to call off their planned divorce. Instead, the bizarre romantic scheme ended with Williams b ... More >>

Luis Posada Carriles Could Be Extradited to Panama for Allegedly Plotting to Kill Fidel

via NewscomLuis Posada Carriles​Former CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles may have beaten charges in Texas last year, but the aging anti-communist operative ain't in the clear just yet.A Panamanian lawyer requested his extradition today on charges that he plotted to kill then-Cuban president Fidel Cas ... More >>