Spanish Language

Marco Rubio Wants to Give You a Green Card Only if You Speak English

Sen. Marco Rubio, the son of pre-Castro Cuban immigrants, has added a new amendment to his immigration bill that strengthens requirements that immigrants be proficient in English before being granted permanent residential status, also known as a green card. "On the day we announced the principles ... More >>

Sabado Gigante Celebrates 50 Years

Conan O'Brien Spoofs Marco Rubio's Latest Ad for Mitt Romney Telenovela Style

Mitt Romney has enlisted Marco Rubio in his efforts to reach out to Latino voters, and the Florida senator recently cut two ads for the campaign in both English and Spanish. TBS late night talk show host Conan O'Brien spoofed the Spanish ad last night by cutting it up with ridiculous scenes from tel ... More >>

Tercer Cielo at James L. Knight Center July 28

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to Give GOP Response to State of the Union in Spanish

​President Obama will deliver his second annual State of the Union address tonight. Ah yes, the State of the Union address -- Washington's most annoying and pompous tradition. Along with the seemingly never ending applause, the traditional opposition party response ranks right up there as the sing ... More >>

Gift of the Magi

Calling Writers-For-Hire! Crossfade Needs Latin Music Experts

Yeah, you know Shakira. But do you know Guerrilleros de Nadie?​Did you know that according to 2006 census data almost three quarters of Dade County residents speak either Spanish or some variant (i.e. Spanglish)? And most of those people also sing en Español. That's partly why we here at Miami Ne ... More >>

ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.

Duh: Miami Leads Nation in Number of Immigrants

​We are still in the news-hole hell of July, which means it's cucumber season. Which means the Daily Beast keeps pumping out city ranking lists and we keep covering them. This latest lineup by listmeister Richard Florida isn't surprisingl: Miami/Fort Lauderdale has more immigrants than any other m ... More >>

On L.A.'s Skid Row, a generational war over how to teach the American children of illegal immigrants

Enrique Iglesias

Joyce Kaufman Hates Immigrants!

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

Mega Future

Okay, so Jaime Bayly ain't Jay Leno. But little Mega TV is listo for the big-time.

No Sabado Gigantes Here

Cut and Run

Hundreds of mostly poor investors taken for millions? Say it ain't so.

Pitbull

El Mariel (TVT)

Rhett and the Pawn Shop Drunks (Rhett y los Borrachos Empeñados)

Entre Dios y el Diablo (Between God and the Devil) (Catalina Records)

BEST NEW ADVERTISING TREND

Hongosan and Hongomex

Reggaetón Royalty

Ivy Queen stands out among a sea of rude boys

Longo Time Gone

The underreported death of Miami's finest sports journalist

Letters from the Issue of April 3, 2003

Ready, Aim, Fuego

Thanks to thirsty beer advertisers and hungry radio giants, Sunday night was made for Latin rock

Armesto Watch

Playhouse Cubano

A controversial theater troupe finds a new home in Miami

Letters from the Issue of January 3, 2002

Nut Case #5: And thanks for reminding me why I left Miami

Timing is everything

Rolando Barral's long, bumpy ride as the Johnny Carson of Latin TV

Twin Column Disaster

Miami Herald writer Liz Balmaseda stumbles, only partly recovers

Best Spanish-Language Production

La Ultima Parada

Best Spanish-Language Radio Personality

Matias Farias

Best Locally Produced Television Comedy

El Mikimbin de Miami

Radio Days

The lobbyist everyone loves to hate has a new gig

Terror Takes Miami

Last Laugh Entertainment wants your dinero

Double Cross

Is prime time really ready for Latin music?

Fine Young Cannibals

The reporters providing us coverage of Elian Gonzalez seem to recognize they're taking part in a shark feed. And they just keep chomping.

Father Albert's Pulpit Show

He's got looks, charm, and the church on his side. But even this priest may not save Telemundo's ratings.

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Broken English

Extra! Read All About Me!

An El Nuevo Herald reporter quits and becomes the political story in Hialeah

Business is Booming

Jose Armada, Jr., has built his own empire from the spine-rattling, ass-shaking success of bass music.

King of Clubs

Club Tropigala's heritage dates back to nineteenth-century Cuba, but when the curtain rises, this could only be Miami

Remember: The Customer Is Always American

All languages are equal at Office Depot. It's just that some are more equal than others.

Cat Scratch Fever

A TV show about a curative plant sends Miami's Spanish-speaking community into a buying tizzy

Count the People Who Count

A trio of exile groups mounts a new challenge to monopoly control of local Spanish-language radio

The Girls Can't Help It

Call it drag, call it nouveau vaudeville -- Little Havana's Teatro de Bellas Artes' Midnight Follies is all entertainment

The Next Wave

A dedicated group of Latin Americans breaks the sound barrier with rock en espanol

Adios, Amigo

The short and sour career of El Nuevo's Alvaro Vargas Llosa

The Man and the Microphone

In the turbulent and often virulent world of Spanish-language radio, two things are certain: Fidel will be the debate, and Tomas Garcia Fuste will prevail

Get Me Rewrite!

Diario las Americas published a propagandized version of a dispatch from Havana. Cuban officials blamed it on the writer.

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