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Spanish Language

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    "Junk Cars" Text Spam Plagues Miami Cell Phones, But One Brave Local Fights Back

    ​If you have a Miami-area phone number, there's a good chance that in the past few months, you've received texts seeking "junk cars." The message is all uppercase in both English and Spanish and promises $400 to $450 for your clunker. "It irritates the hell out of me," says a loyal reader we'll ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Dunkin' Donuts Casting For Local Commercial Today

    ​If you're a Dunkin' Donuts superfan put down the coffee cup and head over to the Dunkin' Donuts at 2720 South Dixie Highway in Coconut Grove today until 5 p.m. for a chance to star in their new "What Are You Drinking?" commercial.The commercial is part of a series of local Dunkin' commercials. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Eva Luna, Miami Telenovela, Is Number One Show in Hungary For Some Reason

    ​Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wonderfully obscure press release from Medley-based Venevision bragging that its novela Eva Luna ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    Miami street signs that promise to change your life

    ​Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wonderfully obscure press release from Medley-based Venevision bragging that its novela Eva Luna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Univision Mayoral Forum At FIU Snubs Non-Cuban American Candidates UPDATED

    Does the Golden Panther Speake Spanish Only?​UPDATE: Univision says candidates invited to its forum were invited based on the amount of money they've raised for their campaigns and not because of their Cubaness. You'd expect a state-run university in Cuba to exclude candidates from participating i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Jamoneando a la Novia to The Antiques' Simply Antique

    ​The Antiques Simply Antique (Funny Records) The Antiques' website I am not going to sit here and claim to know every goddamned thing about Florida's proud musical tradition. A good case in point was one of the earliest Blast From the Past columns that I performed for these digital pages on Coke. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Nuts for Nuts

    ​The Antiques Simply Antique (Funny Records) The Antiques' website I am not going to sit here and claim to know every goddamned thing about Florida's proud musical tradition. A good case in point was one of the earliest Blast From the Past columns that I performed for these digital pages on Coke. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Rick Sanchez's Non-Triumphant Return to Twitter

    ​Rick Sanchez may be off the air, but he's back on the medium he truly loves: Twitter. Integrating messages from the microblogging service became his trademark at CNN, so obviously he could not stay away from the Twitter machine for long. He didn't get his old account in his severance with CNN, bu ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Smaller Than the Guggenheim

    ​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

    May 22, 2009

    Bonus MP3s of the Day from Lanzallamas, Who Record New Live CD at Transit This Weekend

    My Spanish language dictionary defines lanzallamas as a mechanism designed to project a stream of fire in a controlled, prolonged stream. In other words, a flamethrower. It's also a truly kickass local band, who have chosen a rather apt name.Lanzallamas Monofonica wield a powerful weapon of their ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Big Bucks on a Losing Cause

    Yesterday Banana Republican filled you in on the folks who made a buck ensuring Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, as well as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, held onto their congressional seats. Today we look at the people who made a chunk of change on the failed campaigns of Democratic losers Joe Garcia, Raul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    What's in a Name? Lots, When It's 'Hispanic' Vs. 'Latino'

    Yesterday Banana Republican filled you in on the folks who made a buck ensuring Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, as well as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, held onto their congressional seats. Today we look at the people who made a chunk of change on the failed campaigns of Democratic losers Joe Garcia, Raul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    Cat People Get, Well, Catty

    Yesterday Banana Republican filled you in on the folks who made a buck ensuring Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, as well as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, held onto their congressional seats. Today we look at the people who made a chunk of change on the failed campaigns of Democratic losers Joe Garcia, Raul ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    A Sort of Homecoming

    Reggaeton artist Lashy is back in Miami for Calle Ocho

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    Viva la Gloria

    Reggaeton artist Lashy is back in Miami for Calle Ocho

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    The Fugitive

    Patricia Poleo, a Venezuelan journalist and political activist, is accused of murder. She's in exile in Miami.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2007

    Commissioners Shakespeare and Botero

    Patricia Poleo, a Venezuelan journalist and political activist, is accused of murder. She's in exile in Miami.

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    Rhett y Los Borrachos Empeñados

    Patricia Poleo, a Venezuelan journalist and political activist, is accused of murder. She's in exile in Miami.

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    Never Forget You

    The Americanization of the telenovela: in Spanish, in Miami

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    One Dead Groove

    TV stars and literary, um, luminaries try to entertain a distant dog

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Five Book Fair Highlights

    TV stars and literary, um, luminaries try to entertain a distant dog

  • Shops and Wares

    May 12, 2005

    BEST SPANISH-LANGUAGE BOOKSTORE

    La Moderna Poesía

  • Music

    November 11, 2004

    Magic Juan

    Inevitable Koch

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Horsing Around with Journalism

    How the Miami Herald screwed up its Kentucky Derby coverage

  • Shops and Wares

    May 15, 2003

    BEST SPANISH-LANGUAGE BOOKSTORE

    La Moderna Poesia

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    Teatro Bicultural

    Want your play in Spanish? English? How about both?

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Molotov

    Dance and Dense Denso "Surco/Universal"

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of January 23, 2002

    Go to Cuba, but do so legally

  • Calendar

    January 9, 2003

    Latin Quarter

    Yet another venue opens its Calle Ocho doors to culture

  • Film

    January 9, 2003

    Bright Lights, Reel City

    Second year running, Miami gets a homegrown film festival

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2001

    For the Love of Jazz

    Jazz Film Festival

  • Shops and Wares

    May 17, 2001

    Best Neighborhood Hardware Store

    Paradise Hardware Store

  • Bars and Clubs

    May 17, 2001

    Best Old-School Burlesque Queen

    Candy Caramelo

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2000

    Big-Screen Dreams

    The National Association of Latino Independent Producers Conference 2000

  • Music

    May 11, 2000

    Best Local Songwriter

    Raul del Sol

  • Shops and Wares

    May 11, 2000

    Best Hip-Hop Barbershop

    The Back Way

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Erin Go Merengue

    Is merengue's next standout an Anglo?

  • Music

    February 10, 2000

    Black Romance

    Is the Latin world ready for Só Pra Contrariar?

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Riptide

    Weaving tangled Webs

  • Shops and Wares

    May 13, 1999

    Best Baby Store

    Lavin Baby Center

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    El Donahue

    Forget Jerry and Phil. When it comes to Spanish TV, Miami's own Pedro Sevcec is the tiger of talk.

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Music to Die For

    Forget Jerry and Phil. When it comes to Spanish TV, Miami's own Pedro Sevcec is the tiger of talk.

  • Music

    September 5, 1996

    Mana a Mano

    Forget Jerry and Phil. When it comes to Spanish TV, Miami's own Pedro Sevcec is the tiger of talk.

  • Music

    March 7, 1996

    Stereo Tonic

    Forget Jerry and Phil. When it comes to Spanish TV, Miami's own Pedro Sevcec is the tiger of talk.

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Letters

    Forget Jerry and Phil. When it comes to Spanish TV, Miami's own Pedro Sevcec is the tiger of talk.

  • News

    November 16, 1995

    Breach of Faith

    Radio journalist Emilio Milian's persistent denunciations of Miami's exile terrorists almost cost him his life in 1976. Now he's fighting for his career.

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    Reach Out and Really Touch Someone

    Late last year thousands of people learned that the "free" calls they'd been making to Cuba weren't really free. Now the bills are arriving.

  • Culture

    December 22, 1994

    Exiles on Main Street

    Late last year thousands of people learned that the "free" calls they'd been making to Cuba weren't really free. Now the bills are arriving.

  • News

    December 16, 1992

    Jammin' In Havana

    How did two Miami radio stations end up broadcasting Radio Marti programs to listeners in Cuba? Hint: It's curious, but it's classified.

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