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A New Sex Offender Takes Residence Under the Julia Tuttle -- Voluntarily

Pura Rumba

Take a journey to La Feria de Cali, one of the biggest music festivals in Latin America

The Man Who Armed Iraq

Take a journey to La Feria de Cali, one of the biggest music festivals in Latin America

Michael Finney's Last Flight

Take a journey to La Feria de Cali, one of the biggest music festivals in Latin America

Guns N' Hoses: Part 2

Has outspoken firefighter Douglas Jewett spoken out once too often?

The Cuban Connection

"You've reached Fidel Castro's voice mail. Please press 1 to leave a message, or 2 to hear his opinion about this new telephone service."

Taint Misbehavin'

The botched bad-water incident in Miami Beach raises doubts about whether Public Works works

Letters from the Issue of January 1, 2009

"Just assume these local politicians are lying when they say anything."

Forever Missing Part 2

Donna Weaver hoped to get help from the FBI in finding her husband. Instead she got crooked agents working with violent drug dealers

Triumph of the Zealots

A small cadre of exile fanatics now controls the Bush administration's Cuba policy, and Fidel Castro couldn't be happier

Politics and Policy

With its severe new Cuba regulations, the Bush administration alienated some Miami exiles, but not the ones who matter

Murdered in Havana

After the Catholic Church banished him, Cuba welcomed him. But the vibrant new life George Zirwas created for himself soon ended in tragic death.

Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán

Mambo Sinuendo "Perro Verde"

School Daze

Cuban leader Victor Dreke's FIU visit offers some uncomfortable lessons for Miami

Dream Deferred

The State Department's antiterrorism effort keeps Cuban acts off Latin Grammy Awards

Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

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

Admitting Terror, Part 3

Four more cases of egregious ineptitude at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

The More Things Change

The Circle is a powerhouse of a film about women in Iran

Best Local Boy Gone Bad

Hugh Rodham

Hurricane Van Van

Promoter Debbie Ohanian stared down the City of Miami and won a victory in the area's latest absurdo

Kulchur

Guerillas in the mix

No Mas, No Meet

America's favorite propaganda boondoggle is deteriorating and the president doesn't care

Havana Comes to the Heartland

America's favorite propaganda boondoggle is deteriorating and the president doesn't care

Miami Voice

A new report confirms that Radio Mart' has become a mecca of shoddy reporting

The Sound of Change

A new report confirms that Radio Mart' has become a mecca of shoddy reporting

The Politics of Music

Forget the protests, the visa hassles, even the bomb threat that marred MIDEM. In the end, Cuba's finest musicians rocked the house.

Letters

Forget the protests, the visa hassles, even the bomb threat that marred MIDEM. In the end, Cuba's finest musicians rocked the house.

Letters

Forget the protests, the visa hassles, even the bomb threat that marred MIDEM. In the end, Cuba's finest musicians rocked the house.

Letters

Forget the protests, the visa hassles, even the bomb threat that marred MIDEM. In the end, Cuba's finest musicians rocked the house.

Sampling a Taste of Cuba

Forget the protests, the visa hassles, even the bomb threat that marred MIDEM. In the end, Cuba's finest musicians rocked the house.

If El Exilio Doesn't Get You, Uncle Sam Will

Cuban salsero Issac Delgado played Miami without incident. Then the government accused him of breaking the law.

How'd They Do That?

Cuban salsero Issac Delgado played Miami without incident. Then the government accused him of breaking the law.

The Quiet Cuban

When he appeared in Miami last year, jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba ignited a firestorm of controversy. Though he now lives in South Florida, he just wants to play music, not politics.

Swelter 9

When he appeared in Miami last year, jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba ignited a firestorm of controversy. Though he now lives in South Florida, he just wants to play music, not politics.

By Appointment Only

What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

How They Pay to Play

What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

Letters

What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

News Roundup

LocalThe Miami Marine Stadium is listed as one of 11 most endangered historic sites in America. [Herald]Top officials from the State Department met with a Cuba representative yesterday, though the American official stressed that it doesn't actually mean anything, yet. [CBS4]Been spending most of our ... More >>

Breaking News: Washington Couple Busted Spying for Cuba

A former US State Department employee and his wife have been busted in Washington D.C,. spying for Cuba. Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn, worked for Fidel Castro for 30 years, according to an indictment handed down by the US Attorney General's office this afternoon. Myers had top secre ... More >>

Fugitive Returns from Cuba After 40 Years and Turns Himself in for '68 Pan Am Hijacking

via Flickr​One of the FBI's longest-known fugitives turned himself into federal law enforcement officers in New York yesterday after hiding in Cuba for more than four decades.Louis Armando Peña Soltren, 66, and two other men hijacked a Pan American flight in November 1968 after entering the cockp ... More >>

'The World Is Coming To An End': YouTube Video Of Disastrous Haiti Quake

A massive 7.0 earthquake struck just south of Port-au-Prince last night, devastating a Haitian capital still rebuilding from multiple serious hurricanes two summers ago.Even in this age of instant information, news is only trickling out of Haiti. CNN reports this morning that there's no casualty cou ... More >>

12 South Florida College Students Stuck in Haiti; Phone Line Set Up For those Seeking Info on Relatives

Twelve students from Lynn University in Boca Raton are amongst those stuck in Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earth quake. One student was able to send a text message to a parent, and reports that all twelve are safe. The group was traveling with Food for the Poor, a charitabl ... More >>

Hillary Clinton to Visit Cuba in Coming Weeks?

Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum

Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

After battling Castro, James Cason takes on Coral Gables

Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

Coral Gables Candidates Raise More Than Half-A-Million Dollars

Don Slesnick is the top-fundraiser with $158,000 in his campaign chest.​The election season in the City Beautiful is entering the home stretch. Coral Gables voters will be casting their ballots for mayor and two city commissioners on April 12. The latest quarterly campaign finance reports show the ... More >>

Rick Scott's Administration Really Hates Sunshine Laws

​"Are there things we don't want you to know? Yes," Brian Burgess, Rick Scott's communication director (or misdirector in many cases) tells the Times/Herald's Tallahassee Bureau. "There are things we don't want to broadcast to our opponents."Florida's Sunshine Laws are supposed to foster an o ... More >>

More Rick Perry News: There Are Ten Officially Recognized Places In Florida That Still Have "Negro" In Their Name

photo by T.8.S. via Wikimedia CommonsNot an era some parts of Florida are ready to leave behind.​Next time you have a few minutes to burn in Palm City, Florida, why not book a leisurely afternoon at Negrohead Point? No? Perhaps a relaxing drive over Negro Jim Hammock Bridge near Moore Haven w ... More >>

Wilson Ramos Kidnapping Scares Marlins' Anibal Sánchez From Returning to Venezuela

Anibal Sanchez, left, cancelled his trip home to Venezuela after Wilson Ramos's kidnappingToday is supposed to be the big day for the newly re-named Miami Marlins. Tonight the team unveils its new uniforms and, perhaps, a new blockbuster signing.But at least five players on the 40-man roster probabl ... More >>

Pro-Democracy Protesters to Set Off Fireworks Near Cuban Coast

​Every year, America celebrates the birth of its own democracy with fireworks, so it only makes sense a pro-democracy group that helps newly arrived Cubans settle in Miami is on its way to put on a fireworks display off the coast of Cuba. Predictably, the Cuban government is none too pleased.