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Newt Gingrich Calls for New Cold War With Cuba, Ron Paul Says One Was Enough

15 years out of government and Newt's still crazy​The 3 a.m. phone call has struck again. In tonight's GOP primary debate, NBC anchor Bryan Williams asked the candidates what they would do if told that Fidel Castro had finally died and "half a million Cubans" were on their way to the United States ... More >>

Six Best Miami Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

LIV Nightclub, Facebook​It's the first weekend of 2012. And after two consecutive weeks of hard holiday ballin', the $100,000 parties have finally come to an end. Lucky for us, however, we live in America's playground and there's always something to do. From hip-hop spots to electro-house mega ... More >>

De La Soul Soviet Jazz = TenDJiz's De La Soulviet Mashup Revolution

​The mashup is a decadent, triumphant symbol of the digital age's too-deep pool of influences. Before the internet, you had to save your pennies and hunt down sounds (and information about them) like a bounty hunter. Before electricity, you straight up had to wait until someone with an instrume ... More >>

The Tea Party Has a New Enemy in Florida: Water Fluoridation

​Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed "one of the greatest public health achievements of the century" by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Par ... More >>

Cuba's new entrepreneurs ponder their future

​Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed "one of the greatest public health achievements of the century" by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Par ... More >>

Letters from the issue of March 10, 2011

​Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed "one of the greatest public health achievements of the century" by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Par ... More >>

Carlos Miguel Guerra: Dance Dancer Revolution

​Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed "one of the greatest public health achievements of the century" by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Par ... More >>

Fidel Castro Assassination Mission in New Call of Duty Game Pisses Off Cuba

via Call of Duty: Black Ops​Want to kill Fidel Castro? Think you've got what it takes to gun down the guy who's survived almost 700 assassination attempts, from exploding cigars to fungus-infested wetsuits to handgun wielding psychos? Now's your chance thanks to the new entry in the Call of D ... More >>

LeBron jerseys for Miami's homeless, courtesy of New Times

via Call of Duty: Black Ops​Want to kill Fidel Castro? Think you've got what it takes to gun down the guy who's survived almost 700 assassination attempts, from exploding cigars to fungus-infested wetsuits to handgun wielding psychos? Now's your chance thanks to the new entry in the Call of D ... 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 >>

South Florida superhero Captain Disillusion talks ghosts, superpowers, and skepticism

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 >>

Dump the Cuba Travel Ban: Send in Howard Stern, Lindsey Lohan, Manny Diaz!

​Fidel is a jerk. Raul is nearly as bad.But what nailed the USSR will get Cuba. Let my people in!The heads of foreign affairs committees in both houses of Congress -- Sen. Richard Lugar and Rep. Howard Berman came out together to say the 50-year-old ban should be lifted. Hell, Lugar is even a Repu ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "The Looker" by Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers

Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers' Socialismo Americano​Hollywood band Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers have remained a recognizable presence on South Florida's music scene for over a decade. They've released three records, and have a fourth on the way called ¡Socialismo Americano! ... More >>

Cold War Alert! Russian Subs Patrolling the Seas Around South Beach

via Wikimedia CommonsMight need to get those signs out again, kids.​New York Times this morning and had a serious 1962 flashback.The Times reports today that two Akula-class Russian nuclear submarines are patrolling international waters just off the East Coast. Defense Department sources told the ... More >>

Brave Cover Band, We Salute You

via Wikimedia CommonsMight need to get those signs out again, kids.​New York Times this morning and had a serious 1962 flashback.The Times reports today that two Akula-class Russian nuclear submarines are patrolling international waters just off the East Coast. Defense Department sources told the ... More >>

Spain Does Reggaeton at Eurovision.... Sort of

via Wikimedia CommonsMight need to get those signs out again, kids.​New York Times this morning and had a serious 1962 flashback.The Times reports today that two Akula-class Russian nuclear submarines are patrolling international waters just off the East Coast. Defense Department sources told the ... More >>

Blogging from Cuba

via Wikimedia CommonsMight need to get those signs out again, kids.​New York Times this morning and had a serious 1962 flashback.The Times reports today that two Akula-class Russian nuclear submarines are patrolling international waters just off the East Coast. Defense Department sources told the ... More >>

Hitman

Timothy Olyphant goes global as an international assassin

Borscht Belt on the Beach

In Moscow by the Trump, get ready to pass the sour cream

From the Cold

Dmitriy Klevenskiy imports caviar-quality jazz

Countdown to Twelve

A Salvadoran boy awaits the birthday that renders him a warrior

Countdown to Twelve

A Salvadoran boy awaits the birthday that renders him a warrior

Closing Credits: "Dutch"

A Salvadoran boy awaits the birthday that renders him a warrior

He Said, She Said, They Dined

A Salvadoran boy awaits the birthday that renders him a warrior

Vibes

A Salvadoran boy awaits the birthday that renders him a warrior

BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING

Flute

Champagne of Lounges

Caviar an champagne the way they're meant to be

Requiem for a Dream City

Havana may be rendered fantastic here, but not distant

Twentieth-century Song

Workers of the world, reunite to celebrate your song in a TV documentary

BEST TV NEWS REPORTER

Benno Schmidt

NBC 6 (WTVJ-TV)

Revelation 19.63

For nearly four decades the CIA has kept secret the identity of a Miami agent who may have known too much too early about Lee Harvey Oswald

Bad Aim

At the Gates, a gripping showdown is bungled by a love triangle

What Spies Beneath

Okay, so they really were spying for Cuba, but not in a bad way

Czech Bait

The first U.S. exhibition of a Czech avant-garde innovator carries the weight of the modern world

Cuisines of the Damned

Vecherny Vostok

Fest Full of Film

The FIU Seventeenth Miami Film Festival

Oh So Retro

MiMo 2000

Cuba's Second Revolution

Before he was banished from his homeland, Diosmel Rodriguez sowed the seeds of revolt among Cuban farmers

Night & Day

November 12 - 18, 1998

Cruz Control

November 12 - 18, 1998

Statutory Jape

November 12 - 18, 1998

If You Sink It, They Will Come

Creating an artificial reef is no longer a slam-dunk affair, despite an abundance of missile sites, water towers, and wanna-be philanthropists

Sturgeon General

A local restaurateur reveals the secret to buying caviar: When Igor comes a-knocking, let him in

Press Clubbed

This past Saturday, October 1, the Florida Press Club bestowed its annual Excellence in Journalism Awards at its convention in Gainesville. This year New Times won six awards in competition with other weeklies around the state.

Art in Cuba

Just when an artist can't find a tube of paint or a strip of canvas, the international art world has come knocking on Havana's door -- with money in hand

From Moscow to Miami

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

Killer Instinct

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

The Morel Things Change

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

Letters

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

Program Notes

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.