Of the thousands of protesters in JC Bermudez Park on Saturday, only one was dressed all in black. J.J. Rendón stood out solemnly in the sea of white. Latin America’s most infamous political consultant wouldn’t have had it any other way. For the 15 years since Hugo Chávez was elected,…

Roughly 8,000 people flooded JC Bermudez Park in Doral this afternoon to rally in support of student protesters in Venezuela. The overall message was one of unity, as Miamians from all of Latin America lambasted the government of Nicolas Maduro. But many admitted they expected more bloodshed in Venezuela before…

Even if you’re not Venezuelan, with the number of venezolanos in Miami soaring since Hugo Chávez took power in 1999, chances are by now you’ve got plenty of friends and co-workers who are from the oil-rich South American country. And for the past two weeks, all those friends and co-workers…

On Tuesday, we reported that Miami Beach drownings have risen recently as the number of lifeguards has lagged behind the tally of tourists. Lifeguards, public safety committee members, and locals have all asked for more guards working longer hours. Two cases in particular show how longer lifeguard hours could save…

Dillon Charles peered out the window of the ­Fontainebleau and ­finally saw sunshine. For three days, rain had threatened to ruin his summer vacation. Soon he would have to head back to Brooklyn to his wife, six kids, and a backbreaking construction job. But not yet. Charles stripped down to…

Manny Diaz’s legacy seemed set in stone on October 22, 2009. That’s when city commissioners voted 4-1 to approve Miami 21: the new-urbanism-inspired, pedestrian-friendly zoning code that then-Mayor Diaz had spent eight years championing. Miami 21 put the city on track to rival great metropolises like New York and Chicago,…

A man whose legs were shattered by falling stage lights during Ultra last year is now suing the music festival. Joey Green, an equipment technician, was installing the festival’s iconic LED lights on the main stage when one of the giant panels fell on him and several others. Green’s legs…

Dillon Charles peered out the window of the Fontainebleau and finally saw sunshine. For three days, rain had threatened to ruin his summer vacation. Soon he would have to head back to Brooklyn to his wife, six kids, and a backbreaking construction job. But not yet. Charles stripped down to…

Yesterday, art lovers around the world were shocked when someone strolled into the Pérez Art Museum Miami and destroyed a $1 million vase by Ai Weiwei. Well, the story gets even more shocking. That’s because the vandal wasn’t a political objector or a random crazy person. He was a fellow…

Last month, Otis Wallace was once again elected mayor of Florida City. It wasn’t close. The reigning mayor won a whopping 71 percent of the votes cast in the small agrarian town south of Miami. Wallace has now been in office for 30 years, surviving hurricanes, the arrest of several…

For 51 years, Chris Reyka seemed proof of some higher power. A clean-cut, churchgoing former Marine with snow-white hair and a strong jaw, Reyka was an incarnation of the American dream. He had overcome tragedy to build a family and career as a police officer. Every day he pinned a…

Say what you will about “Dr. Schnoz” Michael Salzhauer, but the incessantly self-promoting plastic surgeon has perfect timing. Just a day after Anesson Joseph fatally tried to eat another man’s face in Palm Beach, Salzhauer has launched a “zombie awareness video campaign” offering free Botox and cheap plastic surgery for…

Love may be “an ever-fixed mark/That looks on tempests and is never shaken,” as the Bard once wrote. But beauty is a fickle bitch. That’s a lesson Kerri Aultman now knows all too well. The model normally keeps her hair dyed dark, with short sides and a long, stylish swoop…

Love may be “an ever-fixed mark/That looks on tempests and is never shaken,” as the Bard once wrote. But beauty is a fickle bitch. That’s a lesson Kerri Aultman now knows all too well. The model normally keeps her hair dyed dark, with short sides and a long, stylish swoop…

Justin Bieber just can’t pull off being a bad boy. According to newly released police reports, Bieber told cops shortly after his arrest that “We were smoking all night at the studio.” He also had trouble taking a breathalyzer, admitted that his mom was in charge of his prescription meds,…

Three years after it was finally closed, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys continues to belch up its foul secrets. The infamous Panhandle reform school was shut in 2011 after more than a century of shocking stories, including the deaths of dozens of black youths and the abuse of…

Pink neon? Check. Creepy ass Crown-of-England like loveseat? Check. Busty strippers crammed into said creepy ass loveseat? Check. It can mean only one thing: Club Madonna has survived an underage sex scandal and is open once again. See also: Club Madonna’s Business License Suspended: Closed for at Least Six Months…