Dominican Republic

Pounds of Cocaine Stuffed Into Coconuts Seized at Port Everglades

Apparently trying to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. by stuffing bags of it up one's rectum is something the feds are on to. So the next logical step was to try to stuff coke into hollowed-out coconuts and smuggle them in that way, because coconuts is not a person's rectum. Unfortunately for three me ... More >>

Salomon Melgen's Attorney Cousin Claims There's a Conspiracy Out to Get the Doctor

Last week, we told you about how FBI agents raided the West Palm Beach medical office of Dr. Salomon Melgen, an eye doctor and contributor to New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. Melgen also may or may not have provided the senator with underaged Dominican hookers. Then, we told you how the FBI ... More >>

Salomon Melgen's Lawyer Says FBI Won't Say Why It Raided His Office

On Wednesday, we told you about how FBI agents raided the West Palm Beach medical office of Dr. Salomon Melgen, an eye doctor and contributor to New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who also may or may not have provided the senator with underaged Dominican hookers. See also: FBI Agents Raid Off ... More >>

FBI Agents Raid Office of Doctor Who Allegedly Provided Sen. Bob Menendez With Underaged Prostitutes

FBI agents raided the West Palm Beach medical office of Dr. Salomon Melgen, an eye doctor and contributor to New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. Menendez is part of the eight Democratic and Republican senators who have joined Marco Rubio in putting together an immigration reform bill. The do ... More >>

Two West Palm Beach Moms Sentenced for Using Their Children in Staged Accident Scams

Ana Ovando, a 42-year-old West Palm Beach mother, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for using her kids in staged car crashes to make cash. Ovando used her five children -- aged 3 to 17 -- during three separate staged accidents that occurred within ... More >>

Tampa Mayor Says He'll Cancel RNC If Isaac Threatens

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn says he'll cancel the Republican National Convention if Tropical Storm Isaac becomes a real threat.As of Wednesday morning, Isaac is becoming a real threat. "Well, absolutely, we're prepared to call it off," Buckhorn told CNN this morning. "I mean, safety and human life tru ... More >>

Enrique Iglesias to Pimp ATLANTICO Rum, Latest in Celebrity Liquor Endorsements

Is it just us, or does Enrique look a little pale? ​Following in the grand tradition of Sammy Hagar building a brand of tequila and Lil Jon endorsing Crunk Juice, Miami homeboy Enrique Iglesias is the latest celebrity to sign on to promote a line of spirits. The singer, who according to a press re ... More >>

Bernard Mevs, a Tiny Hospital Founded by Floridians, May Be Haiti's Best Hope

Food Trucks Hit Broward County This Weekend

B.C. Tacos is heading out to Broward County this weekend.​If you love the south Florida food truck scene but hate the drive down to Miami (with gas prices hitting close to four bucks a gallon, who can blame you?), this weekend may be the answer to all the nights you left a tiny li ... More >>

Guns Online: No Permit Needed

A Murder in Haiti Threatens to Become Lost Amid the Rubble

Courtesy Viola Semxant-ZuckerGregoire-Ronald Chery on an earlier, happier trip to Haiti.​Our feature story this week tells the harrowing tale of Gregoire-Ronald Chery, who was murdered in Haiti when kidnappers came for a young girl in his family. Chery was a 17-year federal agent who worked in the ... More >>

Walmart's "Love, Earth" Jewelry Line Doesn't Live Up to Green Promises

Targeting Cancer Patients in Medication Scam: Is This Most Evil Plot Ever?

FlickrUnless you see this badge, you're not dealing with the real DEA.​There may be no honor among thieves, but still it's shocking to hear that scammers would target a 55-year-old woman who's already cursed with cancer.According to a release by the Boynton Beach Police Department, the woman recei ... More >>

Bachata Bombers: A Latin Music Fan's Case Against Aventura

Fashion Islands

Hair Up to There

Whose Land Is It, Anyway?

Whose Land Is It, Anyway?

Latin Festival: Food, Music, and Blood Pressure

Where the Girls Are: Lauderdale Scores Tourist Bucks From Jam-Packed Volleyball Tourney

That's a few points from a match this past weekend between two international youth volleyball squads, with the USA White Youth team in the foreground and a team from the Dominican Republic in the far court. Volleyball players, most of whom were girls, absolutely swarmed SE 17th Street last weekend ... More >>

Golf Course Developers Unworried About Honduras Coup

Theodore ScottRoatan: snorkeling, sailing, diving, dolphins... and now golf!Pete Dye has modestly dismissed his own career as "digging up other people's property," but in truth, he elevated the act of golf course design from a mere landscaping job into an art form.  When Dye was inducted into t ... More >>

Latin Conga!

Dominican Delightful

They'll take you there..."El Autentico Sabor de la Comida Dominicana," reads the menu at this Pompano Beach hole-in-the-wall. And it's authentic Dominican Republic fare, all right. Homemade specials at Latin Conga!  change daily, but once they run out, forget your craving for fried chicken chun ... More >>

A League of Their Own

Sidestepping sports movie clichés, Boden and Fleck find the sweet spot.

South Florida Baseball Fans, Prepare to Go Dutch

You probably aren't a huge fan of the Dominican Republic baseball team. I know because you wouldn't be reading this--your eyes would still be far too teary to stare at a blog. ESPN is reporting that hundreds of D.R. fans had already purchased plane tickets to Miami and tickets to the ... More >>

Cops OK'd to Beat You for Riding Elevator; Even Dominicans Apparently Have Better Anti-Brutality Policies

Prosecutors have dropped battery charges against a guy after watching a surveillance video  showing that cops bum-rushed the shit out of him. The tape, which shows officers grabbing and punching Josh Ortiz, reinforces the idea that I'd better say some really nice things about Fort Lauderdale co ... More >>

“Hey Everybody: We’re All Gonna Get Laid…”

Well, some laid-back golf, that is.

10-S-N-E-1?

Pay Through the Nose

Sweet and Sour

Sooo Sweet

How Not to Kill a Film

Eat Your Heart Out

A vintage punk reunion at Churchill's this weekend

Corruption Welcome Here!

Go ahead. Corporatize the Day of the Dead

Build Me an Island

Once More With Brass

Fernando Villalona

Rush's Airport Boner

Don't leave Santo Domingo without one.

Rush's Airport Boner

Don't leave Santo Domingo without one.

Best Local Sports Buy

Best Kiteboarding

Sunk

An American sailor's Caribbean sojourn comes to a watery and excruciating end

Smokin'

Cohiba Brasserie defies all categories save one: fantastic

Diver Down

Pipin Ferreras and his wife, Audrey, challenged the deadly sea. They lost.

A Movable Feast

The local International Hispanic Theatre Festival is one of the biggest and best of its kind -- when will South Florida discover it?

Letters for May 2, 2002

Everybody's a critic

Best Pro Athlete

Luis Castillo

Best Cheap Beer Selection

Super Saver Supermarket

Undercurrents

Slammin' Sammy keeps hitting, but his Broward County foundation whiffs

Best Cigars

Cigar Factory

The Abbreviated Tour

The Abbreviated Tour

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