Venezuela

Puerto Rico's Wave of Drugs and Brazen Murders Reverberates to Florida

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Post-Hugo Chavez's Death, Experts Expect Broward's Venezuelan Population to Grow Even More

Over the past decade, Broward County's fastest-growing demographic was Venezuelan, and the conventional explanation most bureaucrats, demographers, and activists deployed to explain this trend: Hugo Chavez. El Comandante's socialistic and populist style of governance, which extolled the virtues of ... More >>

Henrique Capriles: Weston's Hope for Venezuela

At the news of Hugo Chavez's death, Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles was magnanimous: "At such a difficult time, we must show our deep love and respect to our Venezuela," he tweeted. "My solidarity to all the family and followers of President Hugo Chavez. We appeal for unity." He is t ... More >>

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Is Dead

If you're seeing a bunch of news-media types on a beeline for Weston, there's good reason: Hugo Chavez, the charismatic and controversial president of Venezuela, passed away today. The death occurred at 4:25 p.m., according to CNN. As well known for his U.S.-bashing and flamboyant behavior as his di ... More >>

James Randi, AKA "The Amazing Randi," Subject of Feature Film by Writer/Editor of Being Elmo

Though he lives quietly in Plantation, Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, AKA "The Amazing Randi," has a cult following around the globe.In one of the greatest about-faces ever performed, Randi was a nationally famous magician (he appeared on the Today Show, broke at least one of Houdini's records, and ... More >>

Sybarite Pig Opens this Friday: Owner Daniel Naumko Talks Beef, Beer, and Why He Chose That Name

Craft beer and food enthusiast Daniel Naumko will realize a long-held dream this Friday when he opens the doors to his west Boca restaurant Sybarite Pig. The project is a manifestation of his primary passions: Indulgent cuisine and well-made beer. "The only time I'm happy is when I'm in the kitche ... More >>

Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners and Miami's Changing Market

Kiss Superfan and String Strangler Juan Montoya Got His Nose Broken Defending the Band

Student Protests and Death Threats: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Gets Personal at FAU

TSA Finds Guns, Razor Blades, Eels on South Florida Passengers

​Congress will be taking a closer look at the Transportation Security Administration this afternoon in a joint hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Oversight Committee Chairman Darryl Issa said in a statement that ... More >>

Valentine's Gift Guide: Jazzy Albums for Him and Her With Wine Pairings, Part Two

​Last week we brought you some choice musical and drinking options for this upcoming romantic debacle known as "Valentine's Day." Not only do we share in your feelings of anxiety, depression and possible contemplation of suicide, we fully understand and appreciate how this day of all days can ... More >>

Reggae Great Buju Banton Is Locked Up on Drug Charges. Was He Entrapped?

The Villa by Barton G.: A Singular Dining Experience for 1 Percenters

Havana's in Sunrise and Don Arturo's in Fort Lauderdale: Modest Hospitality, Familial Foods

Is Sheriff Lamberti's Administration Crumbling?

Last week was a momentous one for Sheriff Al Lamberti. Lamberti's director of law enforcement, Col. Rick Frey, rather abruptly retired. And then in a late-hour Friday news bomb, it was announced that Lamberti had fired Larry Strain, BSO's director of purchasing, and suspended (with pay) John C ... More >>

Cuban Exile Who Worked for the CIA Accuses Reporter of Distortion

​Here's the score in America; if you've ever "waged a violent campaign" against a communist leader, then you're a "cold-war veteran" and totally not a terrorist. And if you've publicly admitted that you "organized a wave of bombings" in that communist country, that's cool; just don't lie to a judg ... More >>

The Tea Party Is the Muslim Brotherhood of America? You Betcha

MSNBC's Chris Matthews made a remark yesterday comparing the Tea Party of America to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. "So the Muslim Brotherhood has a parallel role here with the Tea Party," he said. "They're the ones who keep you honest and decide whether you've stayed too long?" That's what  ... More >>

Nelson Diaz Went From Cuba's Best Ump to Just Another South Florida Transplant

"South of the Border" Movie Review: Oliver Stone Teams Up With His Presidential Pals

Two Latin American Shows Take the Museum of Art|Fort Lauderdale Beyond King Tut

King Chango

Martini Madness: Who Cares if Rothstein Has a Few More Weeks of Freedom?

Flickr​Just what the Rothstein investigation needed: a big dose of public pressure by people who don't have a clue about the case but have some weird emotional need to see the already disgraced attorney slightly more humbled by being placed in a jail cell. That's what you've got in today's shallow ... More >>

Yorvit Torrealba, Hero of Rockies Playoff Victory, Tells of Son's Kidnapping

Flickr: insectoverlordsYorvit Torrealba​Yorbit Torrealba, the Rockies catcher who lives in Hollywood during the offseason, hit the two-run homer yesterday to cement his team's against the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. But Torrealba had been feeling lucky long before he con ... More >>

Metro Editor Manny Garcia Departing Miami Herald to Take Over El Nuevo Herald

Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg sent out a memo this evening announcing that Spanish-language El Nuevo Herald editor Humberto Castelló is resigning after seven years at the helm. Even bigger news is Castelló's replacement.     GarciaTaking the reins as executive editor at ... More >>

Mutual Benefits czar Joel Steinger manipulated local politicians and the state legislature. But divorce court too?

Blood Diamonds

Violent South American thieves are stealing millions in precious gems ... and getting away with it

Awfully Wedded Wife

Bigamy charges and dozens of busts for sham marriages.It must be South Florida.

Latin Alternative Music Conference, Day 2

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The Pulp Ain't For Kiddies

Letters for April 26-May 2, 2007

Bank Shots

It's an exhibition that'll make your eyes bounce back and forth like balls on a billiard table.

Sonik Youth

Sóniko has a furry little secret

Tailpipe

City Without Art

Cabana Fever

Skrrreeek!!!

Marlin Madness

Competitive marlin fishers do lots of drinking, tell lots of tales, and, oh yes, sometimes they catch fish.

Letters for May 2, 2002

Everybody's a critic

Mail Chauvinists

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is tough on mail fraud -- and, some say, even tougher on its black female agents

Party on the Playa

Eighth Annual Hollywood Beach Latin Festival

From Ports to Puertas

Looking back on ten days in spring that changed the landscape

Mosh Pit in Bogotá

Rock al Parque offers a more metallic Plan Colombia

Secrets Kept

Exploring the rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida

Little Daubs Will Do You

"Impressionism to the Present: Camille Pissarro and His Descendants"

Furious Fun

Flamenco dance classes

The Abbreviated Tour

The Abbreviated Tour

Cold-Blooded Smuggling

The recent bust of a Hollywood importer sheds light on an illegal reptile trade that has adventurous smugglers making easy money

Chute to Kill

In October a skydiver named Mike McDonald made a fatal leap. He was the third client of Skydive Palm Beach to die in a year.

There's Something Fishy Going On