Was The Miami Trial Of The Cuban Five Fair?
On a special edition of The Florida Roundup, we discuss the controversial case of the Cuban Five, Cuban agents who were convicted in 2001 of espionage along with other charges.
View ArticleCafe Pilon: From Door-To-Door Peddling To The American Dream
Cuban coffee -- in white styrofoam containers, its brown liquid leaking through the lid, accompanied by tall stacks of thimble-like cups -- is everywhere in Miami.If you talk to the drinkers at small...
View ArticleDespite All The Latin Flare, Asian Food Thrives In Miami
Although less than 2 percent of Miami-Dade County's population is Asian-American, Danielle Chang, founder of the Lucky Rice Festival, decided her party had enough appeal last year to come back to Miami...
View ArticleCuban Shrine In Miami Celebrates 40th Anniversary
This past weekend The Shrine of Our Lady of Charity, or La Ermita de la Caridad, celebrated its 40th anniversary since it opened in Miami with funds fro
View ArticleThe 'Mandela Snub' How I Remember It
It was the summer of 1990. A multiracial group at my Washington, D.C., college had staged sit-ins calling for the school to divest from South Africa. I remember campus-wide "reverse apartheid" protest...
View ArticleForget The Caja China – Give Hallacas A Try This Nochebuena
Gringos like me don’t forget their first hallaca.Mine was lying on a simple white plate, in the coastal town of Lecherías, Venezuela, on the patio of my future in-laws’ home. It was a soft Caribbean...
View ArticleNot Your Grandpa's Dominoes: A New Generation Discovers A Classic Game
Bruno Poso was only seven when he was initiated into his family’s domino clique. “I didn’t even know what I was doing, but it was the best thing I had ever known,” said Poso, who learned how to play...
View ArticlePoll Findings: On Cuban-Americans And The Elusive 'American Dream'
Among Latinos, no group may have achieved the American dream as fully as Cuban-Americans.Since arriving here, as a community, they've prospered. Surveys show they graduate from college at greater rates...
View ArticleHow A Book And A Brain Help Win Lotteries In Little Havana
In Hialeah’s Power Food Supermarket, a lottery cashier named Isabel takes a pause between customers.In nine years working at the store, she has seen many hopeful people play the different Florida...
View ArticleHackathon For Cuba Developers Try To Free The Island's Internet
At LAB Miami in Wynwood this past weekend, local software developers and designers formed teams to compete for the best app that would give Cubans on the island uncensored Internet access, calling it...
View ArticleDavid's Cafe Serves Its Last Colada
David’s Café, an iconic South Beach haunt for locals and tourists alike, closed its doors for good this weekend.Located the corner of 11th Street and Collins Avenue, David’s was flanked road...
View Article#CubaNow Policy Group Highlights Key Generational Shift
This year has seen a growing chorus of polls, studies and statements calling for an overhaul of U.S. policy on communist Cuba. On Monday a new group called #CubaNow added its voice -- and signaled the...
View Article"The Miami Generation: Revisited" Still Exhibits Yearning For Cuba
The recurring image of a pierced heart in a gallery at the NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale is almost certainly coincidental. But former Miami Herald art critic Helen Kohen says for this exhibit,...
View ArticleNew Cuban Hip-Hop Meets Old Cuban Soul
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View ArticleWLRN's Five Most Popular Stories Feb. 17-21
If you were to read the week's top stories as just one, the plotline would be a little like this: A caffeine-driven abuela is on the loose. She is wanted on multiple charges, including robbing several...
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