Fresh Take FloridaFebruary 18, 2022
15min0
'We didn’t know because we are old.'
Tag: Little Havana
Fresh Take FloridaFebruary 18, 2022
Jacob OglesJune 18, 2020
7min2435
And about 15% of those testing positive may not even know it.
Ryan NicolJuly 16, 2018
3min477
State Rep. David Richardson kicked off a two-day listening tour in Cuba’s capital today as he continues to campaign in the race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District. The Richardson campaign says the focus of the Havana tour is “to learn more about economic and societal developments in the wake of changes in U.S. relations with Cuba.” […]
Jacob OglesJuly 14, 2018
3min438
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson campaigned alongside America’s first Latina senator today. At a rally in Little Havana, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Nevada Democrat, made the case her Florida colleague should win re-election. “We need Bill in the Senate to fight alongside me for all people and to be a check on the harmful […]
Ryan NicolJune 20, 2018
6min759
Eileen Higgins earned a surprise win in a special election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 5, defeating the wife of the departing District 5 commissioner. Higgins, who was backed by Democrats in the officially nonpartisan race, took in 53 percent of the vote compared to Zoraida Barreiro‘s 47 percent. “When I got started, it really […]
Associated PressJanuary 29, 2017
6min299
Historic preservation groups announced a partnership Friday with city officials to save Miami’s Little Havana, bidding to safeguard its heritage as the famed epicenter of the Cuban diaspora was placed on a list of “national treasures.” The nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation said awarding its special designation for the Spanish-speaking enclave is just one […]
Tamara LushDecember 1, 2016
9min642
One of Miami’s oldest cemeteries is so close to the Fidel Castro death celebrations at Café Versailles in Little Havana that its marble angels echo with conga-line cheers from Calle Ocho. Most of the people interred at Caballero Woodlawn Cemetery-North on Southwest Eighth Street — the many Cubans buried there, for sure — hoped to […]
Associated PressNovember 28, 2016
8min308
Celebration turned to somber reflection and church services Sunday as Cuban-Americans in Miami largely stayed off the streets following a raucous daylong party in which thousands marked the death of Fidel Castro. One Cuban exile car dealer, however, sought to turn the revolutionary socialist’s death into a quintessential capitalist deal by offering $15,000 discounts on […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 28, 20165min176
America is busy celebrating National School Choice Week — with more than 16,000 events taking place all over the country. But here in Tallahassee, it feels more like Florida School Choice Month, because two landmark January events are apt to have a profound influence on the educational options of Florida students for years to come. […]
Phil AmmannMarch 25, 2015
4min229
A coalition of local businesses from Miami’s iconic Little Havana neighborhood are stepping up to join the fight for statewide discrimination protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Along with the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the group of small business owners are the latest names to voice support […]