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The impact on Miami by Cubans is huge. They are the largest and most visible ethnic group in the city. The initial home of Miami Cubans was a few miles west of Downtown, in what became known as Little Havana.They say that if you have never been to...
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From journal A Week in Miami
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Little Havana is a small suburb of Miami that got its name from its residents. Its population is almost 100% Cuban. Calle Ocho is the main road that runs through Little Havana and when you hit it, you know it. Every thing immediately turns to...
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From journal Goin' to Miami
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Salons, bakeries, cigar factories, and 99-cent stores line Calle Ocho. It was not beautiful, but it had a lot of character.
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Watch Cuban guys in guayaberas playing dominoes at the Maimo Gomez Park
Enjoy the tranquility at...
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From journal So Much To Do in Miami
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I am half Puerto Rican, and being from California, there is not a whole lot of selection for restaurants that serve this type of food...Mexican, yes; Puerto Rican/Cuban, no. Little Havana was filled with restaurants that served ALL of my favorites! ...
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From journal SOUTH BEACH, FLORIDA in MAY
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Calle Ocho has been partially renamed Celia Cruz Street, and with good reason. This was not my first visit, but it was for Chuck. We actually came here twice during our stay: the first time, we could not find anything that I remembered, so Chuck...
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From journal Locos in Miami
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Sultry Miami… at the crossing between American, Hispanic and Caribbean culture, it’s a city full of rhythm and colours. At first glance, it looks like any other metropolis. But my impression while driving downtown was that it looked new and quite...
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From journal Miami and Miami Beach
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Miami’s proximity to Cuba has long had an influence on the city’s soul, its food, and, more recently, its politics, thanks to the Elián Gonzáles controversy, which made a visit to this much-talked-about neighborhood a priority for me on this...
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From journal SoBe It