/tags/tim-padgett Tim Padgett en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:54:08 GMT /politics/2013-12-23/latin-americas-small-businesses-come-to-miami-to-thrive Six years ago I visited an indigenous village in southern Mexico called Santa Cruz Mixtepec. It was, or used to be, one of those impoverished rural… Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:54:08 GMT /politics/2013-12-23/latin-americas-small-businesses-come-to-miami-to-thrive Tim Padgett /science/2013-11-15/sea-level-limbo-in-the-caribbean-how-low-can-you-go The folks in the Bahamas hamlet of Dunmore Town seem blissfully unaware of sea level rise. One resort hotel operator I called in Dunmore, which sits on… Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:55:15 GMT /science/2013-11-15/sea-level-limbo-in-the-caribbean-how-low-can-you-go Tim Padgett /politics/2013-11-05/miami-versus-pinochet-as-chile-holds-an-election-it-recalls-justice-in-florida Chile’s northern Atacama Desert is arguably the driest place on Earth. In some parts of it, rainfall has never even been recorded.Which means, if you’re a… Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:07:34 GMT /politics/2013-11-05/miami-versus-pinochet-as-chile-holds-an-election-it-recalls-justice-in-florida Tim Padgett /politics/2013-11-04/battling-for-brazilians-broward-challenges-dade-for-latin-american-tourists In the 1980s, after the bolĂ­var crashed and Venezuelans suddenly couldn’t fly to Miami every weekend, a gaita band recorded a sardonic song whose chorus… Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:00:00 GMT /politics/2013-11-04/battling-for-brazilians-broward-challenges-dade-for-latin-american-tourists Tim Padgett /politics/2013-10-30/why-the-reign-of-argentinas-queen-cristina-is-all-but-over-and-how-miami-benefits I met Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2007, just before she was first elected president of Argentina. In our interview, she talked a good deal about the… Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:00:00 GMT /politics/2013-10-30/why-the-reign-of-argentinas-queen-cristina-is-all-but-over-and-how-miami-benefits Tim Padgett /politics/2013-10-28/cubas-currency-correction-will-castro-fall-short-again Last year I spoke by phone with a frustrated woman in Santiago, Cuba, who was trying to start a seamstress business. It’s the sort of small private… Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT /politics/2013-10-28/cubas-currency-correction-will-castro-fall-short-again Tim Padgett /politics/2013-10-23/why-dilmas-doldrums-nixed-her-state-visit-to-washington Washington was supposed to fete Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff today. But she canceled her formal state visit, the only one the White House had… Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:00:00 GMT /politics/2013-10-23/why-dilmas-doldrums-nixed-her-state-visit-to-washington Tim Padgett /politics/2013-10-21/a-look-back-at-the-protests-that-have-bedeviled-brazil-and-dilma-rousseff Preocupado, sim. Surpreendido, nĂŁo.Worried, yes. Surprised, no.That’s how most Brazilians in South Florida are reacting to the sudden and sometimes… Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:37:13 GMT /politics/2013-10-21/a-look-back-at-the-protests-that-have-bedeviled-brazil-and-dilma-rousseff Tim Padgett /news/2013-10-21/think-driving-in-south-florida-is-scary-try-brazil Like Miami Herald sportswriter David J. Neal, who wrote so eloquently about his boyhood memories of the Indianapolis 500, I’m a Hoosier-turned-Miamian who… Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:19:34 GMT /news/2013-10-21/think-driving-in-south-florida-is-scary-try-brazil Tim Padgett /politics/2013-10-09/why-so-many-latinos-are-becoming-muslims Most Latinos know the country is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month right now. What far fewer Latinos know is that next week marks Eid al-Adha, one of… Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:30:00 GMT /politics/2013-10-09/why-so-many-latinos-are-becoming-muslims Tim Padgett