In reference to Highlands Today "Hispanic in Highlands'' (Sunday, Jan.3,) it would be good to congratulate those hard working Hispanics who have made their way out of their dictatorship-ruled countries into the freedom of America. It is also well to realize that many of my Cuban friends who have fled Castro would actually bleed red, white and blue for the United States of America. ...more

January 8, 2010

After a trip to Disney World, Juan Hernandez, then 32 years old, had a plan. Move his family of five out of a heavily populated, crime-ridden community in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico to Avon Park for a better life. ...more

January 3, 2010

Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than whites to develop melanoma, but when they learn they have it, the skin cancer is often at an advanced stage, a new study of cases in Florida has found. ...more

December 30, 2009

The third annual Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Plant City Stadium, 1904 S. Park Road. ...more

December 8, 2009

At the West Tampa Sandwich Shop and Restaurant, a North Armenia Avenue eatery patronized by many Hispanics and a stopover for any Democrat visiting Tampa, Saturday morning's brief televised ceremony making Sonia Sotomayor the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court could be seen on the wall-mounted TV. ...more

August 9, 2009

Democrats are continuing to out-register Republicans in Florida, particularly among Hispanics and the young, according to new figures derived from the state Division of Elections and compiled by the Democratic Party. ...more

June 4, 2009

Many racial caricatures and stereotypes have disappeared over the years, such as African-American mammy or Sambo characters, or the Frito Bandito frowned upon by Hispanics. Now Ruby Beaulieu and American Indian Movement supporters intend to crusade to retire what she calls "racially offensive" stereotypes and caricatures of Native Americans that still linger at Chasco Fiesta. ...more

March 18, 2009

An assault rifle was used in a Friday night shooting in northwest Miami, killing two people and injuring seven, police said Saturday. ...more

January 24, 2009

The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, established in 1959, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. ...more

January 21, 2009

As the number of Hispanics getting robbed at gunpoint continues to climb, the city's Hispanic outreach center is trying to arrange workshops to encourage the city's Mexican population to keep their cash in banks. ...more

December 15, 2008