Elián González Brotons is a Cuban engineer and politician. As a young child,he was at the center of a high-profile international custody dispute between family members and involving Cuba and the United States.
Doral is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. One of 34 municipalities in the county,it is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Miami International Airport and 13 miles (21 km) west of Downtown Miami. Doral occupies 15 square miles (39 km2) bordered on the west by the Ronald Reagan Turnpike and the Florida Everglades,on the north by the town of Medley,on the east by the Palmetto Expressway and on the south by the Dolphin Expressway and the city of Sweetwater. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census,Doral had a population of 75,874,up from 45,704 in 2010.
Alexander Penelas is an American attorney who is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida.
The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County,Florida. Founded in 1903,it is the fifth-largest newspaper in Florida,serving Miami-Dade,Broward,and Monroe counties.
Xavier Louis Suarez is an American politician who was the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami and was a Miami-Dade county commissioner.
Manuel Alberto Diaz is a Cuban-American politician who served as the chair of the Florida Democratic Party from 2021 to 2023. From 2001 to 2009,he served as the mayor of Miami,Florida.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American retired firefighter and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district in 2022. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
Humberto Hernandez Jr. was a City of Miami Commissioner and attorney.
The government of the city of Miami,Florida,is organized under the City Charter,which provides for a mayor-commissioner form of city government.
Wilfredo Gort de los Llanos is a Cuban-American politician who served as the 37th and acting Mayor of Miami from June to July 1996. Gort was a City of Miami Commissioner from 1993 to 2001 and again from 2010 to 2020.
Tomás Pedro Regalado y Valdez is a Cuban American politician and former broadcast journalist who served as the 42nd mayor of Miami,Florida,from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party,although as Miami mayor his office was nonpartisan.
Armando Gutierrez is a Cuban-American banker,political consultant,and entrepreneur.
Miami Freedom Park is a 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium currently under construction in Miami,Florida,United States. It is planned to be the home of the Major League Soccer team Inter Miami CF. In spring of 2022,final approval was given by the city of Miami to build a stadium on the current site of the Melreese golf course,close to Miami International Airport. The decision followed a long process in which numerous locations were considered for the stadium. The current plans would see the stadium opened for the 2026 MLS season.
William O'Brien was an American police officer who served as the 21st police chief of Miami,Florida,from 1998 until 2000. O'Brien served as a Miami Police Department police officer for more than 25 years,including 18 years as a member of the city's SWAT team and two years as chief. He resigned as chief on April 28,2000,in the aftermath of the Elián González custody battle raid. The resignation has been studied as a case in criminal justice and political ethics. He was highly critical of the Miami mayor's handling of the situation,leading to his forced resignation.
Francis Xavier Suarez is an American lawyer and politician who is the 43rd and current mayor of Miami since 2017. The son of former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez,he previously served on the Miami City Commission from 2009 to 2017.
Hubert Arturo Acevedo is an American police officer who was previously the interim chief of police of the Aurora Police Department,the chief of police of the Austin Police Department,Houston Police Department,and Miami Police Department. Before becoming a police chief,he was a member of the California Highway Patrol.
The 1996 Metro-Dade County mayoral election took place on September 1,1996. It was the first election in the Metro Dade County area since the election of Stephen P. Clark. The election pitted various well-known and popular figures in the Miami-Dade area. Maurice Ferre and Xavier Suarez and former rivals in the 1987 Miami Mayor race,Arthur Teele and young former Hialeah City Councilman Alex Penelas along with several other minor candidates. County Commissioners Arthur Teele and Alex Penelas went on to the run-off. Penelas's victory made him the first Cuban-American mayor in Dade County and as of 2020,the only Democrat Cuban-American. Penelas also has the distinction of being the youngest mayor elected in Miami Dade County history at the age of 34. Arthur Teele was the first African American man to run for Dade County mayor.
The 2021 Miami mayoral election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of Miami,Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan. If no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first ballot,the top two candidates would have advanced to a runoff election on November 16,2021.
Jeanne O'Laughlin was an Adrian Dominican nun,an American educator,civic activist,and advocate for women,the homeless,and immigrants. She also sought reform within the Catholic Church,supporting women in the priesthood. Sister Jeanne co-founded Barry University in Miami Shores,Florida and served as its 5th president for 23 years. She was the first woman to be on the Orange Bowl Committee,first to win the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Sand in My Shoes Award,and first woman to be a member of the Non-Group. Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin was a mediator in the Elián González custody dispute,secured the release of 270 Haitian refugees seeking asylum from the Krome Detention Center by finding community housing sponsors,and supported Chinese refugees with housing during their pursuit of asylum in the United States.
