Award-winning columnist Fabiola Santiago has been writing about all things Miami since 1980, when the Mariel boatlift became her first front-page story. A Cuban refugee child of the Freedom Flights, she’s also the author of essays, short fiction, and the novel “Reclaiming Paris.”
LATEST FROM FABIOLA SANTIAGO
Fabiola Santiago
What would Florida be without the multilingual Miami Book Fair? A cultural desert | Opinion
November 16, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Fabiola Santiago
Trump calls his foes ‘vermin’ and evokes another tyrant: To Fidel Castro, we were worms | Opinion
Updated November 14, 2023 at 12:43 PM
Fabiola Santiago
Rampant vulgarity, lies — and a street named Trump Way — overshadow best-run GOP debate | Opinion
Updated November 16, 2023 at 3:55 PM

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Hialeah will cheer strongman Trump as no-chance DeSantis debates a few miles away | Opinion
November 7, 2023 at 3:26 PM
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Florida voters are ‘hoodwinked’ alright. But not by women seeking abortion access | Opinion
Updated February 8, 2024 at 8:46 AM

Fabiola Santiago
DeSantis and lawmakers abandoned Florida homeowners — and now we’re fighting back | Opinion
Updated November 1, 2023 at 5:01 PM

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Silencing pro-Palestinian students in Florida universities teaches the wrong lesson | Opinion
Updated October 27, 2023 at 9:12 AM

Fabiola Santiago
No amount of censorship is ever enough for Gov. DeSantis. Look what he’s up to now | Opinion
Updated October 24, 2023 at 1:18 PM

Fabiola Santiago
Heed the president’s words: ‘Reject all forms of hate.’ This is how we help Israel, Gaza | Opinion
Updated October 22, 2023 at 8:06 AM

Fabiola Santiago
DeSantis stokes Jewish-Palestinian division in Florida. It’s dangerous and deplorable | Opinion
Updated October 20, 2023 at 11:16 AM
Fabiola Santiago
It’s not a partisan thing: Neither indicted Trump nor Menendez belongs in public office | Opinion
Updated October 13, 2023 at 3:36 PM