After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba following the Revolution in 1959 many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami further increasing the city's population Miami developed new businesses and cultural amenities as part of the New South in the 1980s and 1990s At the same time South Florida weathered social problems related to drug wars immigration from Haiti and Latin America and the widespread destruction of Hurricane Andrew Racial and cultural tensions sometimes sparked but the city developed in the latter half of the 20th century as a major international financial and cultural center It is the second-largest U.S city with a Spanish-speaking majority (after El Paso Texas) and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality. . . . . In 2016 Florida had the highest percentage of West Indians in the United States at 4.5% with 2.3% (483,874) from Haitian ancestry 1.5% (303,527) Jamaican and 0.2% (31,966) Bahamian with the other West Indian groups making up the rest, On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor, The Anthony J Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions at Florida Atlantic University notes the unusual growth pattern of South Florida Unlike many areas with centralized cities surrounded by development most of South Florida is preserved natural area and designated agricultural reserves with development restricted to a dense narrow strip along the coast the developed area is highly urbanized and increasingly continuous and decentralized with no particular dominant core cities the center projects this pattern to continue in the future. . 17 External links Scientific explorations of the Atlantic include the Challenger expedition the German Meteor expedition Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the United States Navy Hydrographic Office, Modes of operation may differ from those used domestically.
Jupiter Tampa 70/51 73/54 77/58 81/62 88/69 90/74 90/75 91/76 89/74 85/67 78/60 72/54 Tropical Park Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992 However it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan (1980 1984) and once for George H W Bush (1988) From 1904 to 1972 it supported the Democratic candidate in all but four elections in 2008 and 2012 approximately 59.69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2016 Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63.22% of the vote. Civil Rights Movement Miami International Airport (MIA) and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America Due to its strength in international business finance and trade the city has among the largest concentration of international banks in the country primarily along Brickell Avenue in Brickell Miami's financial district Miami was the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations. Three Lakes 2 8061 Eastern North Atlantic, The day before committing suicide Teele had had another telephone conversation with DeFede who recorded this call without Teele's knowledge which was illegal under Florida law DeFede admitted to the Herald's management that he had taped the call Although the paper used quotes from the tape in its coverage DeFede was fired the next day for violating the paper's code of ethics and he was likely guilty of a felony! . . 2010 2,496,435 10.8% Before the construction of routes under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Florida began construction of a long cross-state toll road Florida's Turnpike the first section from Fort Pierce south to the Golden Glades Interchange was completed in 1957 After a second section north through Orlando to Wildwood (near present-day the Villages) and a southward extension around Miami to Homestead it was finished in 1974, 11.4 Public transit See also: Culture of Florida, Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s. . .
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