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Nov 25, 2006 · Jose Varela, Cuban-born freelancer who until Febuary had worked as staff cartoonist at El Nuevo Herald, storms newspaper building armed with fake semiautomatic weapon and holds officers at bay...
Nov 24, 2006 · Varela, whose father was reportedly a political prisoner in Castro's Cuba, wreaked havoc at One Herald Plaza before surrendering to police today, which was clearly what he had in mind, however twisted that mind may have been by then. His "machine gun" was a toy model.
Oct 22, 2010 · Jose Varela, 54, was left looking a little worse for wear when he was booked into a Miami-Dade jail Thursday morning after a scuffle with his ex-wife's new boyfriend and police.
Feb 2, 2007 · The cartoonist, Jose Varela, 50, a freelancer for El Nuevo Herald, The Miami Herald’s Spanish-language counterpart, was sentenced to anger-control classes and continued psychiatric counseling...
Feb 19, 2015 · Jose Varela is out there on his own. He is the type of humorist that public figures from both sides of the Florida Straits want to keep at a distance, the farther the better. He is an outlaw squared. The Cuban regime has tried to co-opt his posts and cartoons when they ridicule dissidents.
Jan 31, 2007 · Jose Varela, the disgruntled and former El Nuevo Herald cartoonist, won't serve any jail time for his brazen takeover of One Herald Plaza this past November 24. During his three-and-half hour...
As he had for years, Varela walked into The Miami Herald building Friday morning through the first-floor turnstile. Security guard Arturo Agard figured he was there to turn in his Sunday cartoon. No weapon was visible, he said.
