Our Friday Sociedad Media Now daily newsletter with two big stories in-focus.
Miami’s Tech Boom Is Here. The Question Is What Comes Next?
MIAMI — Miami’s tech ecosystem has grown to roughly $95 billion in value, pulling in nearly $2 billion in venture capital in the first half of 2026 alone — on pace to top last year’s record.
Palantir’s headquarters relocation to Aventura marks the city’s biggest corporate vote of confidence yet, though analysts say the harder test now is whether Miami can build a self-sustaining ecosystem rather than another funding cycle that fades.
Kenya Helicopter Crash Kills 7 — Ecuador Intel Chief, Wife, Miami Food Restauranteur & Telemundo Exec On Board
MIAMI — A safari helicopter crash in northern Kenya killed all seven people aboard, including two men with deep South Florida ties: Miami restaurateur Roger Duarte, founder of George Stone Crab, and José Suárez, longtime Telemundo executive overseeing stations across Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Myers-Naples.
Also among the dead were Ecuador’s national intelligence director, his wife, and a married South Florida couple — a loss that has rippled across Miami’s business, media, and diplomatic communities at once.
