Saludos my
friends!
I hope and pray that you are all doing great! We are enjoying some much-needed time off from com-
pleting yet another successful year at the International Cuban Sandwich Festival. The 6th year was a
complete and success, we made a 128 ft Cuban Sandwich in Orlando, Florida with the help of Kissim-
mee Mayor Jose Alvarez, or participating contestants, local leaders and our team; later at the Interna-
tional festival we were able to break that record by making a 150 ft Cuban Sandwich. Both sandwiches
were donated to a homeless shelter to feed the homeless, feeding an estimated 800 people this year!
This year, the festival hosted contestants from as far as Seoul, South Korea, the new Kids Cuban Sand-
wich Showdown. Lots of exciting highlights happened this year – far too many to list here so please
check out our website: www.TheCubanSandwichFestival.com to view pictures, videos, etc! The 7th
annual season of the Cuban Sandwich Festival is already underway and we are excited to announce that
the festival will once again be hitting the road in search of the BEST Cuban Sandwiches in the world,
with Florida events planned in Kissimmee, Miami and Tampa, Florida, as well as a VIP Cuban Sand-
wich Smackdown event under consideration in Chicago, NYC and a few other cities! Those winners
would all join us here next March/April 2018 for the 7th Annual Cuban Sandwich Festival!
As we welcome the SUMMER we get ready for all great Summer FUN! Latin Times presents a new
look -we are more online friendly! As of this issue, we are 80% online, and 20% print. The best way
to read our editions will be online where each issue will have interactive interviews, videos, live links,
animation and so much more! The e-edition will be available via our website: www.LatinTimesMedia.
com and www.Latin-Times.com as well as via social media The print editions will still be available for
special events and for direct subscription!
In closing, I am looking forward to the adventures and the challenges that lay ahead, as we focus on
growing our ministry, our media business, and our event schedule, and introducing our NEWEST
EVENTS, the Viva Jesus (Yeshua) and the Taste of Latino festival; details to be announced soon!
Gracias, Jolie Gonzalez-Padilla
Founder/CEO/Publisher
e-mail me: [email protected]
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