{"id":77526,"date":"2025-12-09T21:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77526\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:40:09","slug":"a-pig-named-6-7-was-just-saved-from-the-caja-china-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77526\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pig Named \u20186-7\u2019 Was Just Saved From The Caja China In Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Louis-Fonseca-Katherine-Castellanos-Mayor-Daniella-Levine-Cava-Eric-Castellanos5-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"2025 Latin Cafe 2000 Pig Pardoning Ceremony with Mayor Danila Levine Cava\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Latin Cafe 2000 \/ @WorldRedEye<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>In Miami, we know it\u2019s less about the turkey and all about the lech\u00f3n! A playful twist on the national presidential turkey pardon, one unique cultural tradition went down Tuesday morning, marking the official start of Miami\u2019s holiday season: the 8th Annual Pig Pardoning Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Latin Cafe 2000 in Brickell, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava granted a full reprieve from the caja china to this year\u2019s honoree, a pig named Six Seven. Yes, you\u2019re reading that right.<\/p>\n<p>Each December, the event celebrates the city\u2019s deep-rooted culinary heritage surrounding the caja china and the Noche Buena roast. While thousands of families across the county prepare for the traditional pork feast, the pig pardon offers a moment of mercy and community spirit.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Katherine-Castellanos-Mayor-Daniella-Levine-Cava-Eric-Castellanos-1.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Latin Cafe 2000 Pig Pardoning Ceremony with Mayor Danila Levine Cava\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\"  \/>Courtesy of Latin Cafe 2000 \/ @WorldRedEye <\/p>\n<p>Attendees gathered around for this year\u2019s ceremony, enjoying signature cafecito and spinach croquetas provided by the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p> What\u2019s next for Six Seven <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s lucky pig, named after the viral Internet meme, will be living the good life instead. Donated by Coral Gables Firefighter Ricardo Blasco to Pig Roast Command, a group of first responders and community leaders known for producing the popular Pig Roast Bowl, he has been promised a peaceful, lifelong sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RALV0011.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Latin Cafe 2000 Pig Pardoning Ceremony with Mayor Danila Levine Cava\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\"  \/>Courtesy of Latin Cafe 2000 \/ @WorldRedEye <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pig Pardon has become one of our favorite ways to open the holiday season,\u201d said Eric Castellanos, owner of Latin Cafe 2000. \u201cIt captures the spirit of Miami, joyful, diverse, and rooted in traditions that bring people together. Each year, we are proud to celebrate culture and compassion in a way only Miami can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In previous years, other piglets that had been pardoned were named <a href=\"https:\/\/secretmiami.com\/annual-pig-pardon-miami\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmiami.com\/annual-pig-pardon-miami\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Elphaba and Glinda<\/a>, as well as Taylor and Travis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy of Latin Cafe 2000 \/ @WorldRedEye Save In Miami, we know it\u2019s less about the turkey and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-77526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}