Cuba Journal 
President Barack Obama will make a short to visit Cuba next month, according to multiple U.S. and diplomatic sources. The White House is expected to announce the trip Thursday. The trip comes after Obama’s administration formally reopened ties with Havana in late 2014. The Cuba Journal believes Obama may be attending a baseball game in Cuba. … Read more
By Alexander Britell Let the commercial aviation battle for Cuba begin. The US and Cuba have officially finalized their landmark air service agreement, paving the way for the imminent launch of regularly-scheduled commercial flights. “We are excited to announce the availability of new scheduled air service opportunities to Cuba for U.S. carriers, shippers, and the traveling … Read more
According to a recent Gallup Survey, 54% of Americans now view Cuba “in a favorable light,” up 33 percentage points since 2006 and a whopping 44% since 1996, when Gallup first started measuring sentiment. Gallup’s Jim Norman comments, “a majority of the American public, which for decades has viewed Cuba in a decidedly negative light, … Read more
It’s no secret that American travel to Cuba is booming, but how many US visitors actually traveled to the island last year? According to the Cuban government’s official numbers, 145,000 Americans came to Cuba in 2015, an increase of 79 percent from the previous year, generally coming to the country under one of the 12 … Read more
At a conference of the American Coalition of Agriculture to Cuba on Thursday, U.S. Secretary for Agriculture Tom Vilsack indicated plans to open an office in Cuba to promote trade. “There are a number of preliminary matters that have to be addressed before trade can be re-opened and before the embargo is lifted,” according to … Read more
US-Cuba Dialogue continues By Dana Niland Cuba Journal Contributor Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz will lead a working visit to the United States next week. The visit will take place from February 15 to 18, according to a statement from Cuba’s government. Diaz will be leading a delegation composed … Read more
Earlier this week, about 100 California winemakers, producers and distributors participated in the first-ever California Wine Symposium in Havana in hopes of reviving the presence of California wines on Cuban dining tables. The two-day event that began on Feb. 1 was organized by the California Wine Institute, associations of Sonoma and Napa Valley wine producers … Read more
A new approach on the environment By Raimundo Espinoza After decades of non-existent diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, President Obama forever changed things in December, 2014, by stating that “America extends a hand of friendship” to the Cuban people, and began charting a new course for re-establishing diplomatic relations. As the relationship between the … Read more
Regional air carrier InterCaribbean Airways is launching flights between Providenciales, Turks and Caicos and Havana, Cuba, the company announced this week. The new nonstop flights will launch May 1. Outbound flights from Turks and Caicos will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the Havana-Provo flight operating on Wednesdays. The company also suggested combination trips that … Read more
For three weeks in January, Commodore Jose Miguel Diaz Escrich of the Hemingway International Yacht Club in Havana visited to the US to make agreements with sailing, boating and fishing clubs. Despite having only two sailboats and one fishing boat, the Hemingway International Yacht Club is promoting itself to fisherman and sailors alike in the hope … Read more
