Cuba news.
President Obama’s trip to Cuba marks a historic milestone in the normalization process between the US and Cuba. Since President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced that the two countries would initiate a new era of relations 15 months ago, they have expanded cooperation across a range of areas for the benefit of the … Read more
After a very strong year for Cuba’s economy in 2015, the country’s GDP growth is projected to slow this year. The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean has forecasted GDP growth of 2 percent for the island this year, following an increase of 4 percent in 2015. The 2016 number is … Read more
In 1984, William Potts, Jr. diverted a Piedmont Airlines passenger aircraft to Havana and demanded $5 million. According to court documents, Potts threatened to blow up the airplane and shoot passengers if the plane landed in Miami. The pilot complied and diverted the aircraft to Havana, Cuba. Potts remained in Cuba until his return to … Read more
Summary: José Abreu, first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, writes about the hardest decision he’s ever had to make. I remember my dream of becoming a professional MLB player, to represent my people and to help those I love through this game. Being born in a country where baseball is the national pastime gave … Read more
In a historic speech, President Barack Obama addressed the Cuban people — and the world — from Havana, promising a new future for US-Cuba relations. “I am here to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people,” said the President, and “…to bury the last remnants of the Cold War in the Americas.” “Friends, … Read more
US President Barack Obama visited a Cuban “cerveceria” on Monday to talk about entrepreneurship and US-Cuba business engagement. This was his speech. Let me begin by thanking our hosts. This is my very first visit to a Cuban cervecería. I hear they’ve got some great pollo — Moros y Cristianos. And, of course, cerveza. But … Read more
By the Cuba Journal Staff Fathom, a social impact cruise ship brand owned by the Carnival Corporation, has announced approval from the Cuban government to call on ports in Cuba. Carnival is the first US company to receive Cuban approval since the Cuban revolution in 1959. Cuban approval was the final step remaining for the ambitious … Read more
It’s the first major American film shot in Cuba in a half-century. And now the trailer is out, thanks to Entertainment Weekly. It’s called Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, starring Giovanni Ribini, who plays a Miami Globe journalist who becomes friends with Ernest Hemingway in the last years of his life while living in Cuba. Adrian … Read more
Speaking to a group of reporters while touring Havana yesterday, Obama indicated that Google will be offering wi-fi service in Cuba. Obama said, “one of the things that we’ll be announcing here is that Google has a deal to start setting up more wi-fi and broadband access on the island.” In January, Cuba’s state telecommunications … Read more
Booking.com will become the first online US travel brand to offer instantly bookable hotel properties in Cuba. Within weeks, travelers who meet US government criteria will be able to instantly book hotel rooms for travel to Cuba. Plans are in place to increase the number of properties in Havana and beyond to give US travelers … Read more
