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It’s the best rum you’ve never heard of: Cuba’s Santiago de Cuba, far less famous than its Cuban sibling Havana Club, but, for the island’s rum aficionados, often far better. In fact, Ron Santiago de Cuba’s 11 Años took home our inaugural award for Best Cuban Rum last year. But the Santiago range is wide, and … Read more
Few countries have shared a history as colorful as the one between the US and Cuba. The marriage has experienced joy, scandal and debauchery – and today, normalization resembles as couple attempting to annul a divorce. Nuclear Annihilation Fearing a US retaliation after the 1959 revolution, Castro struck a deal with the Soviet Union to … Read more
Sure, you may have seen the old 1950s Chevrolet taxis. But Havana’s taxi drivers operate the world’s most eclectic fleet — and it extends far beyond American made. You’re likely to see scores of vintage automobiles, from the aforementioned Chevys to Soviet Ladas to, well, 1960s-era Alfa Romeo spider convertibles. If you can find a fare … Read more
A new level of cooperation in Cuba By Dana Niland Cuba and Russia have a series of agreements aimed at expanding cooperation in biotechnology. Eulogio Pimentel, director general of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) for the business group BioCubaFarma, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Alexander Chernov, Vice President of the Skolkovo … Read more
On Tuesday, working-level representatives from the United States and Cuba held a technical meeting in Havana to exchange information and best practices related to preventing cybercrime and online fraud, including in the areas of pharmaceutical fraud and illicit narcotics. Participants also discussed the legal framework for investigating and penalizing cybercrime. Additionally, participants held a session … Read more
A new look at the modern art of Cuba By Dana Niland Cuba Journal Contributor “Growing Up in Neverland,” an exhibition featuring the work of eight contemporary artists from Cuba, opens March 4 at The University of Tampa’s Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, and will run through March 18. The exhibition is a co-presentation of The University of … Read more
On March 3, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a prominent Miami-based business leader (dubbed “Miami’s little Madoff”) and his wife with fraud for conducting a $135 million Ponzi scheme with real estate investments from hundreds of elderly Cuban-American investors living in South Florida. In 2012, Gasten E. Cantens plead guilty and was sentenced … Read more
This article was updated October 2016. Traveling to Cuba from the United States has gotten a lot easier in the last year, but staying connected while you are there requires some planning. Last year, Sprint and Verizon started offering roaming services for their customers traveling to Cuba. It’s not cheap but it offers access if … Read more
In a statement before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he plans to travel to Cuba “in the next week or two” for talks on human rights. “I may be down there in the next week or two to have a human rights dialogue, specifically,” he said. … Read more
Today President Obama announced long-awaited plans to close the US prison located in Guantanamo, Cuba but made no mention of the broader issue of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station (GTMO). GTMO is different from the prison issue that has plagued Obama for seven years. Closing the prison at GTMO does not mean closing GTMO. Separately, White … Read more
