Cuba news.
By Alexander Britell SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA — There should be a bar here. Here at Finca Vigia, the hillside farm where Ernest Hemingway spent three decades of his life, nothing has changed. Hemingway’s house became a museum just about a month after he left the country in 1961, and even the bottles of his … Read more
An agreement announced last week at the Our Oceans conference in Valparaíso, Chile, the US and Cuba will work together to protect and preserve marine life in the shared waters between the two nations. The collaboration will jointly map marine life in protected areas in the Florida Straits and Gulf of Mexico and compile a … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Cuba on Monday for a high-level visit. Pritzker is just the second US Cabinet official to visit Cuba in more than a half century, following US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit. On Tuesday, Pritzker was set to co-chair a … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Carnival has announced initial pricing for its new Fathom “social impact” cruises to Cuba. Prices for an interior stateroom begin at $1,800 per person in low season, rising to $2,320 in shoulder season and $2,710 per person in peak season. The most expensive rooms on Fathom’s Cuba cruises, suite staterooms, … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Legendary rock star Mick Jagger visited Cuba this weekend. Jagger was reportedly on a “private visit,” according to an official report. Jagger posted a photo of his trip to his Twitter account, writing “On a break in Cuba!” But other reports suggested he was scouting the area for a possible … Read more
By Alexander Britell BACUNAYAGUA — It’s one of the Caribbean’s most famous cocktails, and perhaps the one that most typifies the best and worst of Caribbean tourism: the piña colada. This cocktail, which is said to have been born at the Barrachina bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico (or, others would have you believe, at … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Fathom, Carnival Corporation’s new “social impact” cruise brand, has announced it will visit three Cuban ports of call — Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago de Cuba — when it begins operations next year. The company has also unveiled the seven-day itinerary travelers will experience during their Cuban “cultural immersion.” In June 2015, Fathom … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Air France is ramping up its service from Paris to Havana, the carrier announced this week. The expansion will mean up to three additional flights between Charles de Gaulle and Jose Marti airports beginning this summer. From late March to mid-May, Air France will operate 10 weekly flights between Paris … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recognized Cuba as the first country to eliminate HIV transmission from mother to child. Margaret Chan, MD, director-general of WHO, calls this breakthrough “one of the greatest public health achievements possible.” These measures simultaneously eradicated the transmission of syphilis from mother to child in Cuba, WHO noted. WHO … Read more
More flights to Cuba By the Cuba Journal staff JetBlue continues to add more charter flights to Cuba. The New York City-based carrier announced Monday that it had expanded its partnership with Cuba Travel Services, with plans to launch a second nonstop flight between New York and Havana. The expansion comes after the US further … Read more
