By the Cuba Journal staff The United States House of Representatives has voted to retain restrictions on travel to Cuba by US citizens. The House voted 247-176 to retain the restrictions, which was included in a bill involving transportation funding. According to a report in the Telegraph, the provision “would block new rules issued in … Read more
Cuba is an archipelago of islands in the northern Caribbean Sea at the confluence with the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. In the southeast, the dark coastal area is home to the Sierra Maestra mountains. It is the highest mountain range on the island, with Pico Turquino reaching more than 6,500 feet (2000 … Read more
Above: an Airbnb unit in Havana By the Cuba Journal staff What’s it like to rent an Airbnb unit in Cuba? The Associated Press recently did just that, chronicling the various ways Airbnb listings in Cuba are “a little different.” “For one thing, most Cubans don’t have easy email access. So it can take days … Read more
Above: Havana By the Cuba Journal staff Canada is expanding its air links with Cuba, according to a government statement. Canada’s Ministry of Transport, Lisa Raitt, announced an expansion of the Canada-Cuba Air Transport Agreement, which will allow for more airlines to operate between the two countries. The agreement builds on the 1998 Canada-Cuba Air … Read more
Above: Roberta Jacobson By the Cuba Journal staff She’s been leading the recently-launched talks between the United States and Cuba for just a few months, but now Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs of State Roberta Jacobson is getting a new job. United States President Barack Obama announced this week that he had … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Stephen Ross may be most famous of late for his ownership of the Miami Dolphins. But he remains one of the United States’ major real estate developers as the chairman of The Related Companies. And while Ross recently visited Cuba, he said he wouldn’t be rushing to pump money into … Read more
Above: Havana By the Cuba Journal staff Tourist arrivals to Cuba from this destination are growing faster than anywhere else. No, not the United States — at least not yet, although tourism from America is reportedly up by 36 percent. It’s Venezuela, which is sending 83.4 percent more visitors to Cuba this year than in the … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff When it comes to sports in Cuba, baseball is king. But just what kind of impact the country’s nascent diplomatic ties with the US will mean for its baseball players and the country’s relationship with Major League Baseball has been murky: until now, according to SB Nation. And now, Major … Read more
Filling the vacuum left by the unmendable rift between Cuba’s iron ideology and its now tangible economic and political outcome is a group of dedicated US entrepreneurs with a mission to change the lives of millions of Cubans. Dabbling in the DNA of the island nation’s economy – and its culture – in its formative … Read more
Cuba’s emergence from isolation is stirring up excitement about its colorful past as well as its shiny future. One relatively obscured aspect of Cuba’s renewed engagement with the rest of the world is the role the island nation played in shaping the life and writing of one of America’s most important authors, Ernest Hemingway. Central … Read more
