Above: Varadero Beach in Cuba By Cuba Journal Cuba’s tourism sector is surging so far in 2015, according to the newest data from the country’s National Statistical Office (ONE). The Caribbean island received 995,670 international tourists in the first quarter of 2015, up 14.2 percent from the same period in 2014. The biggest increases came … Read more
Violent storms dumped over 7 inches of rain on Havana, leaving 3 dead and causing several buildings to collapse. Cuba’s Granma newspaper describes a line of severe thunderstorms packing winds of up to 61 miles per hour. Local media reports suggest that an elderly man drowned in the flood water in the Old Havana District … Read more
While President Obama has started the process to remove Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, other immediate changes to the US’s Cuba sanctions policy are already having an impact. On January 15, the US Treasury Department and US Commerce Department issued amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and the Export Administration … Read more
Last week Airbnb become one of the first U.S. companies to establish a local presence since President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced in December that they would restore diplomatic ties after more than 50 years of tension. Presently, there are about 1,000 listings concentrated mostly in Havana. Called casas particulares, average room rates … Read more
Cuban cuisine is a fusion of Native American Taino food, Spanish, African, and Caribbean cuisines. Some Cuban recipes share spices and techniques with Spanish and African cooking – and some Caribbean influence in spice and flavor adds to the complexity of the island nation’s food tradition. The result of this confluence is a unique and … Read more
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US President Obama’s policy of engagement with Cuba faces a major obstacle in that Congress controls much of the regulations and restrictions pertaining to Cuba. As a workaround, Obama has embarked on steady, slow drum beat of actions taken to leverage executive authority to dismantle various Congressional rules that together make up the US embargo … Read more
