More new cruises to Cuba By the Cuba Journal staff Beginning in the spring of 2016, Pearl Seas Cruises is planning to offer a series of 7 to 10-night cultural voyages to Cuba. Passengers aboard the line’s newest vessel, the Pearl Mist, will travel from South Florida to several Cuban ports including Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago de … Read more
For Cubans, July 26th (Movimiento 26 de Julio) commemorates the day in 1953 some now famous young Cubans stormed the Moncada Barracks in the city of Santiago de Cuba to dislodge the Batista dictatorship. Though that uprising failed, it was the beginning of a movement that changed the world by putting in motion Castro’s leftist … Read more
As the U.S. and Cuba continue to work towards improved diplomatic relations, tourism to the island nation has surged, prompting worries of impending changes to its historic charm. According to a report by NPR, many current tourists fear that Cuba will soon be sprouting Starbucks and McDonalds in the midst of the colonial architecture of … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff A new report by Pew Research Center reflects approval from Latin Americans regarding the normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. A median of 77 percent of those polled expressed approval for the recent re-establishment of ties between the nations, and 76 percent support an end to the … Read more
by Cuba Journal staff In an effort to diversify its tourism industry, Cuba’s Tourism Ministry (Mintur) announced recently it will launch the Tobacco Trail (or Tobacco Route) during this year’s tourism and nature fair (Turnat) in the provence of Pinar del Rio. The September fair will expose tourists to the heart of the tobacco growing … Read more
by Cuba Journal staff In the first episode of Discovery Channel’s five episode series Cuban Chrome, a Havana mechanic restores a 1958 Chevy Bel-Air and a taxi driver desperately searches the city for parts for his 1953 Oldsmobile. The series, which first aired July 13th, aptly portrays what could become a new TV genre, Cuban … Read more
by Cuba Journal staff The Cuban government has launched a search engine for websites it has indexed on the .cu domain extension. (Two letter country codes are assigned by ICAAN to virtually every sovereign nation in the world). Called “Unified Contents for an Advanced Search” (“Contenidos Unificados para Búsqueda Avanzada, or “CUBA”), the search engine … Read more
by Cuba Journal staff White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday that the Obama administration is in the final stages of drafting a plan to close the U.S. military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to Earnest, “Let me confirm for you that the administration is, in fact, in the final stages of … Read more
by Cuba Journal staff In early 1962, President John F. Kennedy called his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, into his office to discuss an urgent matter. “I really need some help,” said Kennedy. “What do you want, Mr. President?” Salinger replied. “I need some cigars,” JFK replied. “Fine,” Salinger answered. “How many do you need?” “A … Read more
Argentine-born Che Guevera and Cuba’s Fidel Castro, the two heroes of Cuba’s Revolution, together symbolized a revolutionary movement that impacted the lives and dreams of millions hoping for a socialist-communist utopia. Today, the romance of the anti-imperialist fervor is gone, the counter-revolutionaries were vanquished, and the gaze of the next generation is firmly on a … Read more
