Jardines de la Reina (English: Gardens of the Queen) is an archipelago in the southern part of Cuba, near the provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila. It was named by Christopher Columbus in honor of the Queen of Spain. Jardines de la Reina was established as a national park. With a surfaces of 840 sq miles, … Read more
Friction over how to resolve the differences between the US and Cuba often obscures the various ways the two governments and people have cooperated. Here are the important ways the US and Cuba have looked past their respective differences and worked together over long periods of time: Ernest Hemingway’s Home, The Finca Vigía According to … Read more
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a federal grantmaking agency and a member of a historic US government cultural mission to Cuba, has announced it will provide a grant to a distinguished group of US art conservators to visit Cuba to learn about preservation challenges and methods. The $30,000 grant will go to the … Read more
NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, an oceanographic research vessel, made a port call in Havana, Cuba, May 8-10, prior to starting this year’s portion of an ongoing study on the role ocean currents play in the distribution of fish larvae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. NOAA welcomed U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Jeffrey DeLaurentis and other … Read more
