Miami-Dade is long accustomed to the impact from waves of Cuban immigrants seeking asylum in the US. It’s part of Miami’s rich cultural fabric. Another wave is emerging on the horizon – and on the skyline. It’s first impact appears to be a ferry terminal project on prime vacant land owned by PortMiami. According … Read more
According to a reports by The Hollywood Reporter, Fast and Furious 8‘s director F. Gary Gray recently traveled to Cuba as part of professional research trip. Sources say the production has moved forward with the paperwork to shoot on location in Cuba. “Universal Pictures is currently in the process seeking approval from the United States … Read more
While Cuba is seeing an overall tourism boom, it’s not just in the capital. Havana’s surge seems to have extended to other parts of the island, with the province of Cienfuegos showing a particularly significant increase. Through the end of November, the province of Cienfuegos has reported 180,000 tourists, a jump of 26 percent over … Read more
The Cuba Journal is partnering with the University of Idaho Hemingway Festival to award an internship. This year’s seventh annual Hemingway Festival celebrates Ernest Hemingway’s connection to Cuba and the reinvigorated U.S.-Cuba political relationship. It is also the 65th anniversary of the writing of “The Old Man and the Sea.” The Cuba Journal is offering … Read more
After three years of intense restoration efforts, Raul Castro and other Cuban officials celebrated the reopening of the historic Gran Teatro de La Habana “Alicia Alonso” at a gala on Friday marking the 57th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Castro attended the rededication gala in the Gran Teatro’s Federico Garcia Lorca Hall alongside famed Cuban ballerina … Read more
AccorHotels will begin construction this year on its forth hotel in Cuba, the Sofitel So La Habana. Eric Peyre, AccorHotel’s Cuba head, says the company’s expansion plans are in anticipation of a wave of American tourists. The French hotel company will partner with Cuban tourism group Gaviota to open the 218-room hotel in Havana in … Read more
Virginia’s Governor, on an official visit to Cuba, indicated today that Virginia’s port authority will become the first US port operator to sign a cooperation agreement with its Cuban counterpart. “We are going to sign an agreement tomorrow between the Port of Mariel and our Port of Virginia which will be a strategic alliance,” Virginia … Read more
According to Travel + Leisure, Cuba tops the globe as the travel destination of the year. Cuba’s selection as the top destination was derived from editors, writers, travel experts and votes from readers. T+L compiled a short list that included places like Charleston, SC, Detroit, MI and Adelaide, Australia. From a short list of 28 … Read more
For the second time in less than a month, President Obama has indicated conditions under which he desires to travel to Cuba. In a statement today by U.S. deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, The White House will decide in the next couple months about a potential trip by President Obama to Cuba. Rhodes said … Read more
In his concluding statement at the year-end-session of Cuba’s closed-door National Assembly, Raul Castro lamented that the recent electoral victory of the Venezuelan opposition to the Socialist President Nicolas Maduro would negatively affect Cuba’s economy in 2016. As a result, growth is expected to be 2%, half of Cuba’s stated growth rate in 2015. The decline in oil … Read more
