In July, Francis Ford Coppola visited San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba to discuss film making at La Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) – Cuba’s International School of Film and Television. Coppola held a conference at the school and met with students and faculty to discuss his passion for film. According to a … Read more
Dominic Miller, Sting’s Argentinian guitarist since 1991, revealed t0 Cubadebate.cu that the famous singer wants to get to Cuba before Mick Jagger’s rumored March concert. Miller, who was visiting the island nation as part of Cuba’s British Cultural Week, gave a press conference at Cuban Art Factory (FAC). Miller also perf0rmed in concert at FAC as … Read more
By Alexander Britell SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA — There should be a bar here. Here at Finca Vigia, the hillside farm where Ernest Hemingway spent three decades of his life, nothing has changed. Hemingway’s house became a museum just about a month after he left the country in 1961, and even the bottles of his … Read more
The Manana Cuba festival is planned for May 4-6, 2016 in the city of Santiago de Cuba, located on the eastern coast of Cuba – 540 miles east of Havana. According to the event organizers, the festival will take place in the Heredia complex and will also have access to courtyards, house parties, street carnivals … Read more
According to the Pew Research Center, the number of Cubans entering the US has spiked dramatically since President Obama announced in December a new era of cooperation with the island nation. It appears some Cubans fear the US-Cuba rapprochement will lead to a normalization of immigration rules between the two nations. Cubans received special treatment … Read more
An agreement announced last week at the Our Oceans conference in Valparaíso, Chile, the US and Cuba will work together to protect and preserve marine life in the shared waters between the two nations. The collaboration will jointly map marine life in protected areas in the Florida Straits and Gulf of Mexico and compile a … Read more
The Mirador Restaurant is perched on the most scenic rooftop corner of the famous Saratoga Hotel. There are 270º views of Havana – and virtually all tables enjoy a direct view of the Capitol building in La Habana Vieja (Old Havana). The Mirador offers a special service for cocktails, parties and gala events. Otherwise, diners … Read more
One of the Caribbean’s biggest stars visited Cuba in May. The native of Barbados was reportedly recording a video but the Vanity Fair cover story, Rihanna: Our Woman in Havana, reveals the mission of her trip. One of the most controversial images – taken by the famous photographer Annie Leibovitz – is of Rihanna lying … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Cuba on Monday for a high-level visit. Pritzker is just the second US Cabinet official to visit Cuba in more than a half century, following US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit. On Tuesday, Pritzker was set to co-chair a … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Carnival has announced initial pricing for its new Fathom “social impact” cruises to Cuba. Prices for an interior stateroom begin at $1,800 per person in low season, rising to $2,320 in shoulder season and $2,710 per person in peak season. The most expensive rooms on Fathom’s Cuba cruises, suite staterooms, … Read more
