cuba - Part 69

Limited Access to Cuba but it is a Start for U.S. Businesses

October 10, 2015August 6, 2015 by Contributor

by Doreen Edelman, a shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker Donelson and co-leader of the Firm’s Global Business Team. This article was originally published in Baker Donelson’s “Export Compliance Matters” blog. As you know there are ongoing changes to the Cuba export regulations. President Obama announced the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Havana … Read more

Father-Daughter Team Expands Cuba Sailing Business

December 28, 2015August 6, 2015 by Cuba Journal

Image by: Jeff Johnstone The Cuba Journal recently caught up will Don Barr to discuss his sailing business that is based in Canada but mostly centered around Cuba. Together with his daughter, Cheryl Barr, Don has built a vibrant business around what most people would consider an ideal lifestyle for a retired millionaire. Their website, … Read more

Two Photographers Explore Private Side of Cuba

February 26, 2016August 6, 2015 by Simons Chase

Taos Artist Collective, in Taos, New Mexico, hosted Cuba Photography Retrospective in June. The exhibit showcased the work of Marcus Best and Jeremy G. Landau. These photographs were taken on the island of Cuba, before the end of the embargo, and documents Cuba under the embargo, a Cuba that will soon disappear. “Cuba is a … Read more

Photographer Mimi Fuenzalida Captures Cuban Imagination

February 26, 2016August 6, 2015 by Cuba Journal

Mimi Fuenzalida was born in Santiago and spent her early years in Chile and Argentina. At 13, she was given a 35 mm camera. Learning to develop her own film she discovered a passion for capturing images. In her early twenties, she relocated to Los Angeles and today is married to Ken Rosen, a film producer who recently concluded a successful fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. The campaign funds will be used to complete his film, Cuba in Transition.

“I am fortunate to have discovered my true passion in life. Using the natural elements of light and environment, combined with a specific character mood, I aim to create images, stills & moving, that awaken and inspire the mind into thought and imagination”

Learn more about Mimi’s work at www.mimi-images.com

“Cuba: Before the Dawn” by Photographer Hana Jakrlova

February 26, 2016August 4, 2015 by Contributor

by Hana Jakrlova, Photographer The title of my photography series Cuba: Before the Dawn, is a nod to Reinaldo Arenas’ autobiographical novel Before Night Falls. The novel describes the writer’s life and persecution by Castro’s regime, his hunger and fight for freedom and finally escape to New York. I read the book while in Havana, … Read more

Ken Rosen’s Cuban Documentary Addresses Cultural Riff

January 6, 2016August 4, 2015 by Simons Chase

When Ken Rosen first traveled to Cuba in 1998, he saw the island nation through the lens of an American expat living and working in Quito. This reference point no doubt translated into a unique perspective of Cuban life and a passion to bring sunlight and water to a relationship that has atrophied for a … Read more

Antonio Banderas to Star in New Cuban Series, ‘Havana Quartet’

October 12, 2015August 3, 2015 by Cuba Journal

Starz is developing “Cuban Quartet,” a series starring Antonio Banderas, who will also be an executive producer. Starz CEO Chris Albrecht made the announcement last week at a panel for television critics in Beverly Hills, California. The series is based on a popular book series by Leonardo Padura. “Starz continues to see great opportunity in … Read more

A New Way to Travel to Cuba

October 10, 2015August 2, 2015 by Cuba Journal

Another company launches people-to-people trips to Cuba By the Cuba Journal staff Premier tour operator Central Holidays has announced the launch of five new people-to-people tours in Cuba. The five- to nine-night itineraries – Afro Cubanismo, L’Chaim Cuba, A Taste of Havana, The City & The Sea, and Hola Cuba – will offer guests immersive … Read more

Historic Key West-Havana Powerboat Race

October 10, 2015July 31, 2015 by Cuba Journal

by Cuba Journal staff For the first time since 1963, a powerboat will be making an authorized race to Cuba from the United States. In the process, Mark McManus and Roger Kluh will also be attempting to set a world record for the fastest run from Key West to Havana, Cuba. The record attempt will … Read more

5 Rural Images From Cuba

October 21, 2015July 29, 2015 by Simons Chase

Rural images have a special quality of reminding us that truth is more closely associated with simplicity than with complexity. This is most appropriate at the moment in Cuba. Epic changes between the US and Cuba have created a storm of activity – and also important questions of identity – for Cubans in Havana. Here are some images of the Cuban countryside and the people who know little about the complexity of events happening in their capital.