Havana Stadium Will Host Cuba-US Baseball Match
HAVANA, April 26th (PL) The Havana Latin American Stadium will host all the games of the 7th bilateral Series
HAVANA, April 26th (PL) The Havana Latin American Stadium will host all the games of the 7th bilateral Series
Havana, Apr 26th (PL) Cuba’s most famous restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio is turning 68 years old open in Old Havana, an emblematic scenario for tourism that grows here every day. La Bodeguita del Medio bar-restaurant was
HAVANA, Apr 26thy (PL) Old houses that show the sugar industrial tradition in central Cuba were remodeled and put at the service of tourism, local media reported. According to a report from the Cuban News Agency (ANC),
HAVANA, Apr 25th (PL) The Cuban company GeoMinera S.A. and the Canadian firm Millbrook Minerals Inc. signed an agreement to carry out joint reconnaissance and research projects, local media reported today.
HAVANA, April 25th With the devastation of Hurricane Irma last September, the 13th Havana Biennial was postponed and later rescheduled to spring 2019—four years after the 12th edition was presented in 2015. For artists on the island, the Biennial and the events around it are an essential
HAVANA,Apr. 25th (Reuters) A steep drop in U.S. travelers to Cuba after a tightening of travel restrictions by President Donald Trump helped drive a 7 percent slide in foreign
HAVANA, April 24th With the projection of concluding the construction of the Packard in August, the second luxury hotel with a five-star plus category in Cuba, 192 of the 321
HAVANA, Apr. 24th (Reuters) – Cuba forecasts nickel plus cobalt sulfide production will exceed 50,000 tonnes this year even as prices rise, the head of the country’s state
HAVANA, Apr 23 (ACN) When the hotel Paseo del Prado opens its doors next year, Cuba will have a new five-star plus tourist facility that, simulating a refined boat, will welcome visitors to the entrance of Havana Bay .
HAVANA, April 22th (PL) The emblematic Lenin Park of Havana city is today 46 years old with signs of renovation and its hallmark of green lung of the city TO where a lot of families and tourists go every weekend. Lenin Park located 25 kilometers south Havana,with 765 hectares of green
HAVANA, April 22th (PL) The concert of the instrumentalist Ariadna Cuellar and the Duo Concuerda accompanied by the Cuba National Symphony Orchestra will open today the
HAVANA, Apr. 22th Pope Francis told Cuban young people to be “good patriots” and love their homeland in a video message Saturday sent to participants at a youth ministry conference in Havana. “I encourage you to fall in love with
HAVANA, April 21th Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Saturday congratulated Miguel Diaz-Canel on his election as the new Cuban president. In a message of
HAVANA, 21 apr. (EFE) The new president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received today in the Palace of the Revolution of Havana his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, the first head of state who visits the island . Maduro, who arrived
HAVANA, Apr. 20th (HT) by EL TOQUE The police station in the city of Trinidad has received at least one complaint every day over the past week about scams via fraudulent phone calls which encourage customers from Cuba’s
HAVANA, Apr. 20th (Reuters) – As Cuba on Thursday named Miguel Diaz-Canel to succeed retiring Raul Castro as president, it also appointed new leadership of the 31-
HAVANA, 19 apr. (EFE) Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel, number two of the Cuban government since 2013, became this Thursday the new president of Cuba, where for the first time in six decades the main president of the country does not
HAVANA, April 18th José Martí International Airport in Havana is one of six Latin American airports that offer the greatest obstacles to the development of the airline industry, according to the International Air Transport
HAVANA, April 18th Cuba has declared the home of late writer and journalist Alejo Carpentier a national heritage site, state-run media said on Tuesday. Signed by Culture Minister Abel Prieto, the declaration aims to preserve the
HAVANA, April 17th The Canadian government has recalled families of its diplomatic staff in the Cuban capital, Havana. The move comes as 10 Canadians continue to show
HAVANA, April 16th (THE CONVERSATION) Presidents Raul Castro and Donald Trump both canceled trips to April’s Summit of the Americas in Peru, avoiding a potential
HAVANA, April 16th — Thursday will mark the end of an era for Cuba. That’s the day Raúl Castro, 86, steps down as Cuba’s president, the first time in more than 40 years the country won’t be led by a Castro brother.
HAVANA, April 13, 2018 Artists participate in the 23th International Festival of Dance in Urban Landscapes, in Havana, on April 13, 2018. According to information from the local press, the International Festival of Dance in Urban
HAVANA, Apr. 14th Havana celebrates nearing its 500th anniversary from Saturday with a month of celebrations, concerts and performances, the Cuban Music Institute said Friday. Public spaces will be filled with the sound of music
HAVANA, Apr.13th (HT) Cuban President Raul Castro decided not to attend the Summit of the Americas that begins today in Lima, Peru and instead the delegation representing the island is led by his Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, reported dpa news. Presidents Trump and
HAVANA, Apr. 12th It appears that the U.S. Embassy in Havana will become less of a ghost town if Mike Pompeo is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State. In recent weeks, the staff at the embassy had shrunk to just 10 diplomats after
HAVANA, Apr 12th (PL) The 23rd edition of the event, also known as ‘Habana Vieja: ciudad en movimiento’ (Old Havana: City in Motion), proposes a series of exhibitions, concerts, audiovisual projections and dance performances
HAVANA, apr. 12th (Alas Tensas) It’s no easy task to fix something here in Cuba. You know you can’t throw anything out because you might need it tomorrow. As days pass by, the spare room or junk drawer fills up.
HAVANA, Apr. 11th From a childhood in Cienfuegos, Leandro Soto (b. 1956) has gone on to a career that has taken him, as an interdisciplinary artist and teacher, to many
Since the partially opening and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between US and Cuba, and after President Obama's visit in 2015, the world is again interested in Cuba and looking at the biggest island of the Caribbean.
After nearly 50 years, a small window has opened for the Americans to come to the "forbidden fruit" Cuba and its architectural gem, Havana. So you decided to visit Cuba or Havana? Of course, if it is the first time you visit this country , you need to search for up-to-date information about Havana and Cuba: news, cultural events, political situation, business opportunities, weather conditions,history of Havana, tourist information, restaurants, sightseeing, transport in Havana and around Cuba etc.
And, if you have never done this before, you have to scrawl dozens of other websites. Most likely, that by searching “facts about Cuba” you will find websites with jerky information about political news , old American cars (almendrones) and Cuban cigars. Most of them want to sell you travel packages to Cuba, hotel rooms, flight tickets, car rentals, rooms for rent etc., or have extreme political content in one way or another.
It is hard and time-consuming to find useful information for visitors, expatriates, tourist, business travelers and readers interested in Havana in general. Havana Live is trying to fill this gap for English, Spanish and French readers , with independent information from the main world news source like REUTERS, AFP, EFE, AP etc. and own articles from our journalist based in Havana, in ONE place. The daily news section contains articles with an interesting mix of different points of view on politics, business news, Havana local news and cultural events in Havana.
In special sections of the site you can find information about the history of Havana, the weather and hurricane situation, transport by bus and train in Cuba. If you expect friend or relatives arriving in Havana's airport , in the transport section you can find the schedule of the arrivals and departures from José Marti airport in real-time. The weekly updated exchange rate of the main currencies from Banco Central de Cuba gives you an idea about the value of your currencies to the CUC (Cuban convertible Pesos).
Be aware the USD has a value from 1:1 to the CUC. If you want to rent a car, there is a list with combustible prices for fuel in CUC per liter, fixed for all stations in Cuba, this gives you an idea about your expenses for your stay in the country.
The site renounced to publish advertising for foreign products and services like Google ads or not Havana specific ads and only advert Havana based entrepreneurs to help them with their services and products . Havana and Cuba in general had a bad reputation for the quality of their restaurants. This changed completely in the last few years .Now you can choose from hundreds of restaurants and stylish bars, with new openings nearly every week. A selection of the best restaurants is available in the special restaurant section. Havana live is an independent project founded in 2013 by Joerg Schicker, German entrepreneur who traveled to Havana for 20 years.