Entries by Havana Live

Havana”s Jojazz Festival Features Young Musicians

Young musicians from Cuba and El Salvador will perform at the 16th edition of the Jojazz Festival, dedicated this year to flutist Armando Romeo, a pillar of art education in Cuba. Gisela Vistel, director of the National Center for Popular Music, announced that Jojazz was opening up to new modes of participation, including instruments such […]

07/11/2013 by

Farmers’ market in Havana

Responding to the needs of mushrooming private gastronomy businesses, the government allowed the creation of wholesale food markets in Havana and surrounding provinces, “in an experimental manner.” The pilot project will allow to “study other ways on a regional level,” and then expand them to the rest of the country, Communist Party daily Granma said.Decree […]

07/11/2013 by

Ferry service between Florida and Havana

PORT MANATEE – An officer of a company that wants to operate ferry service between Florida and Cuba Thursday outlined his plans for the Manatee County Port Authority. Leonard D. Moecklin, vice president of Havana Ferry Partners LLC, said that once legal obstacle posed by a U.S. embargo against Cuba are resolved, his company could […]

03/11/2013 by

Aerocaribbean launches Havana-Tabasco flights

Cuban state tour operator Havanatur is launching flights from Havana to Villahermosa, Mexico, on Nov. 20, Cuban and Mexican media reported. The flights will be operated by regional state carrier Aerocaribbean. The twice-weekly flights on 72-seat ATR aircraft, tourism developers in the capital of Tabasco hope, will attract . European tourists vacationing in Cuba. Tickets […]

02/11/2013 by

Cigar-smuggling pigeons touch down at New York gallery

Thanks to New York City artist Duke Riley, the American surveillance apparatus faces a new airborne foe: the homing pigeon. Riley trained pigeons to smuggle Cuban cigars from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, while other birds filmed the 160-km journey with custom-made cameras. The pigeons and their videos will be on display in Riley’s […]

01/11/2013 by

Airport change for European Airlines

Temporary Change of Airport for European Airlines in Cuba Havana, Cuba, Oct 10.- With the purpose of successfully facing up to the upcoming high tourism season in Cuba, Terminal Two of the capital’s Jose Marti International Airport (AIJM) will temporarily receive four European airlines as of October 14. The companies to be relocated are Air […]

21/10/2013 by

Cuba Hosts for the First Time Latin American Pharmacology Congress

Cuba will host for the first time the Latin American Congress of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Latinfarma 2013, which opens this Monday in the capital with experts from the region and visitors from other countries. Doctor René Delgado, president of the organizing committee said that in this twentieth edition of the event, underway at the Havana’s […]

21/10/2013 by

Large Participation Expected at Havanas Inter- national Trade Fair

More than 110 institutions from all Cuban economic sectors will mount stands at the Thirty First Havana International Fair, which will open its doors on November 3rd. An overview of Cuba’s medical advances –both in terms of techniques and medical products– will be advanced at the Fair, providing information and trade possibilities with Cuba, being […]

20/10/2013 by

Jesse Jackson arrives in Havana

Rev. Jesse Jackson is in Cuba and it’s not clear how long he may stay. Jackson arrived in Havana Friday afternoon, but did not provide extensive details as to why he is visiting the country. Jackson flew to Havana on a charter flight from Miami. Gross was jailed in Cuba in December 2009 and was […]

19/10/2013 by

Cuba approves Law for Mariel special development Zone

The Council of State of Cuba, met on Thursday in the capital and passed a Decree/Law for the Mariel Special Development Zone, destined to become the main import/export gateway for Cuba’s foreign trade, said Granma newspaper. In addition to the law, the Official Gazette will publish in the coming days the port’s regulations with seven […]

18/10/2013 by

Haitian carrier Sunrise Airways launches Cuba flights

HAVANA, Haitian startup carrier Sunrise Airways received permission to offer charter flights between Cuba and Haiti, Caribbean Journal reported. Sunrise will operate twice-a-week flights between Port-au-Prince and Holguín on a 19-seat Jetstream 32 aircraft. The airline was launched in November 2012 and “aims to establish a hub in Port-au-Prince,” the company says on its Website. […]

17/10/2013 by

Havana sees new life for industriell port

Havana’s harbor has long been an unsightly jumble of piers left to crumble into piles of rusty, twisted rebar. Its dominant feature is a refinery smokestack across the bay that belches smoke and flame 24 hours a day. But lately demolition crews and towering cranes have been working double-time to finally tear down the ruined […]

15/10/2013 by

Tracy Reese’s Havana night’s for Spring 2014 – New York Fashion Week

Tracy Reese showed her 2014 Spring collection yesterday at Lincoln Center. There was lively Latin-flavored music, packets of plantains on the seats, and even live conga players in a playful runway presentation. In an interview backstage before the show she told me the African-Cuban theme is one she returns to again and again. There was […]

13/10/2013 by

Travel Agents from Around the World Descend on Havana

Havana, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) In order to promote destination Cuba, the island has welcomed 350 travel agents from 20 countries for a program organized by the Cuban travel company HAVANATOUR. With its strategy of continued growth, HAVANATOUR is one of the largest companies of its type, announced that it was celebrating 35 years of […]

11/10/2013 by

Havana eager to host World high diving Series

Cuba is eagerly preparing to host a stage of the 2014 World High Diving Series, the newest and most exciting competition in the world of aquatic sports. “It’s going to be a very important show,” said Ruiz Pedreguera, a former diver in the 70s and 80s who hopes to see Cuban athletes competing in the […]

02/10/2013 by

Port Manatee hoping to provide ferry service to Cuba

Port Manatee Executive Director Carlos Buqueras wants to be ready if and when the United States approves travel to Cuba by boat. Speaking at a Manatee Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday, Buqueras said the cruise industry is waiting for approval from the U.S. Department of Treasury for waterway travel, but when that comes, he […]

15/09/2013 by

Cuban Airline launches scheduled service to Jamaica

Passengers disembark the first scheduled Aerogaviota flight from Havana to the Norman Manley Intern. Airport in Kingston, yesterday. THE options for travel from Cuba to Jamaica each year have been boosted with yesterday’s official launch of Aerogaviota’s scheduled air service between Havana and Kingston. The airline has been operating chartered Water and Housing Dr. Morais […]

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