Entries by Havana Live

How One Tweet Might Change Cuban Cuisine

When one world-renowned chef challenges another to collaborate on a new restaurant in Cuba, Enrique Olvera and Andoni Aduriz take to Havana without a plan. But with the help of a third top chef, Massimo Bottura, they come to realize their dream in a changing city. HAVANA, Feb. 2th. ON NOVEMBER 8, 2014, Mexican chef […]

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France welcomes Cuba’s Castro in historic visit

HAVANA, Feb.1th  Cuba’s Communist President Raul Castro starts his official trip to Paris on Monday, his first-ever state visit to Europe, seen as a key step in rebuilding his island nation’s ties with the West. The Cuban leader is due to receive a grand welcome by President Francois Hollande under the Arc de Triomphe, decked […]

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Cuba launching broadband Internet pilot project in Havana

HAVANA, Feb. 1th (AAP) Cuba is set to launch a broadband pilot project in Havana aimed at eventually bringing home access to one of the world’s least connected nations. State telecommunications company ETECSA said on Sunday it would allow Cubans in Old Havana, the colonial centre that is one of the island’s main tourist attractions, […]

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Cuba Welcomes Military Cooperation with US in the Caribbean

HAVANA, Jan. 31th A Cuban military delegation participated in a historic three-day long security conference sponsored by the United States military’s Southern Command, according to reports by the Associated Press news agency. During the meeting, the first in over 50 years between Cuban and U.S. military officials, Havana welcomed plans for cooperation with Washington in […]

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Contemporary Dance of Cuba presents “Cenit” in Havana

HAVANA, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The Contemporary Dance of Cuba company is performing over the weekend at the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana the piece “Cenit” by local choreographer Laura Domingo. “The work deals with the issue of isolation in three aspects: body isolation, emotional isolation and physical-spacial isolation,” Domingo told Prensa Latina. According […]

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Raul Castro to France for historic state visit

HAVANA, Jan. 30th  — Raul Castro is coming to France for the first-ever state visit of a Cuban president to the land of wine and gastronomy, a trip that could boost French investments and promote stronger economic, cultural and tourist ties between Paris and Havana. Castro is to arrive Saturday for the private part of […]

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After unusual weather, Cuba struggles to save prized tobacco crop

HAVANA, Jan. 30th. (REUTERS) Highly unusual weather has damaged Cuba’s tobacco crop, raising concerns among farmers and cigar-lovers that the island’s supply of its famous cigars might suffer at a time of increased demand resulting from detente with the United States. The weather phenomena El Niño led to Cuba’s worst drought in a century in […]

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Vistar Magazine’s 5 most popular Havana bars

HAVANA, Jan. 29th Who can doubt that 2015 was a memorable year in Cuba with regard to visits by famous personalities and the holding of events of all kinds? The truth is that many bars and nightclubs have already earned a place among Cubans. Vistar Magazine has compiled a list of the five most popular […]

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JetSuite Introduces Havana Service

HAVANA, Jan. 28th JetSuite has expanded service to include flights to and from Havana (HAV), Cuba. Travelers to Cuba can now visit the formerly off-limits Caribbean destination on an ARGUS Platinum-rated charter provider. Passengers may charter a six-passenger JetSuite Edition CJ3, or four-passenger Phenom 100, non-stop to Havana from any of the Cuba gateway airports […]

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China to shoot first film in Cuba

HAVANA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua)  Cuba and China will begin shooting their first-ever film in collaboration in March on the Caribbean island, the Cuban News Agency reported Wednesday. A co-production of China’s Moshan film company and Cuba’s RTV Commercial, the film “Amores en la Habana” or “Loves in Havana” revolves around a young Chinese student’s love […]

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California Winery participate in Havana Wine Symposium

HAVANA, Jan. 28th The Wine Institute and California Wine Export Program have invited Paso Robles’ Peachy Canyon Winery to participate in the first-ever California Wine Symposium in Havana, Cuba, taking place from January 31st – February 3rd, 2016. Peachy Canyon Winery will be participating in this educational wine forum focused on introducing American wines to […]

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Now You Can Buy Wood in Cuba

HAVANA, Jan. 27th  (Fernando Ravsberg) After decades of absence from the market, Cubans can now buy lumber. Thanks to a resolution of the Ministry of Domestic Commerce, published in the Official Gazette on January 15, 2016, the retail market of building materials can now offer wood to the population. The announcement comes with a long […]

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Golf In Cuba

It’s not impossible to get to Cuba, even if you’re an American. All you need to do is cite one of the 12 accepted reasons (essentially anything other than straight toes-in-the-sand tourism) to get a visa. Officially, I was there to visit family but also planned on playing Varadero Golf Club, the only 18-hole course […]

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Kiarostami offering workshop in Havana for young filmmakers

HAVANA, Jan. 27th Committed to helping develop aspiring filmmakers and attracted by the nostalgic feel of Cuba, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has inaugurated a workshop at Havana’s International School of Film and Television, where he stressed the benefits of being forced to create amid a lack of resources. “For me personally, the limitations helped me,” […]

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Obama eases more restrictions on Cuban travel and trade

HAVANA, Jan. 26th The Obama administration announced regulatory changes Tuesday to further ease travel and trade restrictions in Cuba. Starting Wednesday, the Treasury and Commerce departments said U.S. airlines will be authorized to engage with Cuban ones to facilitate trade; restrictions on payment and financing terms for authorized exports and re-exports to Cuba will be […]

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Surge of Americans tests limits of Cuba’s tourism industry

HAVANA, Jan. 26th  (REUTERS) Cuba’s tourism industry is under unprecedented strain and struggling to meet demand with record numbers of visitors arriving a year after detente with the United States renewed interest in the Caribbean island. Its tropical weather, rich musical traditions, famed cigars and classic cars were for decades off limits to most Americans […]

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A Chinese Look at Havana’s Barrio Chino

HAVANA, Jan.25th  By Robin Fall (South China Morning Post) Cuba’s Barrio Chino in Havana is one of the oldest Chinatowns in Latin America. Yet this once vibrant neighborhood has been in decline for decades. Many Cubans of Chinese descent fled the island soon after Fidel Castro¹s 1959 revolution. Louis Chan, 61, is a painter and designer […]

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Cuba and France live a historic moment

LA HAVANE, Jan 25.  France´s State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Tourism and The French Overseas, Matthias Fekl, said that Cuba and France are now living a historic moment as he addressed the annual gala of the Cuba-Cooperation Association in Paris. A new stage opens today in part due to the diplomatic advancement between Cuba and […]

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Israel takes centre stage in Havana

HAVANA, Jan. 24th (Pedro Lasuén, euronews) “Day 2 of the Havana Grand Prix here in Cuba and with two athletes on top of the podium, Israel looks in control and has clearly signalled its intention to take part in the Olympic Games.” Israel sends clear message to rivals Israel’s Yarden Gerbi produced a stunning performance […]

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Nadia Comaneci praises Cuban gymnastics school

HAVANA, Jan. 24  Romanian former gymnast Nadia Comaneci, the first in her discipline to be awarded a perfect score in the Olympics, visited Cuba’s national school of gymnastics on Friday, and praised the sport’s development in the Caribbean country. During the visit she met with Manrique Larduet, the island’s two-time medalist at the last World […]

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Heavy rains have not relieved drought

HAVANA, Jan 23  Although Cuba has been bathed by heavy rains since the beginning of the year favoring reservoirs in the western and central sections of the country, the severe drought continues to have strong impact in eastern provinces. At present 48 out of all 168 Cuban municipalities are facing rainfall deficits, although water accumulates […]

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“Havana will be the most beautiful city of all”

HAVANA,Jan. 23th  By Fernando Ravsberg (HAVANA TIMES) Eusebio Leal is officially the Havana City historian, but, in fact, he is much more than that – a kind of magician that turns ruins into palaces and abandoned tenements into housing. Cubans know him simply as “Eusebio,” a man they see in Old Havana every day, walking about […]

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Havana may become a new Hollywood location

HAVANA, Jan. 22th. (AP) The producers of Showtime’s dark comedy “House of Lies” had $3 million and a mission: shoot the first episode of scripted American television in Cuba in more than half a century. With less than a week to shoot the entire fifth-season finale on the chaotic streets of central Havana, director Matthew […]

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Havana, judo capital of the world

HAVANA, Jan. 22th  (Xinhua)  The Judo Grand Prix tournament with 428 athletes from 69 countries attending got underway in Havana on Thursday. The competition is important as it will count towards the qualifying list for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio De Janeiro. The draw for the 14 divisions (men and women) took place on […]

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