Spaniard Starts Jet-Ski Journey from Cuba to Mexico
Spanish navigator Alvaro de Marichalar left Havana en route to Cancun, Mexico, to complete another stage of his jet-ski journey commemorating the 500 years since the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. De Marichalar left…
Cuba To Ease Curbs on Car Sales
First time since the 1959 revolution Cubans will soon be allowed to purchase new and used vehicles from government retailers without permission for first time since the 1959 revolution, state media announced Thursday. The move comes two years…
Cuba confirms elimination of hard currency CUC
The Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) will be eliminated in the process to reestablish a one-currency system on the island, confirmed VP Marino Murillo, during a plenary session of the Cuban Parliament on Friday. The hard currency CUC, pegged to…
Cuba To Ease Curbs on Car Sales
First time since the 1959 revolution Cubans will soon be allowed to purchase new and used vehicles from government retailers without permission for first time since the 1959 revolution, state media announced Thursday. The move comes two years…
Musicians from 10 Countries to Attend Cuban Jazz Festival
Artists from 10 countries will perform here during the 29th International Jazz Plaza Festival Dec. 19-22, which will be devoted to great musicians of this genre in Cuba. Orlando Vistel, president of the Cuban Music Institute, said at a news…
First Restored ICAIC Newsreels Exhibited in Havana
The first 54 episodes of the newly-restored ICAIC Latin American Newsreel are being screened here at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. The newsreels, by the late Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez, cover the period…
First Restored ICAIC Newsreels Exhibited in Havana
The first 54 episodes of the newly-restored ICAIC Latin American Newsreel are being screened here at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. The newsreels, by the late Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez, cover the period…
Arrival of Canadian Cruise Ship Boosts Cuban High Tourist Season
The high tourist season in Cuba will be given a favorable thrust with the arrival in Havana on Friday of the Canadian Louis Cristal cruise ship, which joins another three similar boats that already called at Cuban ports in less than a week.…
Nightclubs and markets flourish as Cuba slowly embraces capitalism
The free market is still limited in Cuba, but already it is altering lives and reshaping attitudes. It might not yet be Wall Street or the Square Mile, but as more and more Cubans go into business for themselves under President Raul Castro’s…
UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship will Call at Havana Port on Friday
The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Wave Knight will visit Havana December 13-20 on a routine stay related to disaster training activities in the Caribbean area, the British embassy in Havana announced. High-level officials from Cuba and…
International Craftwork Fair Inaugurated in Havana
The 17 th International Craftwork Fair, FIART 2013, was inaugurated on Friday at the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress in this city, in the presence of exhibitors of 16 nations. During the inaugural speech, Jorge Alfonso, director of the Cuban…
Semester at Sea Cruise Ship Arrives in Havana
The Semester at Sea cruise ship, an academic program sponsored by the University of Virginia, in the United States, arrived in here today, nine years after its last visit. About 648 people arrived in the island, 568 of them are students from…
John Lennon needed help,at least his statue did
A bronze likeness of the Beatle, who was assassinated 33 years ago Sunday, was inaugurated in a leafy Havana park 13 years ago. But souvenir-seekers kept stealing the iconic circular spectacles that adorned it. Officials tried gluing them on.…
Second Shipment of Namibian Animals for Havana Zoo
The second stage of a donation from Namibia will soon arrive to Cuba, in a shipment bringing 16 animals of three species, belonging to the so-called heavy ungulate of hoofed animals (mammals). This group is composed of pachyderms -10 rhinoceros,…
British Thomson Dreams Cruise Ship to Arrive in Havana on Friday
The British cruise ship Thomson Dreams will call at Havana harbor on Friday with 1 200 passengers on board, as the U.K. is becoming the second major source of tourists to the island. According to the Cuban Tourism Ministry, the arrival of the…
Havana, is the number one travel destination
Havana tops 2013 World List based on the reviews and opinions of millions of TripAdvisor travelers around the globe - TripAdvisor announced the winners of its 2013 Travelers' Choice Awards for Destinations on the Rise. The awards highlight 54…