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Cuba approves first joint venture golf course in 50 years - The Carbonera Club

Sarah Rainsford of the BBC News writes about the first Cuban golf course joint venture since the Revolution. Varadero golf club in Cuba shortly after it opened on 20 November 2000 Varadero is currently the only 18-hole course in Cuba, but it will now… Read More

Vintage Cuban watch brand Cuervo y Sobrinos, elegant since 1882

Posted in Cuba Culture > Cuban Culture

Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Cuervo y Sobrinos holds a unique position, a tradition and identity which differentiate the brand created in Havana but, made in Switzerland, from any other brand of watch making. Cuervo y Sobrinos is the only Swiss fine watch-making… Read More

New Cuba hotel Meliá Marina Varadero to open this summer

Posted in Cuba Travel > Cuba Hotels

Melia Cuba will open the Meliá Marina Varadero this summer at the tip of the Hicacos Peninsula. This will be the 26th hotel managed by Melia Cuba. The Marina Varadero will be an all inclusive, five star resort with 549 rooms, 126 of which will be offered… Read More

US fugitive Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur now has $2,000,000 price tag on her head

Posted in Cuba Politics > Castro's Cuba

Joanne Chesimard, Fugitive Living in Cuba, Named to FBI ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ List By Steven Nelson US News and World Report Informers stand to gain $2M in the unlikely event Chesimard, convicted of murdering a cop 40 years ago, is caught… Read More

Central Holidays offers Discover Cuba travel program - legal for all Americans

Posted in Cuba Travel > Legal Travel to Cuba

New Jersey based Central Holidays has announced that it is now offering a new “Discover Cuba” travel program that connects US travelers with the Cuban people so Americans can learn about the architecture, music, art and culture of this enchanting… Read More

Havana guided tours for Cuban art, architecture and cigars

Posted in Cuba Travel > Cuba Travel

The Havana Journal is happy to promote a new guided tour service for visitors to Havana. There is a small group of Cuban professionals with more than twenty years of experience guiding and advising foreigners through the complex maze of streets and historical… Read More

Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy conference program and papers

Posted in Cuba Business > Cuba-World Trade

The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) has released the conference program and links to dozens of Cuba papers on specialized topics as seen later in this article. The event is held every August in Miami. The information below is from… Read More

Great video of classic American cars in Cuba, Hemingway and Old Havana

Posted in Cuba Culture > Cuban Culture

Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago, with family ties to the island nation, and Arthur St. Antoine, an aficionado of the works of Ernest Hemingway, as well as fine Cuban cigars, spend a week in the forbidden paradise exploring the classic car culture of Cuba,… Read More

Canada sends 285k tourists to Cuba in first 60 days of 2013

Posted in Cuba Travel > Cuba Travel

From DTCuba.com Canada is by far the country sending the most tourists to Cuba. In just January and February, 284,654 Canadian vacationers went to Cuba. Canada is followed by Germany with less than 10% of the amount of Canadian tourists at just 23,268… Read More

Cuban Studies program at Casa Bacardi - Cuba’s Past, Present, and Future

Posted in Cuban Americans > Cuban American Culture

Certificate Program in Cuban Studies The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami is proud to open enrollment for the upcoming CUBAN STUDIES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM to be held from May 14 until June, 6 2013. This high-level… Read More