Havana Times, along with a small number of other web-sites, carries details of what’s on and where to go in Havana. However, finding those things out for Cuba’s second city, Santiago, is much more difficult. I spent the first three months of 2011 in Santiago and greatly enjoyed the vibrant cultural life that exists there. In order to assist future (or potential) visitors there, I have prepared a guide of the main entertainment venues in the city.
Read MoreTaking a look at the reforms being and to be implemented in Cuba’s economy I came up with some indicators that we can evaluate five years down the road (and consider along the way) to see if the reforms have a positive impact on life under Cuban socialism.
Read MoreAlthough it failed to bring about the hoped-for generational renewal at the highest level of Cuba’s governing Communist Party, the recent party congress may have marked the start of a new stage of socialist development, if the resistance to change among the most conservative sectors is overcome.
Read MoreApparently under attack from a high-ranking Cuban politician, organizers of the Gibara Cine Pobre (Low-Budget) Film Festival published an open letter aimed at rallying support for their lauded project.
Read MoreFor US citizens traveling to any country, except Cuba, entails obtaining a visa if needed for the country to be visited, buying a ticket and hopping on a plane. In the case of Cuba, slightly liberalized regulations recently announced by the Obama administration were published Thursday by the US Treasury Dept. The 51-page document has all the ins-and-outs on obtaining or not being eligible for a license to visit Cuba.
Read MoreStarting from the middle of the period we will be under the influence of a wedge of weak pressure gradients, giving us week of good weather with a low chance of rain. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 31°C (88°F) and the 32°C (90°F), and the minimum temperatures will be around the 22°C (72°F).
Read MoreAccompanied unexpectedly by Fidel Castro, his brother Raul brought the sixth congress of Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC) to a close Tuesday with a call to “change everything that should be changed,” but without abandoning the socialist path taken on Apr. 16, 1961. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe curtain fell Tuesday on the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba with an entrenched senior leadership and the approval of reforms to the economic system that will reduce the State’s role in some areas, while recommending lifting some prohibitions. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe closing session of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) has begun on Tuesday morning with ex president Fidel Castro among those attending. The session began with a message from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez supporting the efforts of Cuba’s leaders and the PCC.
Read MoreThe 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba comes to a close on Tuesday with the closing session scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. On Monday, the 1,000 delegates approved the reforms with modifications for the Cuban economy and a number of other resolutions yet to be made public. The main business item for the final session is the election of a new Politburo and Secretariat.
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