The Tampa Bay Rays and their delegation arrived on two flights Sunday afternoon and evening to Havana, the same day as US President Obama. The first Major League Baseball team to play in Cuba since 1999 will face the Cuban national team on Tuesday March 22 at 1:50 p.m. local time. Photo is of the Cuban player Dayron Robles embracing his niece.
Read MoreUS first lady, Michelle Obama, will speak on Monday with young Cuban students in Havana, where she arrived today accompanying her husband, president Barack Obama, in their three day visit to Cuba.
Read MoreUS presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump weighed in today on the president’s trip to Cuba that began on Sunday afternoon. Both politicians have previously supported the rapprochement between the two countries.
Read MoreThe restaurant chosen by the Obamas for their first dinner on the island is called “San Cristobal” and is located in Central Havana, a neighborhood of narrow streets and colonial buildings, some of them badly damaged.
Read MoreThe Twitter account of President published a first message of greeting to Cubans moments after Air Force One touched down at 4:18 p.m. local time. ¿Que bolá? said the message, a popular slang greeting often used by younger Cubans.
Read MoreStarwood will manage the emblematic Hotel Inglaterra in Old Havana and the Hotel Fifth Avenue in the Miramar. The company based in the state of New York also signed a “letter of intent” to run the Hotel Santa Isabel, located in the historic city center.
Read MoreUpdate on both our campaign to obtain laptops & the 2016 HT Cuba Photo Contest, as well as a note on the Obama visit.
Read MoreHere are six key items on Barack Obama’s agenda in this first trip by a US president to Cuba in 88 years.
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced today that it will eliminate its 10% tax on the use of the US dollar on the island. The good news for ordinary Cubans and tourists alike comes in response to Washington’s new measures to further relax the economic embargo.
Read MoreCuban state television will broadcast live the speech the US president Obama to the Cuban people next Tuesday during his visit in Havana, announced today by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
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