I went to Cuba after it reopened – here’s what you need to know Flying is the easy part. As of mid-December 2020, there are over a dozen flights a day between the US and Havana departing from the Florida cities of Miami, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale. Operating airlines include Read more
Cuba kicks off clinical trials next week of a potential coronavirus vaccine called “Soberana 01” (“Sovereign 01”) developed by its state-run Finlay Institute, with results due in February, state-run media said on Wednesday. The potential coronovirus vaccine will be delivered in two injections during the trials that will involve 676 Read more
MADISON (WKOW) — A Cuban-American teacher and his family are riding their bicycles across the entire United States. Carlos Lazo and his family started from their home in Seattle and they’ve already ridden 2,000 miles, stopping in Madison on Sunday. Their destination is Washington, D.C. where they’re hoping to advocate Read more
This is exciting and we must act fast: We have a rare chance to hold — and win — two historic votes in the Congressional House of Representatives rolling back parts of U.S. sanctions on Cuba on food, medicines, and remittances. These are amendments to a spending bill that will Read more
Where did one of the architects of President Kennedy’s main program for Latin America, godfather of baptism from the Alliance for Progress, come from in 1961? In what hands did Ronald Reagan (1981-88) and George W. Bush (2001-2008) place their most important offices for the western hemisphere: those that coordinated the Read more
On the eve of a major conference to discuss the country’s deepening economic crisis, Cuba’s leadership suddenly found themselves without the use of one of social media’s most ubiquitous platforms. The incident occurred [recently] when Twitter, utilized by more than 100 million people around the world, inexplicably shut down the Read more
They are the U.S. American Airlines and the Brazilian-Chilean LATAM, which are being asked for compensation for the use of José Martí Airport. Other airlines could be sued in the coming weeks. A Spanish-American of Cuban origin this Wednesday sued in a Miami court two airlines that regularly fly to Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration toughened sanctions against Cuba on Friday by reducing the amount of money that Cuban-Americans can send to family members on the island. Changes announced by the Treasury Department will limit remittances to $1,000 per person per quarter when they take effect on Oct. 9. The Read more
Improving trade relations with Cuba Proposed bills would improve trade with Cuba, which imports 80% of its food. “For 60 years we have been embargoing Cuba, and it has not served the people of Cuba or U.S. farmers well,” according to Paul Johnson, executive director of the Illinois Cuba Working Read more
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