THE 1960s: THE CUBAN REVOLUTION’S MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT

July 6, 2011

Cuba’s new revolutionary government had been able to obtain outside support because of its internal strength. It had demonstrated its capacity for mass mobilization, and it had stood up to US authority and seized North American property. The Cuban revolution’s domestic opponents were in disarray, and its actions had created strong incentives for Soviet involvement. [...]

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EARLY RELIGIOUS MUSIC IN CUBA: ESTEBAN SALAS

June 21, 2011

I don’t know about all of you, but I’ve been feeling particularly frazzled lately. June is a busy month for our family. We have four birthdays, an anniversary, and, of course, Father’s Day.  So I was really pleased when my daughter-in-law — Shelly — introduced me to the amazingly beautiful and calming music of  Esteban [...]

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WANT TO TRAVEL TO CUBA?

June 20, 2011

Now that the dust has had time to to settle on the “new” US regulations regarding travel to Cuba, I thought it would be a good time to revisit them. Here is what Marazul Tours, arguably the most prominent provider of arrangements for travel to Cuba has to say: The first step in planning any [...]

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RELIGION IN CUBA: VIRGIN OF COBRE

June 15, 2011

If you’re interested in religion in Cuba, you’re definitely going to want to take the time and make the effort to travel to The Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Cobre or The Shrine of the Virgin of Cobre. This beautiful place of worship — Cuba’s most famous pilgimage site — lies in the foothills of [...]

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CUBA:COLD WAR COMES TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

June 10, 2011

In 1959 the United States was shaken when Fidel Castro’s revolution in nearby Cuba brought the Cold War to its own hemisphere. The US was directly affected economically since at this time Americans owned 50% of Cuba’s public railway system, over 90% of the telephone and power industries, the majority of key manufacturing plants, the largest [...]

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CUBA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

April 29, 2011

Our newest video is almost ready for You Tube. Here’s a sneak preview. It’s a breeze through 50 or so years of Cuban history and politics. Enjoy!

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CUBA TRAVEL REGULATIONS 2011

April 22, 2011

The new Treasury Department guidelines for travel to Cuba were issued yesterday (Thursday, April 21, 2011). You can access them here. For a positive and negative assessment of the guidelines, see my friend John McAuliff’s Updated Flyer on Legal Travel to Cuba. HAPPY READING!  

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CUBAN CINEMA

April 11, 2011

The Havana Film Festival is in full swing in New York City.  More than 50 films from and about Latin America will be featured, many of which have never been shown commercially. I’m not going to be able to attend any of the showings this year, and I’m sure many of you won’t be able to [...]

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WHO CAN GO TO CUBA NOW?

April 8, 2011

Thanks to John McAuliff of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development for this guest post. Americans still don’t have freedom to vacation in Cuba, but travel for a purpose has been restored by President Obama.  Anyone with a serious interest in learning and engaging can find a legal way.   General Licenses A general license [...]

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HAVANA DEFENDS THE REVOLUTION

March 3, 2011

By 1997, the migration that I’ve discussed in the previous two posts was reaching crisis proportions in Havana. For the first time in Cuba’s history, unregistered migrants from the eastern part of the country were ordered to leave the capital. In a speech delivered in April 1997, Castro criticized growing ‘social indiscipline’ in Havana. He [...]

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