Havana (Cuba)

Man convicted of spying in the U.S. is allowed to return to Cuba

2013-05-06 18:10:00

MEXICO CITY -- A man convicted of spying in the U.S. for the Castro regime has been allowed to return to Cuba after more than a decade in an American prison, and on Monday he began the paperwork to make his homecoming permanent (link in Spanish). Rene...

Letters: Hawaii issue sets memories afloat

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Mahalo nui loa ("thank you very much") for the Special Hawaii Issue [April 21]. Fabulous memories of several visits to the islands in paradise were made vivid by the stories, pictures and maps of Oahu, Molokai and the cruise with stops at the Big Island,...

Beyonce and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba was approved by U.S. Treasury

2013-04-10 11:46:00

Beyonc� and Jay-Z's anniversary trip to Havana, Cuba, was approved by the U.S. government, Treasury officials have said. The recording artists, Beyonc� Knowles Carter and husband Shawn Carter, headed to the island nation last week for their five-year...

Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba

2013-04-05 16:31:00

Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their...

Tiempo Libre's Cuban musical fusions at Broad Stage on Saturday

2013-03-21 07:53:00

Increasingly, the Cuban-emigre, Miami-based band Tiempo Libre's name is starting to sound like a serious misnomer. After all, when exactly is this workaholic septet supposed to have "free time," given its steady output of CDs spotlighting the group's...

Latin world mourns Cuban film producer Carlos Vives, dead at 71

2013-03-21 15:00:00

Since Cuban film producer Carlos Vives died in Havana last week at 71, tributes have floated in from newspapers and websites across the Spanish-speaking world. Except, of course, in the United States, where because of Cold War-era political rationales...

Cross Cuba off the blacklist

2013-03-13 00:00:00

Washington has for three decades kept Cuba on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism, even though it has long since changed the behavior that earned it that distinction. By all accounts, Cuba remains on the list — alongside Iran, Sudan and Syria...

French daredevil climbs landmark Havana hotel without a net

2013-02-05 09:53:50

Havana's well-worn welcome mat

2013-01-11 14:23:00

Some analysts are suggesting that Cuba is the place to be these days for anyone interested in understanding what’s really going on in the Andes region. That makes sense given recent events unfolding in Havana. For starters, Venezuelan President...

A dance with Castro's Cuba

2012-11-18 00:00:00

HAVANA — "It's been 51 years since the event you Americans call the Bay of Pigs, but now Playa Gir�n is a popular beach destination for foreigners," the guide tells me. It is hard to imagine that the words "Bay of Pigs" could do anything but fill...

Planning your trip to Cuba

2012-11-18 00:00:00

At last count, there are more than 160 tour operators with licenses from the Treasury Department to run people-to-people Cuba trips. Here are three: Insight Cuba, (800) 450-2822, http://insightcuba.com/cuba-tours. I was on the Classic Cuba trip, with...

Viredo Espinosa dies; Cuban Abstract Expressionist painter was 83

2012-09-01 00:00:00

Viredo Espinosa, a member of a revolutionary group of artists in 1950s Cuba whose Abstract Expressionism expanded the scope of the country's modern art, died Sunday in Costa Mesa. He was 83. Espinosa, who fled Cuba in 1969 and eventually settled in...

Russian Vice President Dmitri Medvedev (center) participates in a ceremony at Revolution Square in Havana. Medvedev is in Cuba in a three-day official visit.

2013-02-21 00:00:00

This 1963 file photo shows Argentine-born legendary revolutionary figure Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, left, with Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana's famous "1830" restaurant four years after he and Fidel Castro led the revolution that toppled Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

2013-02-18 14:48:11

From the classic cars lining the streets of Havana to colonial architecture and cobblestone streets, the largest island in the Caribbean appears frozen in time. The best part: Travelers can enjoy plenty of amenities while still facing the thrill of violating an embargo.

2013-02-13 14:53:18