Brian ArmitageCuba US scraps flights to nine Cuban destinations, adding to list of punishing sanctions CNN - By Patrick Oppmann, CNN(CNN) — Starting Tuesday, it will be even harder for Americans to visit Cuba as a Trump administration mandate to US airlines to cut flights to nine destinations on the island takes effect. Only US flights
Brian ArmitageCuba Locals are feeling the tourism drop in Cuba following flight ban: "There isn't anyone" Travel + Leisure - By the Editors of Travel + LeisureRecent tightening of restrictions against traveling to Cuba have led to a dip in the country’s tourism industry, according to reports. The decline in American visitors there follows the Trump administration’s
Brian ArmitageCuba Cuban economy hit as tide turns against doctors program 24matins.uk - Carlos BATISTA Luisa Garcia received a hero’s welcome when she arrived back in Havana last month, one of hundreds of Cuban health workers sent home by the …
Brian ArmitageCuba Why Trump's Cuba Crackdown Doesn't Frighten The Regime As Much As Engagement Did wlrn.org - Tim Padgett Cuba’s oldest leaders – the ones who actually rule the communist island – would take great offense at ever being called frightened. They’re the …
Brian ArmitageScience Science diplomacy with Cuba sciencemag.org Over a century ago, interactions between a Cuban scientist, Carlos Finlay, and a U.S. scientist, Jesse Lazear, led to an understanding of the role of …
Brian ArmitageFlorida Title III Lawsuits – And Law Firms – Pile Up As Cuban Exiles Hope For Compensation wlrn.org - Tim Padgett Last spring President Trump let Cuban-Americans sue for compensation for their confiscated property in Cuba. The so-called Title III lawsuits seem to …
Brian ArmitageU.S. Treasury Cuban leader slams "unjust, arrogant" U.S. sanctions - Xinhua | xinhuanet.com People take part in the March in Solidarity with Venezuela in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 25, 2017. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez) The U.S. Treasury Department …
Brian ArmitageCuba U.S. sanctions Venezuelan oil tankers supplying Cuba The Washington Times - Lauren Meier The Trump administration has blacklisted six Venezuelan-owned oil tankers that were being used by socialist President Nicolas Maduro to transport oil …
Brian ArmitageLGBTQ+ Journalist Maykel González Vivero prohibited from leaving Cuba washingtonblade.com - Tremenda Nota Editor’s note: Tremenda Nota is the Washington Blade’s media partner in Cuba. Tremenda Nota on Monday published a Spanish version of this article on …
Brian ArmitageCuba Back To The U.S.-Cuba Future? New Animosities Raise Fears Relations May Be Severed Again wlrn.org - Tim Padgett Last month a big anniversary in the western hemisphere went largely unnoticed in the U.S. Havana – one of the oldest capitals in the Americas – …
Brian ArmitageCuba Cuba takes another swipe at dual currency system Reuters India - By Marc FrankHAVANA (Reuters) - Two Havana department stores began on Monday to give change only in pesos, instead of the local dollar equivalent known as the convertible peso, in another step toward ending Cuba's
Brian ArmitageCuba American Experience pbs.org Fidel Castro's life story is not the story of the leader of a poor underdeveloped nation struggling to survive against the fierce opposition of the …
Brian ArmitageVenezuela Dollarization Dilemma: Cuba, Venezuela Turn To The Greenback To Get Out Of The Red wlrn.org - Tim Padgett As the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, is something capitalist happening in the socialist countries of Latin America? We're talking …
Brian ArmitageCuba Donald Trump Sees Another Opportunity to Teach Cuba a Lesson nationalinterest.org - William M. LeoGrande Is Trump using "health attacks" on US diplomats in Havana as an excuse to punish Cuba?In a blow to diplomatic relations with Cuba, U.S. Secretary of …
Brian ArmitageCuba EU Parliament Condemns Cuba's Detention of Top Dissident U.S. News & World Report - Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - The European parliament joined the United States on Thursday in condemning Cuba's detention and reported mistreatment of leading …
Brian ArmitageNuclear Weapons Cuba and the Nuclear Risk The Atlantic - Walter LippmannThose of a skeptical nature in the United Kingdom and in France have raised the question of whether the United States could be trusted to defend the NATO countries in all contingencies, and if not, whether
Brian ArmitageMilitary How a Russian Submarine Nearly Turned the Cuban Missile Crisis Into World War III nationalinterest.org - Mark Episkopos Even as President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev raced to avert the abyss of destruction in a series of hurried of negotiations, …
Brian ArmitageSurveillance Cuba allows police to snoop electronically nst.com.my - By FP HAVANA: Cuba has authorised state security agencies to use electronic surveillance without prior approval from a court, prompting criticism from the …
Brian ArmitageCuba Worldwise: Cuba Luxury Travel Expert Peter Soler’s Favorite Things Barron's - Mitch Moxley Luxury travel expert Peter Soler has a long relationship with Cuba—181 years, to be exact. His great-great-granduncle Conrado Soler arrived from …
Brian ArmitageCuba As Angry Rhetoric Rises, Are U.S.-Cuba Relations At A Breaking Point Again? wlrn.org - Tim Padgett Are U.S.-Cuba relations on the brink? They’ve been in decline under President Donald Trump. But the two governments are now raising the angry …
Brian ArmitageConservative View Miami Dem congressional candidate publishes photos wearing pro-Castro uniform, attacks America and Cuban exiles TheBlaze - Giancarlo SopoThe response to the candidate's photos was swift and overwhelmingly negative. Democratic House candidate Yadira Escobar shocked Miami's Cuban exile community on Wednesday after she published photos on
Brian ArmitageTravel Nightlife in Havana: Where to Find the City's Best Bars, Clubs & More tripsavvy.com - Meena Thiruvengadam Floridita is a restaurant and cocktail bar in Old Havana. If you've been in Havana for more than 24 hours, you'll surely be familiar with its iconic …
Brian ArmitageCuba Weather in Cuba: Climate, Seasons, and Average Monthly Temperature tripsavvy.com - Meena Thiruvengadam In Cuba, average temperatures are in the 70s and 80s F throughout the year, making it a perfect escape from long harsh winters further north. Even …
Brian ArmitageNews (China) Interview: Cuba's biotech sector bolsters trade ties at China import expo - Xinhua | xinhuanet.com A visitor (C) poses for a group photo with Cuban dancers at the Cuba pavilion during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, …
Brian ArmitageDisease Governments may need to take swift, decisive action to prevent disease epidemic desmoinesregister.com - Morris Fabbri and Kearsley A. Stewart On Global AIDS Day, researchers argue Cuba quarantine three decades ago controlled spread of HIV December 1 is World AIDS Day, a customary time to …
Brian ArmitageNicolás Maduro U.S. Blacklists Cuban Firm Tied to Venezuela Sanctions Evasion U.S. News & World Report - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday blacklisted a Cuban company it accused of helping a Cuban state-run oil firm evade …
Brian ArmitageMedal of Honor Tennessee National Guard unit deploying to Guantanamo Bay wkrn.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee National Guard unit is deploying more than 100 soldiers to the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba this …
Brian ArmitageCuba Cuba Guide: Planning Your Trip tripsavvy.com - Meena Thiruvengadam Some countries take more planning to visit than others. Cuba is one of them, especially if you’re traveling on a U.S. passport. Figuring out the …
Brian ArmitageCuba Cuba Ups Pressure on U.S. Embassy in Havana U.S. News & World Report - Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba’s foreign minister on Tuesday charged the United States with violating the historic 2015 agreement reestablishing diplomatic …