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In Havana's neighborhoods, the first thing that some people do when the electricity comes back is to connect the refrigerator. Next, they turn the radio on -- loudly. It's their way to…
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Cubans are not always bothered by the fact that they are using "cracked" software. They know that anywhere else in the world that would be illegal, but here in Cuba the procedure is…
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Bobby Carcassés may have been one of the first to find out. He got a call from the Thelonious Monk Institute and was told that the 2017 International Jazz Day would be held in Cuba and…
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With work expected to begin soon and moving forward into the future, José Martí International Airport in Havana will be renovated, expanded and managed by French companies thanks in…
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"It's not an event of pure technology; it serves to identify problems and solve them," says Alex Medina, member of Merchise Startup Circle, who is organizing the Startup Weekend Havana,…
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Michael Maisel, director of foreign affairs at Engage Cuba, an organization that advocates a lifting of the Cuban blockade and the freedom for all Americans to travel to the island and…
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Quite often, the discourse of the revenue service authorities toward taxpayers sounds like a sermon. Because it is a duty. However, the same authorities usually skip over the fact that…
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Contrary to the "princess myth," most of the Cuban models study or hold other jobs. "They have to do something else, because they really can't make a living from this," says Giselda de…
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Cuban startup enterprises may now access the U.S. market through Stripe Atlas, a program that allows foreign startups to set up a business bank account in the U.S., receive payments and…
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Conner Gorry is a New Yorker by birth, writer by choice and a traveler on an indefinite stopover in Havana. She first landed here in 1993, when she came to do voluntary labor in the…
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