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Guyana President Irfaan Ali to Keynote Caribbean Tourism Conference in Georgetown

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Guyana President Irfaan Ali will deliver the keynote address at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference, which is heading to Georgetown in October. The regional tourism conference will be held from Oct. 5-9 under the theme “Tourism Futures: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive.” It will be the first time Guyana has hosted […]

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Netflix Expands to Cuba

Above: Kevin Spacey in “House of Cards” By the Caribbean Journal staff Internet film and TV giant Netflix has expanded to Cuba. Following the recent rapprochement between Cuba and the United States, the entertainment firm announced that, beginning Monday, Cubans with Internet connections and access to international payment options could subscribe to Netflix and watch […]

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Fidel Castro Appears in New Photo

Above: the photo of Castro and University student Randy Perdomo Garcia By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared in a new photo released by the country’s government. The photo of Castro is the first of him in public in five months. The photo seems to have been taken of Castro with Randy Perdomo […]

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Fidel Castro’s Newest Message Addresses US-Cuba Thaw

Above: Fidel Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Just weeks after rumours of the death of Fidel Castro swirled across the Internet, the former Cuban leader has broken his silence with a new message. In the new message, which was addressed to Cuba’s University Student Federation and released by Cuba’s government, Castro is reported to […]

Fidel Castro Appears in New Photo

 Above: Trinidad, Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue has been on a rapid expansion push in the Caribbean of late, with new additions like Trinidad, Curacao and Cartagena. But it has its eyes on another market: Cuba, should travel (and air travel) to the island become fully legal. “JetBlue is interested in providing additional service […]

United States Sends Envoy to Cuba

 Above: US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S Jacobson By the Caribbean Journal staff A United States envoy is visiting Cuba this week for talks aimed at re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S Jacobson launches her visit in Havana Wednesday; the […]

New York’s Andrew Cuomo to Lead Trade Mission to Cuba

 Above: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo By the Caribbean Journal staff New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning to lead a trade mission to Cuba this year, he announced. The mission is one of a series of six foreign trade missions planned by the Governor this year to stops like Mexico, Canada and Israel. […]

Barack Obama on Cuba: “It’s Time to Try Something New”

 Above: US President Barack Obama By the Caribbean Journal staff United States President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, a speech which included the country’s recent thawing of relations with Cuba. Obama addressed the United States’ recent rapprochement with the Caribbean island after more than a half-century without diplomatic […]

Blue Diamond’s Starfish Brand Opens Second Resort in Cuba

 Above: the Starfish Cuatro Palmas in Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff Another new resort has opened its doors in Cuba. Blue Diamond’s Starfish brand has officially debuted its new resort in the Varadero area of the island. The Starfish Cuatro Palmas is the brand’s second resort on the island, with a total of 282 […]

Meliá Opens New Cuba Resort

 Above: the new Meliá Jardines del Rey By the Caribbean Journal staff Melia has opened its newest all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean: the Meliá Jardines del Rey. The family-oriented, all-inclusive resort began operations at the turn of the new year in the Cayo Coco beach area of Cuba. The resort opened in its first phase […]

These are the New Rules For United States Travel to Cuba

 Above: Havana, Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff Following this month’s historic thawing of relations between Cuba and the United States, the US government has announced a series of diplomatic and economic changes. Those changes include major shifts to the regulations governing travel to Cuba, although it does not mean full, unencumbered travel to the […]

Cuba Tops 3 Million Tourists in 2014

 Above: a Royalton resort in Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba has eclipsed three million tourists in 2014, according to new data from the government. That represented a growth of around 6 percent over the previous year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. The number was topped following a flight by Canada’s Sunwing to […]