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Jay-Z Addresses Cuba Controversy With New Song, "Open Letter"

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There’s a New Adults-Only Resort in Playa del Carmen

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Playa del Carmen has a new adults-only all-inclusive on its shoreline with the debut of Devossion by Live Aqua, a beachfront resort located steps from Fifth Avenue and facing one of the area’s quieter stretches of sand. The opening adds a design-driven, wellness-focused option to one of the Riviera Maya’s busiest hotel corridors. The resort […]

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White House: Cuba Travel Decisions Made By Treasury Department

Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Decisions to issue travel licenses over trips to Cuba are a matter for the Treasury Department and not the White House, according to Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary. Carney was responding to a question at the daily White House press briefing Monday regarding the recent Cuba […]

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US Lawmakers Express "Concern" Over Jay-Z, Beyonce Cuba Trip

Above: US Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen   By the Caribbean Journal staff Two United States lawmakers are expressing “concern” over a trip to Cuba this week by music stars Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles-Carter. The two reportedly traveled to Cuba to mark their fifth wedding anniversary. Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart […]

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Cuba, Fiji Talk Bilateral Ties

Above: Fiji By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla met Thursday in Havana with Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, the Foreign Minister of Fiji. The two sides discussed ways to increase bilateral ties between the two Small Island Developing States. “We share common challenges and positions on numerous issues of the international agenda, […]

US Lawmakers Express "Concern" Over Jay-Z, Beyonce Cuba Trip

 Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Zambia Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili began an official visit to Cuba on Monday. The visit is part of an effort to renew the sports cooperation agreement signed between Cuba and Zambia in 2007, according to a government release. Following that agreement, two Cuban coaches have served in Zambia […]

Cuban Pitcher Yadier Pedroso Dies in Traffic Accident

Above: Yadier Pedroso Gonzalez By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuban pitcher Yadier Pedroso Gonzalez, who pitched for his country in the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo last week, was killed this weekend in a traffic accident in Cuba, according to Joan Molina, director of sports for the territory of Artemisa. The accident, which also killed […]

Cuba's Diaz-Canel Leads Delegation to Installation of Pope Francis

Above: Vatican City By the Caribbean Journal staff Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first vice president of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, led a Cuban delegation to the installation of Pope Francis in the Vatican Tuesday. It marked the first major foreign visit for Diaz-Canel, who was elected to the post last month. Diaz-Canel is seen […]

Cuban Ambassador Makes First Official Visit to Grand Bahama

Above: Guzman and Bahamian officials in Grand Bahama (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s Ambassador to the Bahamas, Ernesto Soberon Guzman, made his first official visit to Grand Bahama on Monday. The trip included talks with Minister for Grand Bahama Michael Darville, discussing health care, education, agriculture, trade and cultural exchanges. The […]

Fidel Castro: Chavez Was "The Best Friend The Cuban People Ever Had"

Above: Fidel Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s Fidel Castro has published his first official remarks on the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last week. In a statement published by in Cuba’s state-owned Granma newspaper, republished by its government information agency and signed by Castro, Cuba’s former leader said Chavez was “the best […]

Caribbean Leaders Head to Venezuela for Chavez Funeral

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (centre) (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff A number of Caribbean leaders have arrived in Venezuela for the funeral of former President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar arrived in Caracas Thursday night, as did Haiti President […]

Op-Ed: Is Cuba Really Changing?

 By Andy Gomez Op-Ed Contributor We recently witnessed what we had not heard one of the Castro brothers say in almost 54 years: Come 2018, neither one of them will be in power. Raúl Castro announced to the Cuban National Assembly that this would be his last term ruling Cuba. Watching him closely was his […]

Op-Ed: Chavez and the Caribbean

 By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor What be will the impact of Hugo Chavez’s death upon the Caribbean and the Hemisphere at large? It’s likely that, eventually, the bilateral relationship between Venezuela and Cuba, which was predicated on the personal relationship between Chavez and the Castro brothers, will recede. Without Cuba and Venezuela acting as a […]