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This Caribbean Island Has a UNESCO World Heritage Site With Sailing, History, and Boutique Hotels

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You can feel the history on the corner of this Caribbean island before you even step through the gates. The stone walls rise from the water’s edge, flanked by tall masts and the gentle sway of yachts. This is Nelson’s Dockyard, the heart of English Harbour in Antigua, and one of the Caribbean’s most evocative […]

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Turkey President Visits Cuba, Expanding Country's Caribbean Presence

Above: Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan By the Caribbean Journal staff Step by step, Turkey is showing its strong interest in the Caribbean region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Havana Tuesday for the beginning of an official visit to Cuba. The trip is slated to include meetings with Cuban President Raul Castro and other Cuban […]

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Cuba Wins Caribbean Series for First Time Since 1960

Above: the Cuban team following its victory By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean has a new baseball champion: Cuba. The island’s Pinar del Rio club won the Caribbean Series this week, 55 years after their previous victory. Cuba had only returned to series play last year, after more than a half century on the […]

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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 […]

Cuba Wins Caribbean Series for First Time Since 1960

 By Charles Bane, Jr CJ Contributor FROM THE moment Ernest Hemingway saw Finca Vigia ( Lookout Farm) outside Havana in 1939, it became his home in the deepest sense. The southern location, warm year round, gave him ease; evidence now suggests that Hemingway suffered from bipolar disorder, which then was neither known as a condition, […]

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 […]

Two Cuban Players Defect During Caribbean Series in San Juan

 Above: shortstop Dainer Moreira By the Caribbean Journal staff Two players for Cuba’s Caribbean Series team have reportedly defected in Puerto Rico. The players are shortstop Dainer Moreira and pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez. Moreira was most recently with the Matanzas baseball club in Cuba, while Gutierrez had played with Pinar del Rio. The Caribbean Series launched at Santurce’s […]

Why Joe Biden Thanked the Caribbean

 Above: US Vice President Joe Biden with Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden thanked the Caribbean this week for its “encouragement” to the US on shifting its longstanding policy on Cuba. Biden thanked the region for urging the US to “make the change” […]

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 […]

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. […]

JetBlue “Interested” in Cuba Flights

 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 […]