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of the Cayo Saetía Village, describes the place as ‚simply excellent‘. He adds that the key in the north- eastern part of the Mayarí municipality, covers an area of 42 km2 and has includes five woodland formations. These form part of a program aimed at the development exotic species which have been introduced to the country Ramón Peninsula, a place earmarked One of the places that has most under strict and careful environmental for an important program of tourism impressed these Europeans is Cayo controls. industry developments, is presently an Saetía, an islet primarily accessed by They comprise 14 different species, prairies, horseback ridings, boat tours almost perfect and paradisiacal location a two-hour sea voyage that provides such as zebras, dromedaries, antelopes and a range of traditional and exotic offering an attracive range of options. beautiful views of the Ramón Peninsula and buffalos, which have so far adapted gastronomic services are available to Cayo Saetía, an isolated and precious islet from the ocean. perfectly to their new environment. tourists. jewel in eastern Cuba, already attracts The Cayo is located in the eastern Many of these animals were He said that the Cayo Saetía tours significant numbers of European visitors Cuban province of Holguín and lies brought from India and Africa to cater to about 100 clients daily in the with a particular interest in nature and between Nipe Bay and the Atlantic provide tourists with a more exciting high season (November through April) adventure tourism. Cuba’s orient is full of colorful Ocean, 120 km southeast of the city. tour of this natural wonderland in on 3 to 4 trips by different means of and exciting places that offer visitors Its beaches and varied vegetation appropriate safari-style vehicles. transportation and that the demand for who enjoy adventure or activity provide perfect conditions for even the To this end a four-star, 12-room these is on the rise. based holidays a range of attractive most demanding of tourists. village has already been built in the The lucky tourists who visit – mainly possibilities. Managed by the Gaviota Tourism isolated location so they can enjoy such Germans, Italians, French and Canadians This has been endorsed by those Group, this is the perfect spot for lovers of excursions, in addition to other activities – generally travel from the beautiful fortunate enough to have already virgin beaches and jeep or truck-driven like walking, scuba diving and snorkeling eastern Guantánamo province city of experienced the area‘s natural delights nature tours that reveal the locations on the stunningly beautiful sea-beds. Baracoa, on one-day excursions or to and captivated by its surroundings, hidden flora and surprising fauna, which The village manager of the Gaviota spend to spend longer times in the which remain in their memories and includes of deer, buffalo and ostrich. Group run village and Cayo Saetía trips village for a more in depth exploration photos. Alberto Ricardo González, manager explained that safari tours to the islet the area‘s delights. CUBA 3 Cuban Émigrés in USA Advocate Bilateral Bridges By DionySANABIA

an anti-Cuba move they consider hostile for U.S. nationals to visit Cuba through Revolution will steadily continue with and senseless. bureaucratic barriers while banning the course chosen, confident of its fate, ¨ The Alianza Martiana met on July 2 educational visits by their own. said the president of the Circle of Miami- to review the new White House policy It also bars economic, financial and based Intellectuals and Artists, Salvador towards the island, which many people call commercial transactions between U.S Capote. a step backward compared to the new line companies and Cuban institutions Trump´s senseless decision was not followed by the previous U.S. administration. associated with the Revolutionary Armed only rejected by Cuban immigrants ¨We will once again demand the end Forces and intelligence and homeland but also by Republican and Democrat of the criminal siege; we cannot remain security services. legislators, business and scientific groups, jovenes por los cinco jovenes PHOTO: silent, ¨ Andres Gomez, the national Therefore, like the Cuban Government Cuban-Americans and NGOs. The distance from their home country coordinator of the Antonio Maceo said in a statement, additional obstacles For example, the two-party Cuba Task and the zeal of a president have failed Brigade affiliated to the coalition, told The are imposed on the already limited Group made up of 24 U.S. congressmen to make Cuban emigrant organizations Havana Reporter. opportunities that the U.S. business sector said it would work hard with federal in the United States give up their goal of During the meeting, some 60 has to trade with and invest in Cuba. agencies to try to mitigate the harmful bringing the two countries together. participants agreed on actions aimed According to Gómez, it is of paramount consequences of the new policy. Grouped in what is known as Alianza at continuing to support Cuba, and importance to continue fighting for the For its part, the U.S. Chamber of Martiana coalition, these Miami-based rejected the measures announced by U.S. Cuban people´s rights to live and grow in Commerce ratified the will to continue organizations also demand the end of the President Donald Trump in his speech on peace. working for the elimination of ¨outdated U.S. economic, commercial and financial June 16 in Miami. Max Lesnik, of the Alianza Martiana policies¨ and recalled it is collaborating blockade imposed against Cuba more That day, the President signed the leadership, said at the July 2 meeting that with Congress and the public and private than 55 years ago. so-called National Security Presidential new battles are coming up against the sectors of the two countries to remove As they have done in the past, these Memorandum on Strengthening the Miami-based rightwing extremists´ lack hurdles on trade of goods and services groups analyze every particular situation Policy of the United States towards Cuba. of understanding and outdated stance. and to generate jobs and foster bilateral and coordinate actions aimed at stopping The memo tightens travel restrictions ¨With or without Trump, the Cuban economic growth. Five Hot Cuban Political Topics By Laura BECQUER

Human rights, migration, civil society, Romero, coordinator of the objective is to enrich debate on topics press freedom, ties with Washington magazine Contexto Latinoamericano exploited by international media to and other such topics come under the from the same publishing house, thinks “spearhead” their crusade against spotlight in „Cinco temas polémicos “readers should themselves analyze, socialist projects like Cuba’s. sobre Cuba“ (Five controversial issues on verify, enrich, support or refute the “After December 17th, many eyes Cuba), published by Ocean Sur. topics at the end of their reading.” turned to the Island. Changes in Written by journalist Rodolfo Romero The text, launched on June 7 at Washington’s Cuba policy allowed and historian and essayist Elier Ramírez, the University of Havana, opens with trips by US citizens who were the book “is a starting point for people myths about the conflict between the interested in learning the truth both inside and outside Cuba,” Romero US and Cuba, “including both virtually about which something often grossly told The Havana Reporter. unknown and transcendental events misrepresented” he stressed. “Elier and I wanted to find answers to that facilitate an understanding of what Romero said that although the questions such as: Is there press freedom happened prior to December 17th and project was initially directed at a foreign in Cuba? Are human rights respected the significance of that date.” audience, they were always determined or not? How many lies or truths are told Another topic dealt with is “press to make the book known in Cuba too. every day about the Cuban Revolution? freedom”. In this regard, he explains He suggested in this regard that How has the migration issue been that “our journalism can be criticized Cubans could use the text as a tool addressed in Cuba? What are some of for many things, but its ethics for political debate, in the ideological the myths that have grown up about and commitment to the truth are struggle and to foster discussions on the relationships between Cuba and the characteristics that define it on the these issues. United States?” Romero said. international stage.” “I think that young people like “So, we read a lot, did research, The volume also includes a chapter ourselves should constantly reflect on Two young Cuban writers focus on a interviewed people, rooted out that refutes 10 of the lies that the our reality. A clear understanding of range of controversial issues in Cuba‘s information and drafted these five topics.” international media most frequently our past and our present, ensures that changing bilateral context since He highlighted that they “don’t endeavor repeat about Cuba’s recent history. we are better prepared to face the December 17, 2014. to demonstrate a final or total truth.” According to Romero, their primary challenges of the future,” he concluded.

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care much about the Cuba issue or at least it is not a priority to him, so this turns the Cuba issue into an exchange currency for other political objectives, she explained. All this shows how the US political system functions, where unpaid favors among congresspersons or between the Executive and Congress are sometimes more important than the wishes of the people they represent, she pointed out. According to Gonzalez, Trump´s Cuba policy rollback is against the opinion of the majority of the American people, The memorandum signed by President banning American companies from increases Cuba travel restrictions for U.S. who, according to polls, favors normal Donald Trump on June 16 aims to tighten making economic, trade or financial citizens. relations with Cuba. the over five-decade-old US economic, transactions with Cuban enterprises Regarding the new travel restrictions “Those sectors opposing the change financial and commercial blockade on associated with the Cuban military. on Trump´s memorandum, the Cuban achieved less than what they had wished Cuba, University of Havana´s Center for Gonzalez warned, however, that professor admitted that the number for, even though they present it as a Hemispheric and U.S. studies (CEHSEU) the National Security Presidential of American tourists coming to Cuba is victory,” she said. professor Dalia Gonzalez told The Memorandum on the Strengthening of likely to drop because of all the obstacles Topics such as closing the US Havana Reporter. the Policy of the United States Towards that the new changes entail. embassy in Havana were addressed as According to the analyst, Trump´s Cuba does not make it clear whether or However, the real scope of those well but they failed to do that because decision also strengthens a “an illegal, not the agreements reached (under the measures cannot be determined until the tendency is to favor rapprochement unfair measure that has been rated as Obama administration) will be annulled. they come into force, Gonzalez added. and normal relations as much as possible, genocide and against international law” Interest in trade existed even President Trump announced his even when the new policy can be seen In forced since 1962, the Cuba before Cuba President Raul Castro new policy toward Cuba on Jun. 16 in as step backward in the short term, she blockade policy has been condemned and Barack Obama announced the Miami, surrounded by representatives indicated. by the entire international community resumption of bilateral relations on of the Cuban-American ultra-rightwing “Trump and all those politicians and within the United States, González Dec. 17, 2014, she said. opposing the rapprochement started should be judged not only for what recalled. Such interest, she explained, has by Raul Castro and Barack Obama more they say but for what they do as well,” Likewise, she praised the Cuban been largely focused on the agricultural than two year ago. Gonzalez noted. government´s response to Trump´s sector though; they want to sell food to Congressmen like Marco Rubio do The University of Havana professor rollback on the island nations, calling it Cuba because they know that the island not represent the majority of the Cuban- considers, however, that we should “strong and calm, as it should be in this imports a large amount of foodstuff American community but they hold wait and see the true scope of the case”. and they do not want to lose the new key positions in the government and regulations in order to be able to assess The change in the US policy towards opportunities. Congress, Gonzalez noted. the new political course Washington- Cuba reduces trade opportunities by The recently announced memorandum In her opinion, Trump seems not to Havana relations will take. Cuban Flavors at Varadero Gourmet 2017 By TeyunéDÍAZ

The 9th edition of the 2017 Varadero bar tradition, which has provided Latin Gourmet Festival turned out to be a party American with excellent juries. for Cuban haute cuisine and cocktail. After recalling that IBA has a project to The event was held from June 27 to train taste judges with the help of Cuban 30 at Plaza America Convention Center in experts, Juarez noted. Varadero, Cuba´s largest beach resort, 140 A 93-old association –the first in kilometers east of Havana alongside the the world- deserves being mentioned, northern coast of Matanzas province. along with the talent of its maestros, Cuban bartenders have traditionally competitors, directors, and even those given prestige to any world and Pan- who go unnoticed, he stressed. American contest but this time they deserved Juarez gave a lecture on the art of special recognition for their techniques and mixing beverages at the opening day of style, International Bartenders Association the Varadero Gourmet Festival, where he (IBA) vice president Eduardo Adrian Juarez said that the most traditional and best told The Havana Reporter. remembered drinks and cocktail are made According Juarez, the Association of no more than 5 ingredients, in line with of Cuban Bartenders (ACA) has been the latest trends. growing steadily for the past four years, One of the event´s highlights was the with an increasing number of young discussion among master sommeliers people interested in bartending and Businesspeople must be aware of the Juarez added, since the leisure industry is and the different opinions they have cocktail fixing. fact that the bar contributes 60 percent of growing gradually here, and will ultimately about mixing tastes and textures to create The IBA official said he was honored the invoicing, so it should be in the hands benefit all sectors involved, namely the original drinks and traditional cocktails. to have attended such important event as of a person that is well trained and able to tourist industry, bars and bartenders. The 2017 Varadero Gourmet Festival the Varadero Gourmet Festival in a country control that percentage. This is the key to He noted, however, that Cuba must start (Jun 27-39) included lectures, contests, where cocktail fixing is very popular as a success in the drink business. getting a position with regard to training tastings, food-drink combinations and an result of the good work ACA has done. The same thing applies to Cuba, and take advantage of its longstanding economic forum. HEALTH & SCIENCE 5 Natural History Cuban Congress Museums of Cuba and onCosmetic USA, 160 Years Surgery of Relations and Health By Ana LauraARBESÚ By ReinaMAGDARIAGA

The history of these relations dates back to 1857, when the AMNH was founded. The first Cuban species were brought that year and were part of those that preceded the official opening of the museum two years later, the member of the AMNH research team, Suzann Goldberg, told The Havana Reporter. Courtesy of Trabajadores Courtesy of PHOTO: The need to perform cosmetic surgery in a responsible way will bring delegates from some 16 countries together in Havana from July 21 to 23 for the 2nd International Congress on Cosmetic Surgery, Cosmetology and Aesthetic Medicine. With venue at Habana Libre Hotel, the event will welcome delegates from Argentina, Peru, Colombia, the

Sara Krulwich / The New York Times York New The Krulwich Sara / PHOTO: United States, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Honduras, About 25,000 animal and plant species from Cuba are Guatemala, Canada, Norway, Germany, the Dominican on display at the American Museum of Natural History Republic and Cuba, among other countries, according to (AMNH), an institution that has maintained relations its organizers. with its Cuban peer for 160 years. The event will serve as a space to promote Cuban products, services and equipment connected with cosmetic surgery, said Juan Margrina, representative of Argentina´s Great Way Export, a company that works together with Cuba´s Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (medical services marketing company). The 2nd Seminar on Responsible Cosmetic Surgery and the 1st Symposium on Spa and the Curative Effects of Spa Waters will be held in parallel to the congress, the president of Cuba´s organizing committee Patricia Perez said. The list of lecturers includes Dominican Deputy The New York museum features the Teretistrisfornsi, Public Health Minister Dolly Nin, who will speak about a bird native to Cuba´s east and collected in 1857 by the interdisciplinary work between cosmetologists and German scientist Juan Cristóbal Goudlach, who lived in cosmetic surgeons, added Pérez. Cuba for more than 50 years, she explained. Meanwhile, Termatalia director Alejandro Rubín Ever since that moment the institutions started will come from Spain to talk about health tourism and to get closer and several expeditions of U.S. scientists wellbeing in the world, while Argentinean doctor Andrea came to the island. The first one arrived in 1892 led by Lapeire will refer to the use of physical resources in photo- ornithologist Frank Chapman, Goldberg commented. chrono aging. The links between the two institutions entailed Similarly, Cuba´s Pharmacy and Food Institute (IFAL) In addition to preserving part of the Cuban a comprehensive study that is contained in a book vice dean Milena Díaz will speak about the side effects of biodiversity, the institution has established links with launched during the 11th International Convention on cosmetics. the Cuban Museum of Natural History through research Environment and Development held from July 3 through Other topics to be addressed by the congress are: projects, academic exchanges and more than 30 7 at Havana´s Convention Center. comprehensive cosmetic treatment of age-related expeditions of U.S. scientists. Entitled ¨The History of Scientific Relations between changes, natural skin care products, new cosmetic Cuba and the American Museum of Natural History, products, new cosmetic medicine procedures and the use 160 Years of Collection and Cooperation, ¨ the book of spa waters in cosmetology. describes each of the most important expeditions that The event also includes a trade fair that will allow came to Cuba. exhibitors to participate in business meetings. According to the specialist, the photography is of ¨Cosmetic surgery is developing as rapidly as great importance for the study. Most of the photos are information technology, which is why we want to be unpublished and were taken during the second half of updated on the newest procedures by holding the the 19th century, which enhances the research work. congress on an annual basis, and we are doing it, ¨said The study also includes the main aspects of the the international organizing committee president Diego latest links such as the signing of memoranda of Tomatis. understanding in 2016 and the latest joint expedition The 1st International Congress on Cosmetic Surgery, known as Explore21, which aimed at making an inventory Cosmetology and Aesthetic Medicine was held from July of biodiversity in practically unexplored Cuban regions. 1 to 3 last year at Havana´s Convention Center. 6 CULTURE American Celebs back Cuba on Trump´s policy reversal By MaríaMARTÍNEZ

Actor Danny Glover Over 100 people from the United States have voiced their Peace activist Cindy Sheehan support for a message issued by the National Association to see Donald Trump rolling out the moldy Cold War of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) against President rhetoric regarding Cuba and to see the gains the Cuban Donald Trump´s decision to roll back Obama´s Cuba policy, people fought so hard for be put in jeopardy. The UNEAC statement has so far been signed by US Army Colonel (R) Ann Wright There are many positive programs in Cuba for citizens of the US (including its leaders) to learn from and I hope Trump sees the cowardice in his escalation of tensions and pursuit of re-tightening travel restrictions. Let the people go to Cuba and see for themselves how wonderful it is, she added. Spanish Communist Party of the Workers (PCOE) general secretary Francisco José Barjas Fernández, German ministry counsellor Günter Belchaus and Jamaican writer Keith Ellis also signed the document. The support also came from the Peruvian and Ecuadorian branches of the Network for the Defence of Humanity; the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity; Argentinean League for People’s Rights chairwoman, Graciela Rosemblum, and the general secretary of the Chilean Association of Writers, Luis Aguilera. The UNEAC statement described Trump´s June 16 speech as old-fashioned, obsolete, full of falseness and Professor Dan Kovalik, stereotypes, and addressed to an auditorium that does not represent the majority of the Cuban immigrants. American artists and intellectual such as Oscar-winning “We hope to continue working together in order film director Oliver Stone; actor Danny Glover; the president to build a fruitful relationship in the cultural field general secretary general of the National Council of National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA upon the basis of equality, with the purpose to favour Churches of Christ in the USA, James Winkler; sculptor and President James Winkler the mutual spiritual enrichment of both nations,” the painter Setsuko Ono - John Lenon’s sister-in-law, and US message stated. Army Colonel (R) Ann Wright. Over 3,000 people from 45 countries have already Regarded as a step backward in the The list also includes peace activist Cindy Sheehan, signed the message issued by the UNEAC with the purpose rapprochement started by former president Barack professor Dan Kovalik, Mexican folklore artist Lila Downs; of denouncing the reversal of the Cuba policy announced Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro in Dec. 2014, poets Jorge Palma and Héctor Celano, from Uruguay and on June 16 in Miamiby Trump. Trump´s National Security Presidential Memorandum Argentina, respectively, and Argentinean writer Claudio As many people wrote in social networks, blogs and on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Simiz, among others. other media outlets that was “a sad day”. Toward Cuba restricts even more trips by American Legendary Uruguayan singer Daniel Viglietti; Spanish “Churches in Cuba and in the United States have worked citizens to Cuba, as it creates bureaucratic barriers vocalist Pilar Boyeros, and Dominican popular music singer together for decades to normalize relations between our and bans individual trips. and composer Víctor Víctor, who last February entertained nations and put an end to the US blockade. Donald Trump’s It also bans all economic, commercial or financial the Havana audience with two concerts – one in Casa de dirty trick reverses the progress we have made, but we transactions by US companies with Cuban entities las Américas and the other one in the Pablo de la Torriente know he won’t have the last word,” said Winkler. linked to the military Revolutionary Armed Forces Brau Cultural Centre, have also voiced their support of Cuba. According to peace activist Sheehan, “it is discouraging and intelligence and security services. SPOTLIGHT ON 7 SPOTLIGHT ON Silvio Rodríguez to Perform in New York City

Cuban iconic poet and guitarist Silvio Rodríguez will perform songs from his latest album, Amoríos (2015), SHOW INFORMATION alongside his classic hits during a concert scheduled for September 10, 2017 in New York City´s Central Park. Capital One and SummerStage Sponsored by the City Parks Foundation, En Otro Tono, Member Pre-sale: July 10, 2017 and La Marqueta Retona, the SummerStage Concert will at 12 PM Noon ET mark the first time in 7 years that the celebrated leader of the Cuban „Nueva Trova“ movement will perform in General On-Sale: July 12, 2017 the United States. at 10 AM ET The renowned Cuban singer-songwriter will be $65 accompanied by Rachid López (guitar), Maikel Elizarde http://www.ticketfly.com/ (tres), Niurka González (flutist and clarinetist), Oliver event/1515697 Valdés (drummer and percussionist), Jorge Reyes (double bassist), Jorge Aragón (pianist), and Emilio Vega Show: September 10, 2017 / (vibraphonist), while Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and Doors 5 PM / Show 6 PM guitarist Tito Auger will open the show. SummerStage in Central Park / Silvio Rodríguez last performed in New York in 2010 Rumsey Playfield to a sold-out crowd. The show was his first performance in the United States in 30 years. SummerStage is New York City‘s largest free outdoor performing arts festival, annually bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. Proceeds from SummerStage Benefit Shows help make SummerStage‘s free programs possible. Baracoa Is Well Worth A Visit Text and Photos By Roberto F.CAMPOS

for Guantánamo-Baracoa, Onelquis Ferrer, the primary demand for tourism products in the city relates to their nature, culture and history options. The region‘s renowned Alejandro de Humboldt National Park is one of Cuba‘s tourism sector‘s most enthralling. In addition to being the first villa founded by the Spanish Baracoa is the region´s largest tourist destination and in Cuba, Baracoa is so uniquely charming that many offers visitors a range of very appealing natural and cultural travelers consider it an essential element of their trip. options that include beautiful beaches, rivers, friendly and This eastern Cuban city has become extraordinarily hospitable people and traditional culinary treats that popular with holidaymakers who come to Cuba in search feature locally produced coconut and chocolate. of a nature and adventure oriented vacation. Germany, France, Italy and Spain are the countries Cuban authorities have announced their intention to from which most foreign visitors to the territory come and diversify, meaning that in addition to traditional sun-beach Ferrer explained that 35,000 visited Baracoa and 60,000 holidays, there is now a wide range of history, culture, tour, Guantánamo in 2016 . congresses and nature based options available. Traditional home-stays, nature and culture related Located in oriental province of Guantánamo, the activities, hiking, boat trips, the El Yunque Park, the Yumuri region is attracting an ever increasing number of domestic and christened Ciudad Primada (Cuba‘s first city). In 1518 River and the local flora and fauna are all very popular and foreign visitors, keen to experience its traditions and it was officially declared a city and became Cuba´s first features of a visit. very rich environment. capital and arch-dioceses. El Yunque, a sort of natural lighthouse on the highest hill The city was founded by the Spanish Conquistador A designated National Monument that was almost in Baracoa is a firm favorite for nature and adventure lovers. and later Governor Diego Velázquez on August 15, 1511, totally destroyed by a hurricane last year, the area is now Truly enchanting rivers, mountains, typical dishes and called Our Lady Asunción de Baracoa. exhibiting wonderful renewed landscapes that never fail and relaxed interactions with friendly and hospitable Baracoa was the first place in Cuba to be settled to captivate visitors. locals, all enhance the increasingly sought after Baracoa following the arrival of the first Spanish on the island According to Cuba‘s Tourism Ministry representative tourism experience. 8 CUBA Havana’s Own Tropical Chinatown A Cosmopolitan City’s Asian Quarter Text and Photos By Roberto F.CAMPOS

Chinatown was the biggest and the most learnt different trades in order to avail important on the New Continent and it of better working conditions on the so- has survived thanks to the unrelenting called Zanja Real (Royal Canal) water spirit of the Chinese people who resided supply project – first conceived in 1550 . there. By the turn of the XX century, in The ‚town‘ comprises four or five small excess of 10 thousand Chinese people streets: Calzada de Zanja, Calle Rayo, Calle lived in the 10-block area and small San Nicolás, and Dragones, by far the businesses including restaurants,

In these theatres, both men and laundries, shoemakers and watchmakers women portrayed the opposite sex and began to flourish in addition to acting they sang, performed The Culí group liberated themselves acrobatics, pantomime and martial arts. from their de-facto slavery in 1877 through In 1990, a reconstruction process that the signing of the Chinese-Spanish Treaty has continued until today with differing when Mandarin Chin Lan Pin visited Cuba. degrees of success, commenced in Between 1869 and the first half Chinatown. of the 20th century, many other free Since then, the start of the New Lunar Even though Havana’s Chinatown has lost busiest and most emblematic. Chinese people --principally fleeing racist Year has been celebrated annually . a little of its former glory, it is nonetheless Havana‘s very own Chinatown tale regulations in California (USA) – came This year, in conjunction with a vibrant and colorful and maintains rich commenced with the arrival of the first to Cuba hoping to find a place to settle ceremony to mark the anniversaries of the traditions that are supported every year group Chinese of immigrants to settle in and invest their savings. Interesting arrival of Overseas Chinese in Cuba, it was by local authorities in an effort to revive the city in 1858. associations such as the Kit Yi Tang (The celebrated at the end of January. a tourist attraction and as a reflection of a Amongst them were Chang Leng, who Union, Havana 1867), aimed at uniting all Martial arts schools have opened cosmopolitan capital city. opened a small restaurant and Lam Siu the Chinese and the Heng Yi Tong (The in Chinatown, as has as a center for the Havana’s Chinatown‘s most prominent Yi who had a fruit and vegetable stall on Brothers, Havana 1868) and theYi Song practice of Tai Chi. and characteristic features are its many what is today Zanja street. Tong, a second alliance of the Jaka group, The former Chun Wab old people’s shades of red and renowned restaurants Historian Julio Le Riverend, tells how were established around this time. home became an Elderly Centre and the known locally as “Paladares”, that offer more than 150 thousand Chinese landed The first theatre -- named El Pacífico headquarters of the Chinese residents and visitors dishes that reflect -- as best they in Havana between1847 and 1874. and later to become a cinema -- was built their descendants in Cuba, was renovated can -- traditional cuisine from a distant They were almost exclusively men who on Zanja and San Nicolás streets. at the Cheng Wah Casino, in Amistad, homeland. formed part of the Culí group, which was In 1875, the Sun Yon Theatre opened between Dragones and Barcelona. Havana‘s Chinatown however, also has to replace African slave labor with a new on Lealtad and Reina and another on Zanja Havana’s Chinatown is today a living a unique tropical twist that visitors love to hiring system in agricultural production street named the Shanghai followed. and vibrant area, that enchants people experience firsthand. - and on sugarcane plantations in However, Chinatown‘s most important from all over the world and faithfully Located close to the Capitolio, between particular. theatre was the Águila de Oro, at No. 104, preserves the traditions of the Chinese Amistad and Dragones streets, Havana’s Some, through their own efforts Rayo St., a place that still exists today. men and women who first settled there. ENTERTAINMENT& LISTINGS 9

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Directed by: Lázaro Bedey Miracles of the Angels 7:00 pm Concert by the Galería Habana (soprano) singer-songwriter Polito Servando Cabrera´s Tuesday 18 Ibáñez paintings, 2:00 pm Book Launching: Untill Jul .28 Experiencias de un Creador 10:00 a.m. (Experiences of a creator).

Author: Rafael Ramírez.. Calle 20, Miramar, La Habana, Pabellon Cuba Wednesday 19 .Manolito Simonet y su Saturday 15 11:00 am Children’s show. Trabuco.Every Thursday 11:00 am Concert by Grupo Theater Group La Palabra. MUSEUMS AND Romance Thursday 20 GALLERIES Directed by: Vidal Tarín 10:00 am Workshop of the MUSIC Centro Wifredo Lam Sueños Magicos (Magic Diablo Tun Tun Dreams) project.

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Mariño and his group. Saturday 22 Avenida 35 e/ 20 y 22, Expo Valor de uso Sunday 16 6:00 pm Concert by Miramar, La Habana, Cuba Fecha vie.02/jun /4:00 p.m. 11:00 am Children’s Concert. troubadour Mauricio Ray Fernández. Every Fecha sáb.03/jun al sáb.26/ 5:00 pm. Opera Evenings Figueiral Thursday ago /10:00 a.m. From Jul 01 to Sep 18 10 CULTURE Icíar Bollaín Film About Carlos Acosta By MarthaSÁNCHEZ

The Spanish movie director Icíar Bollaín, that “my company’s evolution has been announced in Havana that she plans to progressive and strong and we have been commence shooting a film this autumn, able to narrow the gap between classical based on the life of the famous Cuban and contemporary dance techniques. It is dancer, Carlos Acosta. no longer apparent who is who, which is According to the film maker, the two- exactly what we set out to achieve; the time Cannes Palme d‘Or prize winner and idea was to form 21st century dancers regular writer of Ken Loach‘s films, Scottish who could naturally dance all styles from screenwriter Paul Laverty, has developed the classical to contemporary to hip hop.” film’s script from Acosta´s autobiographical As director, he hopes that the broad book, No Way Home, even though the film scope of his dancers ability will ensure will not be a typical biopic. that choreographers from all over world “The film will focus on the dancer´s can see their dreams come true at the relationship with his father, who despite Acosta Danza company. being authoritarian and strict, was very He said that the movie, to be shot special to him. on location in Havana and other cities Bollaín told The Havana Reporter that around the globe, will feature a lot of the movie will portray the dancer´s life, dance and that he will create unique but from the perspective of that father- choreographies for it. son relationship,” . He said that felt “very excited by the She added that some events not fantastic script and the possibility to act covered in the book will be appear in the in what will be less a biography than a film and others will be omitted, because work of fiction.” the essential intention is not to create a When the Prince of Wales granted strictly biographic work. him the title of Commander of the Order Many critics consider Carlos Acosta to will explore in detail his present work as Circle awarded him the National Dance of the British Empire, at Buckingham be the best dancer of his generation. director of his own company in Havana. Award in recognition of his lifetime’s Palace, he singled Acosta out for praise In addition to his on-stage The film will also cover Acosta’s achievements. for being an inspiration for young people performances, he has been involved development as a contemporary dancer. He has also won Cuba’s National of humble origins. in two books published in the United According to the filmmaker, the Dance Award and in the UK in 2014 he The film on his life will not be Acosta’s Kingdom, one of which is a novel. production will be backed by Spanish, was granted the title of Commander of first venture into the world of cinema. In Bollaín, who won a Spanish Film French, Germen, and United Kingdom the Order of the British Empire. 2009, the actress Natalie Portman invited Academy Goya award in 2003, intends to based entities and the Cuban Film Acosta now runs and dances in his him to act in a scene in New York, I love shoot her feature film about the dancer Institute (ICAIC). own company, founded in Havana on you, which she directed. in three different stages: childhood, Acosta was a lead London Royal Ballet April 2016. He also had a part in Day of the adolescence and adulthood - with star until his retirement from classical He said recently in relation to the flowers, a film by the British filmmaker, Acosta himself starring in the latter that ballet in 2015, when Great Britain Critics’ diverse backgrounds of his dancers John Roberts. New ‘Soneros de la Juventud ‘ Album By ElianyBENITO The popular young Cuban band, as son, sucu sucu and dengue by the Soneros de la Juventud, will soon launch composer and pianist Dámaso Pérez their third album, produced by their Prado. lead singer and group director Maikel The band recently returned from Dinza and entitled Pa‘ Dinza. His band the multicultural Congo and Bongo Dinza -- a talented cellist and graduate international scene with the Mexican enjoy fusing performances of their Festival in Paris, where their Regalando of the Higher Institute of Singer Joan Sebastian on the ‚El Rey de la own material with the all-time classic Corazones album was launched on May Arts -- launched a solo career with his Ranchera‘ project. compositions, loved by national and 11, on which the track ‚Casual‘ stood out debut ‚Al compás del bailador‘ album . Soneros de la Juventud is a young international Cuban music aficionados. as one of the event´s best. The versatile composer, singer and band playing traditional Cuban music The new album will features The CD Regalando corazones now musical arranger has also been a member with a fresh twist and rescuing almost ten songs, six of which are new and forms part of the catalogue by the of the Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, Son lost Cuban sons. complimented by four well known Swiss-French Benjamin International 14, and Suave Tumbao bands. This band performances of songs Cuban pieces from golden era of the label and it received Cubadisco 2017 He played bass with of the group ‚Yuly about local traditions and emotions are 60‘s. Festival nominations in the New Talents y Havana and was artistic director of their moving and they perfectly compliment The disc showcases different Cuban and Graphic Design categories for the CD, ‚Lo malo se va bailando‘. vivacious and invigorating versions of genres popular in that decade such Bis Music label. He has collaborated on the dance genre classics. 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Located in the eastern province of Guantánamo, Cuba´s smallest cathedral is dedicated to the province´s patron saint: the Italian Saint Catherine Cuba´s Smallest of Ricci. Construction works concluded on July 15, 1842 and the church was blessed on July 27. The Saint Catherine of Ricci council was ratified Church in 1954 and February 13 was chosen to mark her By YadiraCRUZ feast day. The original image was brought from Barcelona Photos by VladimirMOLINA to the Guaso River banks that border the region on October 25, 1856 and it remained on the altar until 1909, when it was replaced by one that can still be seen at the cathedral today. The chapel‘s simple architectural style has a typical 16th century religious building‘s roof and consists of three naves, each of which has a front door. The cathedral beautifully complements the area around the city´s central José Martí park, a hub for social activities, and it is a must-see for both domestic and foreign visitors alike. 12 POLITICS Chile‘s Painful The Left is Ties to Nazism not Dead By FaustoTRIANA By Orlando ORAMAS

Fernando Buen Abad is happy to be described as an Uribe’s paramilitary forces.” intelectual even though there are many other titles by “However, Venezuela is also a nation engaged in the which he might be introduced. organization of a Constituent Assembly in response to a The prolific Mexican is a renowned political analyst, call, on May Day, by President Nicolás Maduro. a perspective from which he assuredly states that claims This will be an enormous referendum, an extraordinary that the cycle of the Latin American left is drawing to a mass mobilization to choose constituency members and close is nothing „more than a myth designed to dampen improve the Magna Carta in three areas, the amendment our spirits.“ of the economic model so as not to depend on oil, the Buen Abad, a Mexican and Latin American intellectual, attainment of an alternative model of production, a is a university professor in his home country and also in the transformation of the political model, in order to finish, The reasons why the film Colonia (Colony) did not attract United States, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Argentina. once and for all, with the existing bourgeois democracy in the attention of mainstream critics remain unknown, The author of over a dozen books, he’s an authority on order to initiate a more dynamic participatory democratic although some suggest that the power of the Nazis may Philosophy of Perception and Communication, Cultural process and the development of a massive cultural have the motive behind the suspicious silence. Criticism, Aesthetics and Semiotics. revolution, including a constituent revolution of the media In Colonia, German director Florian Gallenberger This New York University film director graduate is through which the right wing mainly exerts its power.” freely explores the complicity of German settlers with also a Bachelor of Communication Sciences, a Master of the torture and assassinations of the Augusto Pinochet Political Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy. BEAUTIFUL MEXICO? dictatorship in Chile and a connection with the Nazis. Even such an incomplete list of his titles demands According to Buen Abadre’s the situation in his Mexican A painful truth about the latter was revealed in that Buen Abad’s opinions on Our America in particular– homeland is a particularly sensitive subject for him. more detail when more than 1,000 recently declassified a phrase he borrows from José Martí -- and on current “It’s very painful for me to ponder upon the dead end documents proved that Chileans collaborated with affairs generally, warrant serious consideration. my country has come to. the Nazis. It is a phrase he often returns to in the not always The fact that Manuel López Labrador is winning the The Investigation Police (PDI) have handed over 80 positive context of the hand in glove relationships that popular vote in order to challenge the macabre disaster files to the country´s National Archive, which will be now exist between politics and communication. into which we have been drawn and that through a fraud accessible to Chilean citizens. He says that although information may often be supported by even our judicial institutions, results can be Starring Emma Watson (UK), Daniel Bruhl (Germany) reasonably well dispersed, that it is always manipulated reverted. This is an insult to our people.” and Michael Nyqvist (Sweden), the feature film about in a world in which most of the media serve the cause of He adds “this is an absolutely reckless provocation on Colonia Dignidad describes how the sect´s chief Paul oligarchies and the northern empire that has now entered the part of the government and state institutions to ignore Schaefer collaborates with the Nazis. the Trump era. the legitimate demands and the voice of the people, Schaefer, who was a member of the Hitler Youth and In an exclusive interview with The Havana Reporter, which expressed itself in the State of Mexico through the a German army nurse during World War II, was given long Buen Abad said: “Information is sometimes so well convincing election of a female candidate proposing a sentences on charges with child abuse, possession of war dispersed that it is not until you edit somethings that you considered transformation and a different will to that of weapons and explosives, and the use of chemicals in tortures. realize they are happening on a continental scale. hegemonies that view themselves as the landords of our Parliamentary deputy Gabriel Silber said ¨this was I‘m talking here about things like the social nation.” a state secret until very recently (...), we might now get movements, which have redoubled their activities. “I am convinced that there is a growing combined to know this painful truth about the political figures This can be seen clearly through the record breaking awareness and weariness among the Mexican people and representatives of the business community that demonstrations on Argentina‘s Plaza de Mayo against with the model of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary sympathized with the Nazi regime¨. neoliberal economic policies and the pardons granted to Party), the PAN (National Action Party) and the PRD (Party The declassified documents prove how Nazi the military dictatorship‘s oppressors.” of the Democratic Revolution), which have lost their supporters in Chile provided Germany with information “This is also the case in Guatemala and other countries, capacity to steer the country.” about allied merchant ship routes . even Belize. Buen Abad, a member of the Network of Intellectuals Young people of German origin who settled in In Mexico, you can see the resistance to petrol price and Artists in Defence of Humanity, believes that the southern Chile also received paramilitary training. increases, the crime comitted against the Ayotzinapa violence that reigns in his country and that is manifest in The files were drawn up by the PDI Department No. 50, students, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation a range of social scourges that affect the Mexican people an intelligence agency created in 1941 in Chile after Nazi demonstrations, the growth of the National Regeneration is not sustainable. cells were detected in the country´s south. Movement and the protests against the murder of “State violence is exerted not only by the repressive Their main objective, also pursued in Argentina, journalists.” forces of the Army, the police and other agencies financed was to control he Magellan Strait –key waterway for “In short, I see this as a time of encouraging and to suppress and spy on the people. maritime communication - by using pro-Nazi groups in promising multiple manifestations, which tend to show There is another manifestation of violence, the really the two countries. that the so-called end of the left-wing and the progressive difficult situation that in excess of half the nation‘s the There is evidence that after the war many Nazi forces cycle in Latin America and the Caribbean is a myth population live below the the poverty line. supporters fled to South America –mainly to Argentina to discourage the people, to demobilize people.” The extent of the irresponsible national debt that has and Chile- to avoid facing justice in Europe. been reached is a further example of the economic and At that time, the PDI arrested about 40 people in VENEZUEL UNDER ATTACK political violence perpetrated against our homeland.” possession of code books, radios, arms and Third Reich About the series of demonstrations by both sides still “To this, we must add the disappeared, the exact supported plans to bomb mines in northern Chile.. ongoing in Venezuela, he says that, “there’s a desperate number of whom number unknown but certainly The PDI General Director, Héctor Espinosa, told how right-wing group in Venezuela that has been driven to surpasses 150 thousand, the unacceptable number of Nazi groups neutralized by the Chilean Police had also despair by the revolutionary project, which they attack murders that must shame any government claiming to planned to destroy the Panama Canal. with terrorist acts, some of which are modeled on the so- be democratic, the number of unsolved and unpunished Back then, 22 Chilean civil police agents formed part called Islamic State. crimes, such as that of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students of a special anti-Nazi division that detained dozens of Nazi These can be are very violent and are accompanied which still awaits a profound and serious official answer militants and seized important documents. by lots of photos and media attention and form part of and the extent of crimes against journalists. Espinoza stressed that ¨Chile‘s children and younger another continental Operation Condor . All these constitute a brutal anguish imposed to generations deserve to know what this group of detectives These are very well orchestrated acts that are well terrify the people in the face of permanent impunity and did to prevent Nazism from spreading its tentacles across the financed from above as the result of infiltration and the shamelessness. entire continent. We are making history with this action. ¨ involvement of former Colombian president Álvaro This is the violence of a State against its own people.” ECONOMY 13 French Airline Corsair Enters Cuban Market By Roberto F. CAMPOS

transports 1,200,000 passengers between the two countries at Last year, the airline ranked annually. Havana´s Hotel Sevilla Mercure. fifth in the Caribbean region, During a meeting at Sunrise Airways President carrying 80,780 passengers and the residence of the French Philippe Bayard, and Explore this year is expected to transport ambassador in Cuba Jean-Marie Caribbean product and 120,000 travelers with stopovers Bruno, Izaquirre explained that development manager Pascale in Cuba, the , France is one of the Island’s top B. Hilaire explained the potential Guyana, Curacao, Aruba and Saint ten tourist source markets. of such ties and their promising Martin. Cuba currently has 67,000 prospects for Caribbean regional Hilaire referred to the hotel rooms, of which 7,000 were development. attractions of . With Port au restored last year and 2,000 others Bayard said that Cuba-Haiti Prince as capital and a population renovated. In addition to state-run relations date back to more than of 12 million people, it was establishments, there are 2,000 200 years, that Cuba´s National the first country to obtain the private restaurants and more than Hero José Martí had played a role independence from France in Cuba, and tour to Cuba comes on the back of 21,000 guesthouse rooms. in them and that they involved 1804, . operators are never far from growing tourist arrivals and the A total of 68 airlines fly into a shared history that led to She mentioned the most tourism industry headline news. strengthening of bilateral relations Cuba, connecting it with 70 major everlasting bonds. important hotels offering some The arrival in Havana of between the two countries. cities across the globe. A total of He stressed the need to 5,000 rooms and a tourist police recently of the first Corsair Airlines Corsair general director Pascal 25 cruise ships are now operating enhance air and sea connectivity force consisting of 120 agents, of France flight, further highlights de Izaguirre, who traveled aboard to the island with another in the Caribbean to facilitate deployed principally in the capital Cuba’s tourism industry’s the flight, said he was happy with eight scheduled to join them tourism development, an issue and Cape Haitian. commitment to the travel the new route and about having a soon, resulting in a total of 265 addressed at the most important Cuba and Haiti complement industry, with a particular focus on presence in Cuba. stopovers and more than 170,000 summits of Caribbean presidents each other through the multi- Europe. Izaguirre, also TUI France tour passenger arrivals recorded so far and prime ministers. destination option that is likely Tourism companies have operator president, said their aim this year. Hilaire explained that Explore to grow in the future, the official expressed strong interest in is to offer clients an opportunity to For the first time ever, Cuba Caribbean can now offer all- stressed. investing in Cuba at a time when discover this amazing destination, welcomed more than four million inclusive packages because She displayed images of 23 -- in addition to the inaugural through two weekly flights at tourists last year, a significant Sunrise has grown so much. kilometers of virgin beaches flight by the French airline -- the present and likely to increase number of which were European, The airline, she noted, began awaiting investors to build hotels Germany´s Kempinski Company’s going forward. another reason why Corsair’s with three 19 seat aircraft. In and highlighted other attractions new luxury Hotel Manzana TUI is the world´s leading arrival is so important. February 2016, had since acquired such as mountains, markets, opened in Havana. tour operator serving nearly 180 Another significant recent 46 seat ATR 42 planes and that an craftsmanship, local cuisine, The launch of the new flight destinations worldwide. tourism news item relates to Airbus 320 was recently added to ecotourism, and fishing. also coincides with the plans for Corsair International is a multi-destination travel. the fleet. During the Haitian embassy the launch of a direct flight from subsidiary of TUI France and In early June, Haiti´s Sunrise Sunrise presently operates six organized promotion, typical Haiti, indicating the dynamism of a regular French airline that Airways and its tour operator weekly flights from Haiti to Cuba, Haitian dances and special reserve demand from a variety of regions. specializes in long haul flights. Explore Caribbean presented two each from Havana, Camagüey eight year old Rum Barbancourt The inaugural Corsair flight It employs a staff of 1,150 and details of enhanced tourism ties and . were also on display. 14 ECONOMY Promising Predictions for Cuban Coffee Production By María JuliaMAYORAL

plantations features as the main result obtained so far after nearly four years of investments, which translates into the gradual growth of crops. Of the 66,000 hectares of land destined to grow coffee in Cuba, more than 40,000 were renewed between 2013 and 2016, Legrá explained. Government plays a key role in Cuba´s coffee plans because large PHOTO: Ferval PHOTO: amounts of money are needed revival will enable increasing the to recover an agricultural activity sales of Cubacafé business group, affected by multiple factors the main supplier of coffee for the including the exodus of workforce CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos) and climate variations. shops where famous brands Beginning in 2013, new such as Serrano, Cubita, El Arriero technologies were brought and andRegil are sold. two biotechnology labs were set This will also guarantee higher up at the Jibacoa (central Cuba) Cuba´s gold coffee production This year´s output is expected work of scientists and producers. coffee supplies for the tourist and Tercer Frente (East) stations to in 2017 is likely to yield some to record some 8,000 tons of The goal is to produce more than industry, where the demand grow plants of high genetic value. 8,000 tons as result of the gradual coffee, 1,500 tons more than 15,000 annual tons of gold coffee for the high quality Cuban Likewise, 20 new quality- recovery in the sector, although in 2016, Legrá told The Havana by 2021, he said. coffee, both ground and beans, control labs were established at figures are still low. Reporter. The sector´s gradual recovery continues on the rise due to the main agricultural enterprises, According to Agro-forestry The expert added that the will also allow foreign trade to take the growing number of foreign the director noted. Business Group´s Coffee, Cocoa sector´s revival is beginning to off: Cuba´s gold coffee exports tourists coming to the island. The science-agricultural and Coconut division chief, give fruits, even though we have are estimated to reach 1,000 Another key element will be to practices relationship allowed Elexis Legrá, the first results of not yet seen the agricultural tons in 2017 and some 3,000 cut coffee imports for the people´s building 34 schools in coffee- continuing investments in this outputs we are aiming at tons by 2021, thus contributing basic basket, which presently growing areas, where coffee field were recorded in 2016 when By 2020, all coffee farms income for more than $16 million, total some 11,000 tons annually, growers, technicians and other the production grew about 2,000 should be using basic and according to current prices. accounting for nearly $25 million. personnel are trained by experts tons compared to 2015. certified seeds, thanks to the joint As to the domestic market, this The transformation of the from the Agro-Forestry Institute. SPORTS 15

USA Beats Cuba in Friendly Hospital Ortopédico Baseball Series Frank País By AlfredoBOADA

The US Collegiate National Team beat Cuba for the third year in a row in the traditional friendly series that are annually held since 2012. Talented players such as shortstop Nick Madrigal, left outfielders Steele Walker and Travis Swaggerty and first baseman Braden Shewmake, confirmed the quality of the US collegiate baseball in the five-game series against Cuba, “We want our players to find their LEADING PROGRAMS whose roster included prospect like Cuban spirit inside, maybe not during the catcher Ariel Martínez and outfielders whole season but at least for a couple of Cement and non-cement hip endoprosthesis  Total knee endoprosthesis  Victor Victor Mesa and Yoelkis Céspedes. weeks,” he said with a smile on his face. Elbow and shoulder endoprosthesis  Heap, shoulder, wrist, knee and ankle Although the US team has defeated After highlighting that in Cuba arthroscopy  Herniated disk and spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis  Scoliosis Cuba in the last three friendly series, USA people know and play baseball as if they surgery  Minimally invasive foot surgery  Deformity correction with external Baseball CEO Paul Seiler said that facing were literally “going to sweat blood,” xation and limb lengthening.  Use of platelet-rich plasma in orthopedics  a Cuban team in a baseball field is a real the USA Baseball CEO advocated for the International Scienti c Center gauge for the United States. continuity of these friendly series. “If our team wins, that’s because we “I hope it goes on like this for a longer are playing well; but if we lose, then we time,” said Seiler, who’s been coming back can know what areas of the game we and forth to Cuba for 20 years, a country have to improve,” Seiler told The Havana where he always feels amazed at the level Reporter at the Durham Bulls’ Park, in of knowledge and information ordinary North Carolina, shortly before the start of people have on sports in general, and one of the friendly game. baseball in particular. Avenida 51 No. 19603 e/190 y 202. La lisa. La Habana. Cuba Seiler, a passionate admirer of what he The friendly series between Cuba and calls “the Cubans’ passion for baseball”, said the United States started 30 years ago, Tel.: 53-7 271 8646 / 7272 1053 that he would love American players to but were interrupted in 1996 because E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] feel the same fervour and passion Cuban of a unilateral decision by the US http://instituciones.sld.cu/ortopfpais/ and Latin players show for this sport. government, until resumed in 2012. 16 CUBA Carnival Catches Cuba Cruise Fever By TeyunéDÍAZ

Cruise ship Carnival Paradise´s by the Miami-based Carnival Carnival is planning to bring to in a statement that the recent than a year ago”, the company recent stopover at the Havana Corporation was headed by Cuba over 25,000 passengers in tightening of travel rules to Cuba stated. cruise ship terminal can be Cuba´s Aries Transportes S.A the next 6 months. by the Trump Administration Carnival has scheduled regarded as another example general manager Angel Diaz- His Cuban counterpart will not prevent its ships from 12 four and five day cruises of the favourable image Cuba Albertini and Carnival Corp. said the arrival of the cruise sailing to the island. to Cuba on Carnival Paradise continues to gain as a tourist Executive Deputy Chairman liner is another possibility of “We will review the extent from Tampa, Florida. Each destination, and the growing Gustavo Antorcha. increasing visits by American of the tightening of the travel cruise includes a daytime and interest of American citizens in After voicing his joy for being tourists interested in getting rules, but our guests have overnight call in Havana and visiting the island nation. in Cuba, as part of a long-awaited familiar with the Cuban reality, already been traveling under provides vacationers a rare and The welcoming ceremony trip and onboard his company´s its patrimonial, cultural and the 12 approved forms of travel exciting opportunity to explore of the 260 metre-long and largest ship travelling to the natural wealth. to Cuba since we undertook our the fascinating and historic 2,052-passenger ship owned island so far, Antorcha said Carnival Corporation said historic first cruise to Cuba more destination.