MiamiHerald.com: Cuba Travel http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Cuba Travel http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Cuba Travel 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:08:15 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1279295.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1279295.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:28 EDT A powerful campaign to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba is rumbling through Congress, with both backers and opponents predicting eventual victory and a Cuban-American Senator holding a key vote. U.S.-Cuba travel flourishing http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1266976.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1266976.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:36 EDT Joan Brown Campbell, the church lady who befriended Elián González during his sojourn here a decade ago, has been to Cuba 37 times -- except during the last Bush administration, when she could not get the required U.S. permission to visit the island for four straight years. All Americans should be allowed travel to Cuba, says new poll http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1292944.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1292944.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:39 EDT A new poll of Cuban Americans shows a strong majority favor allowing all Americans to travel to the island, a major shift from a 2002 survey that showed only a minority supporting the change, the Bendixen & Associates polling firm reported Tuesday. Q & A http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999284.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999284.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:22 EDT General information about the travel restriction changes and what they mean Travel tips http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999286.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999286.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:23 EDT - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1003135.html" target="_blank">Before you go</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/1469/story/1002726.html" target="_blank">Top picks for Cuba</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1003098.html" target="_blank" style="color:#000;">Events and festivals</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/998062.html" style="color: #000;" target="_blank">A beach-lovers tour</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/998440.html" style="color: #000;" target="_blank">A Guide to Havana</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/999594.html" target="_blank" style="color: #000;">Havana: Where to stay</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/382/story/998441.html" target="_blank" style="color: #000;">Visiting Sancti Spiritus</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.moon.com/blogs/cuba-costa-rica" target="_blank" style="color: #000;">Christopher Baker's Cuba travel blog</a> A look back http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999416.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999416.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:48 EDT The history of travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba from the '60s to present day Have questions? http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/706732.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/706732.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:14 EDT If you have any questions regarding travel to Cuba, get them answered here. All Americans should be allowed travel to Cuba, says new poll http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1292944.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1292944.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:39 EDT A new poll of Cuban Americans shows a strong majority favor allowing all Americans to travel to the island, a major shift from a 2002 survey that showed only a minority supporting the change, the Bendixen & Associates polling firm reported Tuesday. U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1279295.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1279295.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:28 EDT A powerful campaign to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba is rumbling through Congress, with both backers and opponents predicting eventual victory and a Cuban-American Senator holding a key vote. U.S.-Cuba travel flourishing http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1266976.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1266976.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:36 EDT Joan Brown Campbell, the church lady who befriended Elián González during his sojourn here a decade ago, has been to Cuba 37 times -- except during the last Bush administration, when she could not get the required U.S. permission to visit the island for four straight years. Changes to Cuban travel, gift rules now official http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1216845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1216845.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:27 EDT The federal rules regulating what gifts and how much cash can be sent to Cuba finally became official Thursday, five months after President Barack Obama announced a loosening of restrictions amid great fanfare. South Florida sees upswing in family trips to Cuba http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1224032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1224032.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:26 EDT Nildo Herrera drew the stares of fellow passengers and airline ticket agents as he checked into his recent Havana flight at Miami International Airport wearing five hats, one atop another. Key West flights to Cuba? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1155714.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1155714.html Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:57 EDT There are just three cities in the U.S. that have flights departing for Havana, Cuba, and Key West would like to be the fourth -- or at least the fifth Cruise co. shares jump on Cuba speculation http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1144504.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1144504.html Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:19 EDT Cruise companies leapt alongside a broad rise in consumer discretionary stocks on Wednesday, partly boosted by news that U.S. and Cuban officials began their first talks on Cuban migration this week. U.S. agent for Cuba gets life in prison http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344839.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344839.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thirty years of spying for Cuba will send a retired State Department official to prison for life after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to sending secrets to the United States' longtime antagonist. Spies for Cuba plead guilty, one gets life in prison http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344148.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07 EST A retired State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified information from the U.S. to Cuba. Blogger in Cuba has Washington's ear http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1343131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1343131.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00 EST Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba. Parts of Cuban blogger's essay read aloud in House http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1342657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1342657.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that ``along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts, and sunblock, support, solidarity, and freedom could come too.'' Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who this week drew the attention of President Barack Obama, wrote in an essay to House Foreign Affairs chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., that lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba ``could bring more results in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raúl Castro.'' Cuba travel ban under discussion in Washington http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341647.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:52 EST U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen blasted efforts to open Cuba up to U.S. tourists Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs Coomittee meeting, suggesting the tourist dollars would only keep the regime in power. Report: Cuba's Raúl Castro as ruthless as Fidel http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341025.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report on the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power. Poll: Cubans `frustrated' over life in Cuba http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1337133.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1337133.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Any goodwill Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba's new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll indicating that more than four out of five Cubans surveyed inside the country are unhappy with its direction. Case appears closed on 'Cuban Five' http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1119455.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1119455.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:15 EDT If one person's freedom fighter is another's terrorist, the case of the Cuban Five illustrates the chasm that remains between Havana and Washington, despite recent overtures that are gradually easing tensions left over from the Cold War. Cuba's so hot it's cool http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087239.html Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:29 EDT Tell friends you have just been to Cuba, and depending on the circles in which you travel, you may be rewarded with a lot of envy. Cuba is hot, and we're not talking about the tropical weather. Cuba goes capitalist http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087217.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087217.html Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:10 EDT Come July, there will be another sign of Cuba’s New Labour-style accommodation of the capitalist 21st century: wealthy foreigners will be able to buy luxury holiday homes on the island. U.S. pushed hard for OAS accord http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1082905.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1082905.html Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:52 EDT For a few hours this week, the Organization of American States appeared about to splinter: Leftist Latin American governments squared off against the United States over whether Cuba should be allowed to rejoin the main forum for political cooperation in the hemisphere. Inside the OAS's Cuba conundrum http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1077392.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1077392.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:12 EDT Latin American leaders usually have few qualms about lecturing the U.S. on what they regard as the folly of its Cuba policy, especially of late. Reintegrating Cuba has become a priority issue for many if not most of the region's governments, who see it as a way to break with the Cold War politics and U.S. hegemony that burdened the region in the 20th century. Changes to Cuban travel, gift rules now official http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1216845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1216845.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:27 EDT The federal rules regulating what gifts and how much cash can be sent to Cuba finally became official Thursday, five months after President Barack Obama announced a loosening of restrictions amid great fanfare. South Florida sees upswing in family trips to Cuba http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1224032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1224032.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:26 EDT Nildo Herrera drew the stares of fellow passengers and airline ticket agents as he checked into his recent Havana flight at Miami International Airport wearing five hats, one atop another.