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What is clave, the rhythm at the heart of Cuban music

What is clave, the rhythm at the heart of Cuban music

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What UNESCO means by rumba in Cuba, beyond a dance style

What UNESCO means by rumba in Cuba, beyond a dance style

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Rubio urges Cuba to free 700 political prisoners

Rubio urges Cuba to free 700 political prisoners

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Havana apartment building struggles through Cuba’s latest nationwide blackout

Havana apartment building struggles through Cuba’s latest nationwide blackout

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Trump targets Cuba’s doctor exports, a key source of foreign currency

Trump targets Cuba’s doctor exports, a key source of foreign currency

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Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrives in Miami after parole approval

Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrives in Miami after parole approval

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Cuba eVisas start at $85, guide offers same-day processing

Cuba eVisas start at $85, guide offers same-day processing

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Cuba’s baseball roots run deep, from 1860s to national identity

Cuba’s baseball roots run deep, from 1860s to national identity

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Danzón, how Cuba turned a European dance into a national symbol
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Danzón, how Cuba turned a European dance into a national symbol

Danzón began as a borrowed salon dance, then Cuba remade it into a national marker of identity. Its footprint still shows up in heritage policy and cultural memory.

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US sends first humanitarian flight to Cuba amid shortages
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US sends first humanitarian flight to Cuba amid shortages

The first U.S. aid flight carried 700 hygiene kits and 700 food items for up to 700 families, routed through Catholic groups instead of Havana.

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Cuba’s bolero, the song form UNESCO recognized with Mexico in 2023
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Cuba’s bolero, the song form UNESCO recognized with Mexico in 2023

UNESCO’s 2023 bolero listing gave Cuba a global seal of approval, but the real test is whether that recognition strengthens the singers, guitar builders, and traditions keeping it alive.

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What is clave, the rhythm at the heart of Cuban music
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What is clave, the rhythm at the heart of Cuban music

Clave is not just a percussion lick. It is the organizing pulse that shapes son, rumba, mambo, and Afro-Cuban jazz, and it clicks once you count 3-2 and 2-3.

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What UNESCO means by rumba in Cuba, beyond a dance style
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What UNESCO means by rumba in Cuba, beyond a dance style

UNESCO did not inscribe rumba as a stage dance. It recognized a living Cuban practice of music, movement, memory, and neighborhood life.

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Cuba eVisas start at $85, guide offers same-day processing
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Cuba eVisas start at $85, guide offers same-day processing

Cuba trips now hinge on the eVisa, not a casual booking. The official entry pass starts at $85, with same-day processing for last-minute plans.

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Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrives in Miami after parole approval
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Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrives in Miami after parole approval

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara landed in Miami after U.S. authorities approved his parole, shifting one of Cuba’s best-known dissident voices from prison in Cuba to the exiled opposition in South Florida.

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Cuba traveler faces $450 car rental quote as transport costs soar
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Cuba traveler faces $450 car rental quote as transport costs soar

A Cienfuegos traveler was quoted $450 for a one-day Havana pickup, then settled for a three-day Rentacar booking at $320 as fuel and payments turned unstable.

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Cuban diaspora turns online delivery services into lifeline for families
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Cuban diaspora turns online delivery services into lifeline for families

Diaspora buyers can send beans, chicken and cooking oil straight to Havana, turning apps like Supermarket23 into a survival line. Fuel shortages have made that lifeline shaky.

Jamie Taylor2m read
Cuba draft housing law expands state control over private homes
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Cuba draft housing law expands state control over private homes

A 91-page draft would let courts strip rights to neglected homes, reassign them to municipal control, and lock subsidized units down for 15 years.

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Rubio urges Cuba to free 700 political prisoners
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Rubio urges Cuba to free 700 political prisoners

Rubio’s demand puts 700 Cuban political prisoners back at the center of Washington’s pressure campaign, with travel, remittances and sanctions now the next watchpoints.

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Trump targets Cuba’s doctor exports, a key source of foreign currency
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Trump targets Cuba’s doctor exports, a key source of foreign currency

Washington has moved past visa threats and is now hitting foreign officials who pay Havana for doctors, a direct threat to one of Cuba’s last hard-currency lifelines.

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Cuba turns to solar-powered tricycles as fuel shortages deepen
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Cuba turns to solar-powered tricycles as fuel shortages deepen

Solar tricycles now keep Havana moving, but $2,000 to $4,000 prices leave them in reach only for Cubans with money from abroad.

Sam Ortega2m read
Cuba’s Guiteras plant fails again, pushing power deficit near record
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Cuba’s Guiteras plant fails again, pushing power deficit near record

Guiteras tripped again on its boiler economizer, pushing Cuba’s projected deficit to 2,206 MW, just two megawatts below the record.

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Cuba Budget Guide: Sample Costs, Currency, Tipping and Travel Tips
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Cuba Budget Guide: Sample Costs, Currency, Tipping and Travel Tips

Practical budgeting and money tips for travel in Cuba, with sample costs, currency advice and contingency planning to help you avoid surprises.

Jamie Taylor2m read
Sherritt warns its Cuba business may not remain a going concern
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Sherritt warns its Cuba business may not remain a going concern

Sherritt’s Cuba warning lands as Moa nickel output, energy projects and hard-currency inflows are squeezed, while its Alberta refinery nears shutdown.

Jamie Taylor2m read
UNESCO adds Cuban son to world heritage list
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UNESCO adds Cuban son to world heritage list

UNESCO’s December 2025 inscription put Cuban son on the world heritage list, spotlighting the tres, clave, and call-and-response at salsa’s root.

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Planning a Trip to Cuba in 2026: Visas, Flights and Practical Tips
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Planning a Trip to Cuba in 2026: Visas, Flights and Practical Tips

Get up-to-date visa, flight and entry rules for travel to Cuba in 2026, plus practical steps on documents, insurance, and connectivity that matter to U.S. visitors.

Jamie Taylor3m read
Cuba suspends tourist e-visa system for five days, travel plans hit
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Cuba suspends tourist e-visa system for five days, travel plans hit

Cuba’s tourist e-visa system went offline for five days, leaving travelers waiting until July 21 for entry approval. Already booked trips risked delays, changes and missed departures.

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Begging spreads in Cuba as poverty becomes impossible to ignore
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Begging spreads in Cuba as poverty becomes impossible to ignore

Begging has become a daily gauge of Cuba’s collapse, with Holguin street scenes, rising prices and thinning safety nets all pointing to the same breakdown.

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Cuba blocks activists from attending US Independence Day event in Havana
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Cuba blocks activists from attending US Independence Day event in Havana

Cuban State Security used summons, surveillance and detentions to keep activists out of the U.S. Embassy’s July 4 celebration in Havana.

Jamie Taylor2m read
Cuba's transport crisis turns a family reunion into a long delay
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Cuba's transport crisis turns a family reunion into a long delay

The bus to Camagüey left hours late because there was no fuel, then hit a checkpoint and a storm that soaked the seats and floor.

Sam Ortega2m read
Connecting in Cuba via ETECSA Nauta Wi‑Fi, Mobile and Home Plans
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Connecting in Cuba via ETECSA Nauta Wi‑Fi, Mobile and Home Plans

ETECSA runs Cuba’s Nauta Wi‑Fi, Nauta Hogar, Nauta Plus and Cubacel mobile services; practical steps, prices and technical tips to get online are provided for residents and visitors.

Jamie Taylor3m read
Wifredo Lam bridged Cuba, Surrealism and Afro-Caribbean art
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Wifredo Lam bridged Cuba, Surrealism and Afro-Caribbean art

Lam’s Jungle is the clearest shortcut into Cuban modernism: masks, cane and fragmented bodies turn Afro-Caribbean identity into a Surrealist, anti-colonial language.

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Meliá’s Cuba hotels face uncertainty as tourism stays weak
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Meliá’s Cuba hotels face uncertainty as tourism stays weak

Only a handful of Meliá hotels were still open in Cuba by July 14, and Sol Palmeras had just reopened after four months shut.

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Cuba to open first cable ski park in Ciego de Ávila
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Cuba to open first cable ski park in Ciego de Ávila

Cuba will open its first cable ski park in northern Ciego de Ávila on August 11, betting on a sea-mounted, non-hotel draw to widen Jardines del Rey’s appeal.

Jamie Taylor2m read
Havana zoo welcomes four Bengal tiger cubs, including rare white cub
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Havana zoo welcomes four Bengal tiger cubs, including rare white cub

Four Bengal tiger cubs were born at Havana’s National Zoo, including a rare white cub, as the zoo worked through blackouts and diesel rationing.

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Cubans greet market reforms with hope, skepticism and exhaustion
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Cubans greet market reforms with hope, skepticism and exhaustion

A Havana blackout kept one man from hearing about Cuba’s biggest reform package in decades, a fitting snapshot of hope mixed with fatigue.

Nina Kowalski2m read
How to Complete Cuba's D'Viajeros Entry Form Before You Fly
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How to Complete Cuba's D'Viajeros Entry Form Before You Fly

Cuba's D'Viajeros form is the free, mandatory pre-arrival declaration that generates the QR code your airline scans at check-in — miss it and you don't board.

Jamie Taylor7m read