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Cuba Travel News Archives

Cuba Travel News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | San Diego Reader

Havana, Cuba

"Where all cars are taxis, and all women are whores." This raucous response to the frequently posed pre-trip question, "So what does Cuba mean to you?" understandably stood out the most.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Travel, Havana, Cuba Travel

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Slam Sports

Snapshot of Cuba

Q: I will be retiring in the new year and would like to visit Cuba. One of the interests I have put aside all these years has been photography.

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Related Topix: Travel, Cuba, World News, Central America, Photography, Arts, Havana, Cuba Travel, Winter Sports, Curling

Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Ledger

Cuban Baptist Pastors Had Fla. Ties

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:02 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:02 p.m. LAKELAND Two Cuban Baptist pastors, arrested earlier this month and held for two weeks without charges, have a strong connection to the local headquarters of a moderate state Baptist organization.

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Related Topix: Lakeland Metro, Lakeland, FL, Travel, Cuba, World News, Deltona, FL, Miami Metro

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Carlos Acosta's holiday heaven and hell

Carlos Acosta, the Cuban ballet dancer, on living in London, being stung by a scorpion and depressing Russian hotels.

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Related Topix: Travel, Arts, Ballet, Bollywood

Sat Oct 17, 2009

StarTribune

Travel: Cuba, on two wheels

Although there are exceptions, U.S. citizens and residents are generally prohibited from traveling to the island.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Travel, Costa Rica Travel,

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Caribbean Net News

ALBA tourism ministers analyse impact of world economic crisis

The impact of the world economic crisis on tourism is one of the topics on the agenda of the 2nd Meeting of Tourism Ministers of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas , underway in this capital.

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Related Topix: Travel, Havana, Cuba Travel, Venezuela,

Wed Oct 14, 2009

SooToday

Sunwing announces charter flights to Cuba

The following news release about weekly Sunwing flights to Cuba was issued today by the Sault Ste.

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Related Topix: Travel, Canada, Cuba, World News,

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Inter Press Service

CUBA-US: Mixed Messages

While the Cuban government has intensified its protests against the U.S. embargo, typically hostile signals between the two nations have been mixed with hints of a more relaxed tone since U.S. President Barack Obama took office.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Travel, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Raul Castro

About.com

Lifting of Cuba Embargo Seen Possible, But Is Cuba Ready for Tourists?

Legislation to lift the ban on travel from the U.S. and Cuba is making the most headway in Congress in years, but experts aren't sure that Cuba is ready for an influx of American tourists.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Miami Dade County, FL

Sat Oct 10, 2009

The Independent

The package resort of Varadero is peculiarly and defiantly Cuban

A new collection of travel photography lets readers pinpoint for themselves where in the world each image was taken.

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Related Topix: Cuba, Travel

Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Victoria Star

At SunWing, the best deals are right now

It's not unusual to see folks in shorts and sandals at the Saint John Airport in March.

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Related Topix: Travel, Mexico Travel, North America, Canada, World News, Cuba,

Wed Oct 07, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

U.S.-Cuba travel flourishing

Joan Brown Campbell, the church lady who befriended Elian Gonzalez 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.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Travel, US News, New York,

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Canada.com

Cuba, Caribbean travel information and guide

Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted forests and crystal fields of ice. Not so far, far away in a place called Montana.

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Related Topix: Travel, Glacier National Park, US National Parks

Mon Oct 05, 2009

New York Times

U.S. Official Meets With Cuban Authorities

In another sign of improving relations between Cuba and the United States, a senior State Department official has talked with high-level Cuban officials in Havana about a variety of issues, including ways to improve cooperation on migration and the fight against drug trafficking.

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Related Topix: Travel, Cuba, NY

Sun Oct 04, 2009

ABC News

Dollar Sign: Cuba Gearing Up For U.S. Tourists

The country famed for vintage architecture, rum, cigars and '50s cars has a new spin.

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Related Topix: Travel, Havana, Cuba Travel, Fidel Castro

Sat Oct 03, 2009

USA Today

Cuba: Close, but no cigar for U.S. tourists

The sights and sounds of a country off-limits to U.S. tourists. Quintessential Cuba: Vintage American cars predating the U.S. trade embargo roll past colonial architecture that has made Old Havana a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Related Topix: Travel, Havana, Cuba Travel, Fidel Castro

Fri Oct 02, 2009

USA Today

Future looks bright for Cuba's Varadero Beach

This 13-mile line of mainly all-inclusive resorts and dazzling stretches of white sand is a well-known budget destination for Canadians and Europeans.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Travel, Dominican Republic Travel, Dominican Republic, Central America

Stabroek News

US envoy in Cuba met officials, citizens

A senior US diplomat who participated in recent talks in Havana about resuming bilateral mail service with Cuba stayed around to meet with Cuban officials and other Cubans in the latest sign of thawing US-Cuba relations.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Travel, Fidel Castro

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Associated Content

Holiday in Cuba

Despite the fact that Cuba has always been considered an island of Communism, the country continues to attract tourists from all over the world.

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Inter Press Service

ENVIRONMENT: Cuba Encourages Ecotourism in Largest Wetland

CIENAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, Oct 1 - The Zapata wren is known in Cuba as the "soprano of the forest" for its lovely song.

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Related Topix: Travel, Life, Hobbies, Bird Watching, Cuba, World News

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