Thursday, July 03th, 2014

Travel Freedom Raises Questions About U.S. Policies Toward Cuba

by GREG ALLEN After being away for decades, many members of the first generation of Cuban-American exiles are returning to their native land. But there are still many uneasy with the relaxed travel restrictions. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, July 03th, 2014

Cuba's Budding Entrepreneurs Travel A Rocky Road Toward Success

by DAVID GREENE and JASMINE GARSD When Americans think of business in Cuba, they think of government-owned enterprise. And the vast majority of Cubans do work for the state. But in recent years, private business owners known as cuentapropistas have flourished on the island. Cuentapropismo literally means "on your own account." As far back as the 1970s, Fidel Castro was talking about how socialism and small… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, July 01th, 2014

Cuba's Mariel Port: Once An Escape, Now A Window To The Future

by DAVID GREENE and JASMINE GARSDWhen you arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, you're greeted with a barrage of billboards with the popular Cuban government slogan promoting tourism: "Cuba, where the past and the present converge."Perhaps nowhere on the island is that statement more true than in the city of Mariel, about 30 miles from Havana on the northwestern coast.Mariel… [Read Full Article]

Monday, June 30th, 2014

With Cash And Fat Fryers, Americans Feed Cuba's Growing Free Market

by Greg AllenEvery day, you can see signs of a subtle change in relations between Cuba and the U.S. at Miami International Airport.More Cubans than ever before are coming to the U.S. to visit, and the number of Cuban-Americans traveling back to the island is also at record levels. With all the visitors, money and goods are now traveling to… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, June 26th, 2014

Tourism Money Flows Into Cuba, Bringing Economic Hopes And Fears

Every morning, Manuel Landin Rodriguez walks past the luxurious state-owned Xanadu Mansion hotel and crosses its neatly trimmed golf course all the way to its edge. He camps out on the cliff overlooking the turquoise Caribbean waters that make the resort town of Varadero on Cuba's northern coast so famous.Landin, a retired physical education teacher, comes to the spot to… [Read Full Article]