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May 2, 2013

TIA restores seasonal flights to Holguin, Cuba

Drew Harwell, Tampa Bay Times – Three months after the flights were suspended, Tampa International Airport announced Thursday it would host new seasonal flights to Holguin, Cuba. Starting next month, ABC Charters will fly once a week to the east Cuban beach town, about 500 miles from Havana, airport officials… read more »

April 30, 2013

Members of Congress ask White House to expand Cuba travel policy

Office of Rep. Sam Farr, WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) today sent a letter signed by 59 Members of Congress to President Barack Obama, asking the Administration to expand its current policy for travel to Cuba. The letter encourages President Obama to allow all categories of permissible travel… read more »

April 25, 2013

Castor’s stance on Cuba elicits jeers, but then supporters rally

Jane Meinhardt, Tampa Bay Business Journal – A revolting response to Congresswoman Kathy Castor’s stand on the embargo against Cuba and her recent trip to the island galvanized hundreds of area residents — especially Patrick Manteiga, publisher of La Gaceta. A person described as the self-appointed leader of a minority pro-embargo group pinned… read more »

April 24, 2013

Castor to Obama: Reform “outdated” Cuba embargo, travel ban

William March, Tampa Tribune - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa, fresh back from a trip to Cuba, has told President Barack Obama in a letter that the U.S. travel ban and trade embargo against Cuba are outdated, unproductive and harmful and should be reformed. In the four-page letter, Castor never… read more »

April 4, 2013

Rep. Kathy Castor arrives in Cuba for four-day trip

Tampa Bay Times – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor embarked on a four-day trip to Cuba this week with her staff and the Center for Democracy in the Americas, her office said Thursday. Castor, D-Tampa, St. Petersburg, is scheduled to return to Tampa on April 8. The purpose of her trip… read more »

April 4, 2013

Castor has high hopes for mission to Cuba

Ted Jackovics, Tampa Bay Tribune - With U.S.-Cuba relations on the cusp of potentially significant change, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor arrived in Havana on Wednesday night for meetings she hopes will enhance social ties and business opportunities for the Tampa Bay area. Castor, who guided Tampa International Airport’s quest for Obama… read more »

March 29, 2013

CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Baseball in Cuba: Changeups or Regime Change?

With the start of regular season Major League Baseball on Monday, it’s a fitting moment to talk about the sport which has bound the U.S. and Cuba together since the 19th century. Like everything else, baseball couldn’t escape the politics and propaganda that have surrounded the relationship over the last three… read more »

March 24, 2013

Cuban diplomats visit Tampa

Cuba Standard – While continuing to insist on case-by-case permission, the U.S. government is allowing Cuban diplomats to leave Washington and attend public events in other cities. March 23-24, Llanio González López and Warnel Lores Mora, counselor and first secretary at the Cuban Interests Section, respectively, participated in a pro-normalization… read more »

March 21, 2013

Former Rep. Bill Delahunt: ‘Let Cuba open itself to the world, and the world open itself to Cuba’

Former Rep. Bill Delahunt, The Hill - Yoani Sanchez was first denied permission to travel abroad in 2008, when she received an award for her blog, Generación Y, where she frequently publishes bold commentary critical of Cuba’s government. Back in 2009, when she was still unable travel abroad, Sanchez sent a… read more »

March 15, 2013

CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Cuba A-Z (from Aruca to Zoo-bio)

The New York Times once described him as “a cheerful, box-shaped man with a face like a friendly bulldog.”  Like a bulldog, Francisco Aruca was resolute and courageous, friendly with strangers and, when provoked, he was a force to be reckoned with. So, we were stricken when friends like Silvia… read more »

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