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Radio_Havana_Cuba,_May_18,_1998 Molina, who participated in last week's International Tourism Convention here in Havana, pointed to the unprecedented increase in tourism on the island and the amount of products that Cuba is offering in the sector. GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES SAYS CUBA WILL BECOME THE REGION'S TOURISM LEADER Havana, May 18(RHC)-- The General Secretary of the Association of Caribbean States, Simon Molina, said he is convinced that Cuba will become the leader of the tourism industry in the Caribbean. Earthquakes in Cuba primarily occur in the eastern part of the island, along a fault-line located between the Sierra Maestra mountain range and the Bay of Santiago de Cuba. www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/98-05cari/Radio_Havana_Cuba,_May_18,_1998   (1049 words)

The United States: An Economy in the Crossfire Cuba's tourism development planning has been commended for its strict monitoring of the environment, and international marketing by the state tourism agency, Cubanacan, is increasingly sophisticated. Cuba's average weekly wage of $28 for tourism workers is much lower than in the English-speaking Caribbean, and some 30% less than the new Mexican minimum wage. Cuba's vaunted social safety net is badly torn; redundant state workers are paid about half of their wages for a maximum of three months, then told to seek jobs in the countryside. www.cipe.org /publications/fs/ert/e12/cuba-2.htm   (4046 words)

A virtual travel to Cuba - Destination Caribbean - Cuba visitors guide You will have access to newspapers from Cuba and you will find maps and other travel and tourism information for sightseeing, travel and holidays in Cuba. Site of the biggest tourism organisation of Cuba with extensive information on travel and tourism in Cuba. Cuba's communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/cuba.htm   (700 words)

Radio_Havana_Cuba._July_8,_1999 The president of Cuba's Civil Aeronautics Institute pointed out that with the continued increase of tourism on the island, Cuba has been developing and improving its air fleet. CUBA'S AVIATION SERVICE IMPROVES AS TOURISM INCREASES Havana, July 8(RHC)-- The President of Cuba's Civil Aeronautics Institute, Rogelio Acevedo, revealed that half of the island's Russian-built aircraft have been replaced over the past ten years. Petersburg, July 8(RHC)-- The representative for Cuba's Tourism Ministry in Eastern Europe, Eutelio Alfaro, said that some 20 Russian firms are interested in the island's tourism sector. www.radiohc.org /Distributions/Radio_Havana_English/.1999/99_jul/Radio_Havana_Cuba._July_8,_1999   (1085 words)

Cuba puts focus on corruption He was referring to the appointment of a top executive from the Gaviota group -- the tourism company of Cuba's armed forces -- as tourism minister, and of another to head Cubanacán, the largest of five state-run tourism corporations. HAVANA- Cuba's ruling Communist Party has launched a far-reaching assault on ''corruption and illegalities'' that could lead to the expulsion of moderate members. In the film, Raúl Castro concedes that Ibrahim Ferradaz, the former tourism minister, and two of three deputy ministers were replaced because they were too friendly with junior officials and unable to control corruption. www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1173715/posts   (925 words)

Havana Bay Company ®, CUBA, and CyberCuba ® Cuba has entered the New Millennium dependent more and more upon the global economy to buttress its national interests in lieu of the collapse of the USSR, low world sugar and nickel prices, decline in tourism, and less cigar consumption. Cuba has entered into many joint ventures with companies and countries to develop tourism as an economic growth engine. Cuba has enjoyed recent international publicity in the media with visits from Pope John Paul II, royalty of Spain, former USA President Jimmy Carter, governors, senators and congressmen and many celebrities. www.cybercuba.com   (265 words)

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Cuba, considered to be free of prostitution since the 1960s, is experiencing an increase in prostitution and prostitution tourism as a result of the poor economy. In Cuba, legislation effective August 1997, sets fines, prison sentences of 2 to 5 years, or up to 8 years for public health, education, tourism, law enforcement or government officials and confiscation of property for pimps, madams and those who rent space out for prostitution. Cuba has revived an old law against vagrancy, using it against the women in prostitution who get three warnings before they have to face a sentence of up to eight years in prison. www.catwinternational.org /factbook/Cuba.php   (265 words)

Cuba's Dollar Ban - Mises Institute Most of the relatively liberal members of the tourism ministry were sacked last year and replaced by members of the armed forces. Nickel is Cuba's leading export-twice that of all other exports cumulatively-and China's insatiable demand for primary commodities serves to garner Castro more hard currency and afford him the opportunity to jettison the dollar as Beijing makes inroads in America's backyard. Spain, Cuba's second biggest trading partner, broke ranks with community policy in October and the rest of the member states subsequently followed Madrid's lead. www.mises.org /fullstory.aspx?Id=1747   (265 words)

A virtual travel to Cuba - Destination Caribbean - Cuba visitors guide Site of the biggest tourism organisation of Cuba with extensive information on travel and tourism in Cuba. Cuba's communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/cuba.htm   (700 words)

Havana Bay Company ®, CUBA, and CyberCuba ® Cuba has entered the New Millennium dependent more and more upon the global economy to buttress its national interests in lieu of the collapse of the USSR, low world sugar and nickel prices, decline in tourism, and less cigar consumption. Cuba has entered into many joint ventures with companies and countries to develop tourism as an economic growth engine. Cuba has enjoyed recent international publicity in the media with visits from Pope John Paul II, royalty of Spain, former USA President Jimmy Carter, governors, senators and congressmen and many celebrities. www.cybercuba.com   (700 words)

Cienfuegos More provinces - Cuba Travel and Living Articles Located on the south central region of the Island and with a unique tourism product, whose main elements are its enormous nautical potential and its rich historic and cultural traditions, the province of Cienfuegos is today a must-see place for most of the visitors who tour the country. A complex made by The Cueva (cave) de Martín Infierno -where there is a 67 meters high stalagmite, considered one of the highest in the planet- and the Valle (valley) de Yaguanabo are also part of the group of tourism attractions of the Province of Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos More provinces - Cuba Travel and Living Articles www.enjoyyourliving.com /cuba/10.htm   (644 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- Cuba The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Cuba's Communist regime, with Soviet support, attempted to export its revolution throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Cuba portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html   (1477 words)

Havana Bay Company ®, CUBA, and CyberCuba ® Cuba has entered the New Millennium dependent more and more upon the global economy to buttress its national interests in lieu of the collapse of the USSR, low world sugar and nickel prices, decline in tourism, and less cigar consumption. Cuba has entered into many joint ventures with companies and countries to develop tourism as an economic growth engine. Cuba has enjoyed recent international publicity in the media with visits from Pope John Paul II, royalty of Spain, former USA President Jimmy Carter, governors, senators and congressmen and many celebrities. www.cybercuba.com   (265 words)

ACS Newsletter The Committee proposed that the conclusions of the 7th Meeting of the Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism should be presented at that meeting, particularly, for their information, matters to be dealt with at the 3rd Summit of heads of State and/or Government of the ACS. This was done by the Minister of Tourism of Honduras, Pro Tempore Chairman of the Council, who moved a formal motion to examine this for the purpose of adopting a Tourism Sustainability Certification Programme in the Greater Caribbean to complement the establishment of the ACS Zone of Sustainable Tourism of the Caribbean. The Air Transport meeting was attended by representatives of Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, France on behalf of its departments of Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guyana, CARICOM, the Colombian Air Carriers Association (ATAC) and the ACS Secretariat. www.acs-aec.org /Bulletin/b0701i.htm   (265 words)

Cuba - Country Profile - Destination Caribbean, Antilles - Cuba visitors guide You will have access to newspapers from Cuba and you will find maps and other travel and tourism information for sightseeing, travel and holidays in Cuba. Cuba's communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/cuba.htm   (701 words)

Cuba Travel - Cuba Vacation - Cuba Hotel/Hotels - Cuba tourism information. Cuba, and its capital Havana have become one of the first tourist destinations in the Caribbean. Cuba and Belize signed a collaboration agreement to boost the development of sports in that Central American country.... To travel to cuba, even for tourism, you will need a visa. www.cubaxp.com   (779 words)

Music of Cuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This development went hand-in-hand with the post-Soviet Union periodo especial in Cuba, during which the economy began opening up to tourism. Arsenio Rodriguez, one of Cuba's most famous soneros, is considered to have brought son back to its African roots in the 1940s by adapting the guaguanco style to son, and by adding a cowbell and conga to the rhythm section. A large number of musicians left Cuba between 1966 and 1968, after the Cuban government nationalised the remaining nightclubs and the recording industry. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Cuba   (3407 words)

Sex tourism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In many of those destinations, sex tourism is still only a small percentage of overall prostitution, with most prostitutes serving local men; however, in Cuba, because of economic issues, sex workers usually serves only foreign tourists, and very few of them consent to work with nationals. Sex tourism is tourism, partially or fully for the purpose of having sex. In 2004 Canada started to prosecute individuals under the sex tourism law. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexpat   (882 words)

Cuba Travel Forums It would be nice to keep Trinidad a secret so it doesn't get overrun by tourism, but it is one of the few barely touched places in the world that is left and if you get the chance, you need to experience it. Not to be confused with the island called Trinidad, this town in Cuba is something that is often overlooked by visitors and highly recommended. Trinidad was founded in 1514 by Diego Velazquez and is a town which has frozen in time. cuba.phiz.org /gallery/bb?p=readTopic&nr=8   (163 words)

Cuba Libre The Isle of Pines became a backwater while Cuba and Florida rushed headlong into each other's arms, brought together as transportation and the lure of tourism came to the fore during the prosperous teens and the roaring twenties. Gunrunning to insurgent Cuba was by no means monopolized by Cuban exiles. For the insurgents, it was essential to take the war to western Cuba, where the bulk of the island's population and her productive capacity were to be found. www.historical-museum.org /history/war/cf.htm   (3639 words)

SEX TOURISM: a student report for WMST231, May 1998 The German Health Ministry said that the sex tourism industry is contributing to the spread of HIV in Germany. Traffickers of sex tourism may face 5-20 years in jail, depending upon the age of the prostitute. In March 1997, United Nations officials reported that "child sex abuse and prostitution are rising in Latin America and children are most threatened in Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Cuba. www.towson.edu /~loiselle/sextour.html   (1799 words)

Sex Tourism Elsewhere in the world -- in countries from Thailand to Cuba -- sex tourism is experiencing difficulties as international pressure, including lobbying from church groups, has convinced governments to crack down on child abuse, particularly the near enslavement of young women in the sex industry. Yet passing a law won't be enough, because those who profit from sex tourism include a network of people from taxi drivers to hotel clerks to police officers who get their share of sex-tourist spending. Sex tourists do not have to slink around dark foreign streets looking for prostitutes or struggle with foreign languages to ask taxi drivers where to find sex. gbgm-umc.org /response/articles/sextourism.html   (1801 words)

Learn Spanish in Cuba. Spanish courses in Havana, Cuba. Trinidad, on the south coast of Cuba, is a beautifully preserved colonial Spanish town of just 50,000 people. The activities and excursions also ensure that students not only enjoy their time in Cuba and learn to speak the Spanish language, but also come to a deeper understanding of the Cuban people and of the way of life in Cuba. Lying on a large bay, at the foot of the spectacular 'Sierra Maestra Mountains', Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city in Cuba. www.languagesabroad.co.uk /cuba.html   (711 words)

Jamaica Gleaner - Cuban Ambassador wants renewed relations - Significant benefits from Port Antonio-Santiago de-Cuba link - Tuesday April 19, 2005 "Cuba provided troops to South Africa during the apartheid era which led to the liberalisation of South Africa and also the subsequent release of Nelson Mandela who later became president," said Dr. Rhodd. Ambassador Garcia proposed to have reinstated the boat service which led to the alliance between the two towns some years ago to enable persons to travel from Port Antonio to the Cuban sister city. This, she said, could open doors of opportunity in tourism, culture, art, economic and social prosperity. www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050419/news/news4.html   (711 words)

SAA - Painters of Santiago, Cuba Start Page It is also a cultural and tourism center with several museums, a cathedral, a castle, a sports stadium, and a University, and is the southern terminus of Cubaâs major railway, and central highway. The second largest city in Cuba, it is nestled in the Sierra Maestra Valley on a bay inlet marked by high bluffs rising up to 200 feet from the sea. This group of twelve mostly self-taught artists all reside in Santiago, Cuba. www.salemart.org /cuba.htm   (711 words)

Ben's Road Trip Across Cuba Y2K Places like Varadero (a beach resort following the Cancun model of tourism) are set up specifically to separate dollars from tourists and geographically isolate tourists from ordinary Cubans. In Cuba there seems to be an unwritten code, if the locals see you have an interest in their culture and show them basic respect, then they treat you like a local. Although the Soviets agreed to remove the nukes from Cuba, in return for a promise that the US not invade Cuba and the removal of the US missiles in Turkey, Castro was pissed because he felt he was out of the loop. phaster.com /unpretentious/cuba_y2k_story_01.html   (5618 words)

BBC NEWS Programmes Crossing Continents Cuba awaits trade with US Tourism has become the main industry in Cuba. Another view is that working to ease the Cuba embargo is just the first part of a campaign to get the US to normalise business with other "rogue" states such as Iran and Libya - trade with them would be worth much more than with Cuba. In Cuba's irrational world they head to the state-owned supermarkets only to be able to spend dollars. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/2493431.stm   (671 words)

Opening Trade With Cuba Would Benefit U.S. Ag Producers, Cuban People, Economist Says 11/26/03 But by not trading with Cuba and not allowing tourism, we’re really punishing the Cuban people, not the Cuban government,” Flinchbaugh said. Flinchbaugh, just back from a five-day trip to Cuba with Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky and 35 Kansas wheat growers, said that while numerous sectors of U.S. agriculture could benefit from open trade with Cuba, those in the dairy and wheat businesses may have the greatest potential. Opening Trade With Cuba Would Benefit U.S. Ag Producers, Cuban People, Economist Says www.oznet.ksu.edu /news/sty/2003/cuba_trade112603.htm   (703 words)

Cuba restaurants, cuban meals low prices, cuba paladars (paladares) havana cuba paladar Remember, only the US enforces the trade embargo, to every one else Cuba is simply a wonderful vacation destination, and the Cubans are well aware of the need to please finicky tourists. cuba paladar cuba paladars in havana cuba restaurants in havana cuba, cuba meals at low prices in cuba cuban food cuban restaurant low budget meals in casa particular in havana cuba The food in restaurants has improved greatly in the last years, due partly to an improving economy and to the government's emphasis on tourism. www.acrosscuba.com /index.php?L=4&B=42   (703 words)

Santiago de Cuba Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Santiago de Cuba province has been the site of many battles, both during the war for independence and the 1959 Cuban Revolution, where much of the guerrilla fighting took place in the mountainous province. Santiago de Cuba Providence is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. It has a population of approximately 1.2 million; the largest city Santiago de Cuba (554,000) is the main administrative center. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba_Province   (229 words)

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