Should we be surprised that there's money in Cuba? Imagine that you are rich Spaniard or an Italian with a huge multi-national corporation that makes millions.  You want a Caribbean hideaway -- so you choose Cuba.  Where else? To some US or UK government controlled Caribbean island where your business is common knowledge to everyone?  In Cuba, you've got one of the most secure spots on earth.  (This based on the very probable supposition that anyplace safe from US Government snooping is the only safe place to be.)  I very much agree with that.  There is no crime in Cuba.  (Whoops the US government left that out when they told you Cuba was a Rogue State.) Even foreigners get excellent medical treatment in Cuba at a price lower than anywhere else in the world based on what you get for what you pay.  (A large number of non-Cuban foreigners specifically travel to Cuba for medical treatment, as they get 'First World' medicine at bargain basement prices.)  Okay, the US government left that part out too.  But they're the ones who've blockaded Cuba and pushed her into a economic corner.  Well, it is easy to admit that Castro could have done better things with the economy and civil liberties while Russia had the island on welfare and he had a free lunch; but he was too busy being a firebrand, add to that the fact that Communism and Civil Liberties don't mix. An engineered society must be a restricted society by definition.  That aside, this isn't a political document, it's an announcement of the fact that you can live in Cuba, and live quite well. - Living, Relaxing & Laying Low In The New Cuba ~

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Caribbean Destinations : Discover Cuba, Part 1 By Raquel B Tejeda  -  Cuba, that grand island of mystery, is also a land of timeless beauty, an eco-paradise, the land that time forgot and an other-worldly sort of travel experience as one feels as though they are stuck in a time warp…but certainly a most enchanting one.   The largest Caribbean island, Cuba is all you can dream of and a much more. Pulsating with sensual music, endless sandy beaches, captivating culture, old-age architecture, welcoming locals, and delicious food it is the sort of time warp experience you’ll never want to leave. This is the largest of the Caribbean islands, which is about the size of England. It lies to the west of the Greater Antilles group and about a quarter of its terrain is mountainous. Cuba consists of the main island, the Isle of Youth and about 4,195 Cayes, commonly known as Cayos. Cuba is 140 kilometers from the Bahamas and 180 kilometers from Florida. It’ 13,000,000 inhabitants predominantly speak Spanish.

Cuba: Medical Tourism Shines Bright Light On Medical Negligence - According to an article today in the Miami Herald, “Sudden Death of 11 Cuban cancer patients called medical negligence”, relatives are claiming that these patients were given serums for chemotherapy in a hospital in the USA. If Cuba hopes to attract medical tourists they will have to do so by reputation and not rely on marketing campaigns.  Stories like this that might otherwise ‘go quietly into the night’ will instead be kept alive by medical tourism social networks publishing 1st hand accounts and reports pertinent to consumers searching for trusted medical care resources abroad. Tags: Cuba healthcare  -  cuba medical tourism  -  healthcare in Cuba

Cuba -The Next Expat Property Hotspot? - There are countless articles floating around about Cuba's potential to become the next property hotspot - some imply that lifting travel restrictions on American tourists will kick start a rise in property prices as they'll fall for Havana's faded charms, or the beautiful Caribbean beaches, and want a piece for themselves - so what's the reality? Two hurdles stand in the way of a real estate boom in Cuba (three if you include the need for a stable, democratically elected government). Allowing American tourists in won't make a difference to the country's property market. In fact, tourist numbers hit an all-time high this year. This country's a mainstream destination for Canadians and Europeans. Cuba received more than a million tourists in the first four months of 2010. That's double the number during the same period in 2009. Tourism minister Manuel Marrero released the figures at a tourism fair in Havana this month. He also spoke about government plans to boost real estate development, and specifically tourism amenities--marinas, spas, and golf courses.

Cuba - Then & Now: Reminiscence & Analysis of The Changes in Cuba Over the past Five Years By Doug Casey - Most of the changes in Cuba have really just taken place since January 1998, when the Pope visited. The direct result of his visit was several hundred million much needed dollars flowing into Cuba, but more important it served to legitimize the place to many who were used to thinking of it mainly as a tropical gulag.  I know the whole world loves the avuncular John Paul II, and certainly he’s a far cry from people like Alexander VI, as popes go. But popes have never been friends of either free minds or free markets, as JPII evidenced in his most important sermon in Havana, where he excoriated the evils of classical liberalism, “which subordinates the human person to blind market forces and conditions the development of peoples to those forces”. It’s amazing he’d say something as dim as that, implying that wise, selfless, and judicious bureaucrats are needed to approve commerce between consenting adults. And say it while in Cuba, of all places.  Of course the Church has always had, at best, a rather mechanistic view of how the economic world works. Somehow it seems stuck in the 13th century, which many Catholic theologians still fondly recall as the “greatest” of centuries, when guilds controlled the marketplace, usury was a crime, the peasants were quiescent, and Rome pretty well called the shots. My choice, however, might be its antithesis, the 14th, which overturned the entire constipated order of the Middle Ages.

From Santiago de Cuba to Havana in only Three Weeks Music, Rum, Music, Sun, Fun and More Rum by Linda Thalman from Paris In Sites Newsletter - At the first step out of the Santiago de Cuba airport on Saturday, 12 February, we salsa-ed through a receiving line of costumed dancers moving to the beat of Cuban music. And the beat went on and on throughout our trip from east to west in Cuba. Music morning, noon and night. The són -- the term for the 'Buena Vista Social Club' type music -- was king in Santiago de Cuba and we loved it. Sipping our first Mujitos -- rum, sparkling water, sugar and mint -- on the fourth-floor patio of the Hotel Casa Granda overlooking the main square and Cuba's Bahia de Santiago and the warm setting sun -- this was a perfect beginning. Following dinner, the group 'Francisco y su Piequette' serenaded diners with music on the veranda and later on Sunday in the Cespedes Park. Simply magnifico! We bought our first Cuban music cassette.  Within minutes of a stroll around the town we were approached by young Cubans asking if we wanted a restaurant, cigars, a hotel or any kind of help.

Gaviota, The Last Cowgirl in Cuba by Kirk Stephan  - I become even more schitzy than usual when I visit Cuba. Comparing the resilience and vitality of the people with the shards of their ramshackle society is interesting at times and other times a heart-breaker. This last trip wasn’t different, except for one new aspect... December 1:The first inkling that things continued to change at an amazing pace was the absence of “smoke” in the passenger compartment as we took off from the airport in Cancun. I’d been used to getting some great photos of folk’s faces amidst the air-conditioning steam that shot out of vents into the cabin just as the Russian jets of Cubana Airline would leave the runway. Alas, no more excitement here; Cuba has gone “Euro” with the acquisition of French planes.

Iowa City Yankee in King Castro’s Court by Kirk Stephan - From the early 60’s I hadn’t thought much, if any, about Cuba. Nor had any of my friends, neither my acquaintances. Certainly this was because of the incredible amount of other news and happenings in the world, and in retrospect was aided by the politically-motivated press of the times-, which had no motive for reporting on anything so close and so communist. So it was quite a surprise to be introduced to the “idea” of Cuba by the very force commissioned to keep American Citizens OUT of the place. On a day in May, in 1994, returning from a visit to my daughter, in Belize, where I’d lived for 12 years some time in the past, and now, divorced and living alone in the mid-west, and escaping each winter for a month or two, I was arriving at Houston International Airport.

	Some important environmental resources for Cuba
	The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) - The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) is a non-profit and non-political professional organization incorporated in the state of Maryland in 1990. Affiliated with the American Economic Association and the Allied Social Sciences Association of the United States, ASCE maintains professional contacts with social scientists throughout the world interested in engaging in scholarly discussion and research on Cuba and its comparative development. Since the time of its founding, the primary mission of the organization is to study the elements and processes involved in a transition to a free market economy and a democracy as well as to promote scholarship, research, and publications on transition studies by its members. This remains its basic charter and ASCE continues to pursue the study of Cuba in a broad sense, with particular emphasis on the financial, economic, social, legal and environmental aspects of Cuba today and its process of transition.
	Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM)  - Center for Marine Research - The Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM) of the University of Havana was created in 1970. Its staff is formed by 26 researcher/professors dedicated to teaching and to marine investigation. Activities are dedicated to the following areas of research: Ecology group: Studies coastal and marine ecosystem structure and function, biodiversity, and recruitment processes in natural and artificial reefs. Studies include issues related to marine ecotoxicology, evaluation of environmental impact and development of capabilities for integrated coastal management. Tags: The Cuban Zoological Society -  Browse Resources
	The Cuban School of Arts Culture, Education & Entertainment in the UK - The CUBAN School of Arts was created in London by Damarys Farres with the aim of unifying the most talented independent Cuban artists in London & the UK and to strengthen their links with Cuban artists worldwide and with those who remain in Cuba. To provide quality and structured Cuban dance courses & high calibre performances. We specialise in Cuban & Afro-Cuban dance courses for all ages and levels as well as for our authentic high calibre Performances. The Cuban School of Arts is committed to the preservation of Cuban &Afro-Cuban culture through dance, music, languages and arts.

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Havana Great Time in Cuba: Doing Havana Like a Cuban in Cuba article and photos by Al Dieste  - Having just returned from four weeks in Cuba, three of which were spent in Havana, I would like to share with your readers the wonderful opportunity to enjoy and discover a rich and diverse culture, at less-than-Motel 6 prices!  Consider an alternative title to this article as “Vacationing Like a King in Havana for $50 a Day!”  One can spend less in Cuba, if the old college hippie backpacker, sleep-on-the-floor days appeal to your sense of nostalgia.  One can certainly spend a lot more, if the days of decadent Mafia-Tropicana-drinking-gambling-sin-and-sun-days appeal to your bulging wallet. However, $50 a day in Havana can provide a very comfortable vacation, in a style which will not only appeal to your needs for North American creature comforts, but also allow you to get a taste of the true Cuba of today.

New and Exciting Expat Destination - Hopes for Improved Relations between Cuba and the USA - Hopes are rising for reconciliation between Cuba and the USA following the election of Barack Obama as president. The main obstacles to restoring relations are that either the USA would have to drop demands for democracy on the island, or Cuba would have to accept and implement them. Both are equally unlikely scenarios with no obvious middle ground on which to base a compromise. During the presidential election campaign Obama stated that the current embargo would remain in place to be used as a bargaining chip to bring about democratic change in Cuba. However, many political experts suggest that a greater impact could be achieved by ending the embargo and sanctions which are largely blamed by the Government to explain the island´s poverty and hardships the people suffer. Lifting the restrictions would give the population the opportunity to judge the leaders on their own merits.

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