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Cuba has made a deal with the world’s largest cruise port operator, Global Ports Holding, to triple its cruise ship berths from two to six by 2024. The cruising industry is enormous in the Caribbean but Cuba has yet to fully capitalise on this. The number of cruise passengers visit the island is set to […]
Anna Leah is barely 5, and like other girls her age, she still plays with dolls. But she already dreams of having her own photo album like her classmates and wants a “mini-Quince” party to celebrate her fifth birthday. For Latin American families, the “Quince” — 15 in Spanish — is the traditional coming-of-age party […]
Claire Boobbyer May 23, 2018 Share this article As Cuba enters a post-Castro era, what’s in store for travelers? Cuba expert Claire Boobbyer goes in search of new experiences, from wild camping and e-biking to campervanning and experiences with Michelin-starred chefs. When Che Guevara motorbiked around South America in 1952, he waxed lyrical about the […]
More Than 100 Confirmed Dead After 737-200 Crashes in Cuba Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]
Chicago has just opened in London at the Phoenix Theatre. The name is apt, since this show just keeps being reborn. Most people probably still know it from the Oscar-winning 2002 film with Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere, however the Kander and Ebb classic was created back in 1975. It is more relevant […]
The US will keep the staff numbers at its embassy at Havana at the minimum level after an emergency departure, ordered in September, expires. The step was taken after 21 staff members suffered from a so far unexplained ailment. The State Department announced on Friday it would permanently scale back the operations of its Cuba […]
SNOW-capped mountains, prolific wildlife including humpback whales and gigantic glaciers are just some of the things you’ll encounter in Alaska. Holland America Line (0843 374 2300 / hollandamerica.com) offers a seven-night Alaskan Explorer cruise on Eurodam from £1,597 (two sharing, full board). Set sail from Seattle on June 2, stopping ports including Juneau, Ketchikan and […]
Issuing an ambiguous threat to Venezuela, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the army has often been an “agent of change” in the Latin American country and beyond in cases when leadership “can no longer serve the people.” “In the history of Venezuela and South American countries, it is often times that the military […]
Eight Canadian diplomats or members of their families have experienced mysterious symptoms in recent months, but Global Affairs officials say they still have no idea what is causing them.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will convene a new high-level investigation into the harm that Washington says U.S. diplomats in Havana suffered in unexplained health attacks, a senior State Department tells a Senate hearing.
