Since the revolution of 1959, Cuba has walked a tightrope. With the collapse of the USSR and the onset of the “Special Period,” that tightrope grew thinner. Yet Cuba has...
Author - Isabelle DeSisto
Isabelle DeSisto researches Soviet-Cuban educational collaboration. She first became interested in Cuba after spending a semester studying abroad at the University of Havana in 2018, and later conducted extensive research in Cuba for her master's thesis. Isabelle holds a B.A. in Government and an M.A. in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia from Harvard University. She is an avid swimmer and one day hopes to get a SCUBA diving license.
Lucky for you plant-based eaters, vegetarian-friendly restaurants have been popping up all over the Cuban capital as more and more private paladares open their doors.
Setting foot in Nazdarovie, Havana’s Soviet-themed restaurant, is like entering a time machine.
In La paloma y la ley, photographer Lisette Poole tells a modern migration story humanized through beautiful, poignant imagery.
Popular Posts
- Ada Ferrer & Her Pulitzer Prize Winning Book Cuba: An American History
It is the best book on Cuba that I’ve ever read - void of political heat, t...
- 9 Spectacular Yet Little Known Cuban UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The island nation of 42,000 square miles has nine UNESCO World Heritage Sit...
- Check Out Cuba’s Amazing National Parks and Nature Reserves
Meet the world's smallest bird and come face-to-face with the Cuban crocodi...
- 10 People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Cuban-American
Here are 10 famous people you may not have known were Cuban-American but yo...
- Here’s One Way You Can Support Matanzas’ Recovery
John McAuliff, the Executive Director of the Fund for Reconciliation and De...
- Abel Lescay’s Next Album: “Cricket” Music
There are few young people in the artistic community who aren’t familiar wi...
- 6 Puerto Rican Women Musicians You Should Listen to Now
Laura Catana dives deep into the music of Puerto Rico to offer recommended...
Puerto Rico
- 6 Puerto Rican Women Musicians You Should Listen to Now
Laura Catana dives deep into the music of Puerto Rico to offer recommended...
- Puerto Rican Celebrity Chef Wilo Benet Figures It Out During a Pandemic
Puerto Rico's celebrity chef Wilo Benet credits luck and timing for his Gra...
- Puerto Rican Drummer Henry Cole Is a Master of his Craft
Puerto Rican drummer and grammy winner Henry Cole has launched a new craft...
- 5 Puerto Rican Restaurants to Support During COVID-19
These 5 "must-go" spots are open on the island and are... amazing. Let's su...
- Meet the Filmmakers Behind Netflix’s Walter Mercado Documentary
A Startup Cuba exclusive interview with the folks behind the scenes of Much...
- I Spent 15 Days in Pandemic Puerto Rico as a Professional Dancer
In a very "Eat Pray Love" fashion, I decided I needed to travel to get out...
- Here’s Some New Music For Dreaming About Cuba and Puerto Rico
Music producer Laura Catana curated these tracks from Puerto Rican and Cuba...
