Chanel Cleeton’s 2018 “Next Year in Havana,” felt like a piece of home. So since reading that, I’ve read everything she's published.
Category - People & Reviews
"Even crumbling from neglect, Havana is the most beautiful city in all of Latin America and the Caribbean," he gushed.
Adam San Miguel wants the Cuban-American diaspora to support the community by defining what engagement means for them.
It is a good story for children on a Sunday morning but unlikely to be remembered the next day at school.
While multi-generational books can often feel cluttered, this left me wanting more.
As artists continue to use their medium to spread messages, another song is rising as a potential rally cry.
Jorge Olivera Castillo has spent his entire life fighting for freedom of expression, and paying dearly for it.
A Pura Belpré Honor Book (an award given to a children’s book that best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino experience), Islandborn can be the story of any...
I skipped work to see In the Heights and I think you should sneak past your boss today and do the same.
The rising Cuban star tells Startup Cuba about HBO's Revolution Rent, the story of bringing Rent to life in Cuba, and her journey to getting a role in Gloria Estefan’s...
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Leilani Bruce, the co-founder of CANDELA Book Club, offers a beautiful review of Ricardo Gonzalez Zayas story as a Black Cuban boy entering the US during the Civil...
Puerto Rican director, Mariem Pérez Riera tells the story of the life and 70-year career of singer, actress and dancer Rita Moreno.
For a place where surfing isn’t legal, or recognized, you’d expect that people who do it might have some inhibitions or fears of participating.
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month we're sharing a film that unveils the history of Cuba's Korean diaspora.
Los Hermanos is a story of what’s possible to achieve when we break our geopolitical differences down to a human level.
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