Ruth Behar’s new middle-grade gem, Letters From Cuba, is set in the Cuba of the late 1930s and thus predates all the Revolutionary reasons why our Cubans come and go. When it comes to the Cuba storyline, you typically have two choices: the Cuban character either stays or the Cuban character goes. It isn’t often […]
Even after being labelled communists by their conservative counterparts, this new generation of liberal Cuban American activists still think dialogue is the way ahead, together. A demonstrator holds up a Cubanos Con Biden sign. Photo: Cubanos Con Biden I recently had a chance, on an unusual 52-degree day in Miami’s Wynwood district, to sit down […]
This list of 21 Cuban and US social media accounts will keep you connected to all things happening in the space between the United States and Cuba. Photo: Startup Cuba 2020 was a bear. Our lives have been turned upside down by a global pandemic, the tourism industry has been grounded, restaurants, artists, and musicians […]
Hialeah Series is a binge-worthy, six-episode series about a Cuban American who convinces her Jewish husband to move in with her family in Hialeah. Photo: Hialeah, A Comedy Series 🕗 Updated 8:40 AM ET, Mon December 14, 2020 The Hialeah Series, a web series on Facebook, just won Best Web Series at the Omni Cultural […]
Christopher Cloonan traveled to Havana as soon as the island’s José Martí International airport lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions. Photo credit: Christopher Cloonan Updated December 3rd 12 PM Disclaimer — As someone who works as a travel professional, university lecturer, and freelance journalist, all involving Cuba, I felt a personal, moral, professional, and humanitarian obligation to […]
Yes. In Love. As in, “El Individuo,” my favorite Cuban rapper, is literally the love of my life. Check out his latest single, Reacciona. Music is probably my favorite thing in the world to talk about, and I could do it all day if you let me. I am usually unabashedly opinionated, for better or […]
Now, 100 years later, young Cubans have their hearts set on a cultural project to breathe new life into the former chocolate town. Former Hershey factor. Photo credit: Claire Boobbyer Note from El Equipo: If you happen to be near Hershey, Pennsylvania, check out the current exhibition, Mr. Hershey’s Cuba: A Sweet Venture in Sugar […]
After more than 200 visits to Cuba over 28 years, National Geographic photojournalist Christopher P. Baker still finds memorable, double-take images on his journeys to the island. Photo credit: Christopher P. Baker I’m crouching on the floor of a humble solar (slum tenement) in Habana Vieja, hemmed into a corner with my back hard up […]
A Startup Cuba exclusive interview with the folks behind the scenes of Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado Walter Mercado in MUCHO MUCHO AMOR: THE LEGEND OF WALTER MERCADO. Cr. NETFLIX © 2020 🕗 Updated 11:59 AM ET, Fri January 8, 2021 Walter Mercado was the ultimate crossover. He was a truly universal […]
Today, there are about 1,500 Jews living in Cuba. Chateau Blanc caters to visitors interested in Jewish Cuba while making an impact in the local community. Scott Berenthal’s father, Saul, was born in Havana in 1944, to Romanian and Polish parents. Saul grew up in the Miramar neighborhood, and his family moved to Miami in […]
In Dariel Suarez’s debut novel, the realities of living in Havana under a communist state are brought alive through vivid detail and a sense of lived experience. Author Dariel Suarez In Dariel Suarez’s debut novel, The Playwright’s House, to be released in June from Red Hen Press, the realities of living in Havana under a […]
This list of 21 Cuban and US social media accounts will keep you connected to all things happening in the space between the United States and Cuba. Photo: Startup Cuba 2020 was a bear. Our lives have been turned upside down by a global pandemic, the tourism industry has been grounded, restaurants, artists, and musicians […]
Independent and unaffiliated, Startup Cuba exists to amplify the community of voices in the space between the United States and Cuba. Through a mix of video, photography and written content we tell stories that bring us closer together.
Kentubano is the term coined by Luis David Fuentes for the growing population of Cuban Americans in Kentucky. Photo credit: Luis David Fuentes Kentuckians are a proud people. For anyone who has visited, it’s not difficult to find a local who’ll try to persuade you that theirs is the most beautiful, friendliest, and all-around wonderful […]
