Havana

After Fidel, Cuba’s Problems Still Loom

Julia Cooke’s New Book Sheds Light on the New Cuba by Dan Peltier Over a period of five years, beginning when Fidel Castro stepped down from his presidency in 2008 after almost a half-century of reign, award-winning journalist Julia Cooke embedded herself in Cuba. She gained access to a dynamic…

SteamTrain

Trinidad de Cuba: Riding Cuban Rails

Cuba 2012: Riding a Steam Train to a Sugar Estate and a Block Party By Dorothy Conlon I’ve ridden trains in Thailand, India and elsewhere. But nothing like the steam train I rode recently in the Valley of the Sugar Mills in Cuba. About halfway through our 10-day People to People…

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