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If you know any computer wiz programmers in Cuba, make sure they read this before Friday, April 6th. Google is stepping up their inclusion for Cuba tech by inviting the nations top programmers to compete. “We are proud to announce that for the first time we have made Code Jam available to Cubans” says Brett…
(Supporting stickers by Clandestina) It's the end another week in Cuba, and we'd like to give a round of applause to Havana World Music for pulling off these 3 days of global music. Just like the band origins, each visitor represented a spectrum of countries ranging from local Cuban flavor to Europeans, to Americans, to…
Internet is tricky in Cuba. This is pretty much an understatement, but the "why's" require a much more expansive conversation to wrap our heads around the stakes. (Photo credit: Juan Cruz Rodriguez for Resolviendo Exhibit, Annenberg) I will be visiting LA & San Francisco this month to discuss one of the most fascinating subcultures on…
I’m thrilled to announce a cool music festival happening in Cuba this March called Havana World Music. What’s more exciting is that The New Cuba will be hosting guests from abroad to come attend the festival with VIP access. There will also be a few days of fun to explore Havana’s best and brightest spots.…
(Un Traductor. Foto: Gabriel Guerra Bianchini) It's that time of the year again, where we shout out Cuban filmmakers being featured at the Sundance Film Festival. Given the fact that there is really not much of an independent film scene in Cuba (more on that later), I find it miraculous when I discover a new…
If you're a fan of Major Lazer, here's a doc you'll appreciate. If you have no idea who Major Lazer is, yet have a deep curiosity for Cuban youth culture, then this doc will equally intrigue you. In full disclosure, I worked on this film as one of the Producers, with the excellent team of…
As a foreigner in Cuba, I'm always fascinated with the trends taking hold of the once isolated island. Halloween, for example, is only recently catching on the last few years. If you google Halloween in Cuba, you'll see zilch, maybe a few scattered pieces, but really, it's not a big thing. (Trump finally makes a…
(Marta Deus & Jauretsi of The New Cuba at Media Noche, San Francisco) “This past week was truly phenomenal” gushed Kyle Maloney, founder of ChefMade, a startup that is trying to bring healthy economical meals delivered into homes of his island, Trinidad. Kyle was invited to Techcrunch DisruptSF by Project Binario, a San Francisco based…
Recently, we wrote about the big Cumbancha Irma Relief bash we're throwing in New York, with proceeds going to The New Cuba, featuring the best Cuban DJ's floating around the big apple right now. It's going to be a booty shaking set of Afro Cuban Deep house and a proper Latin & Cuban mashup of…
The Cuban diaspora in New York is pulling together in full force to make a difference for our people on the island. Mark your calendars for Oct 19th. We’re doing the thing we do best, THROW A PARTY! To keep the flavor real, we invited several DJ’s that are very closely connected to Cuba. (DJ…
