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The New Cuba Journal

  • A Chat on Cuba, Millennials & 2018

    A Chat on Cuba, Millennials & 2018

    Recently, I met Paula Goldstein through our mutual friend and globetrotting DJ, Mia Moretti. Paula runs a sweet website named Voyage d’etudes, focusing on travel, and women doing inspirational things abroad. (Paula Goldstein, Founder/Editor of Voyage D’etudes) How did it all come together? “I spent most of my 20s living out of a half-unpacked suitcase”… Read more

  • Calling All Cuban Programmers

    Calling All Cuban Programmers

    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… Read more

  • The Orishas at HWM

    The Orishas at HWM

    (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… Read more

  • Resolviendo Mix

    Resolviendo Mix

    Inspired by the “Cuba Is” exhibit at The Annenberg Photo Space in Los Angeles, I whipped up a symphony of tracks that inspire me on the island today, with a sprinkle of legendary ancestors whose shoulders we all rest on. If you visit the Skylight studio at “Cuba Is”, you’ll enter the Resolviendo exhibit, which… Read more

  • The New Cuba hits LA & San Fran

    The New Cuba hits LA & San Fran

    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… Read more

  • We Invite You to Havana World Music

    We Invite You to Havana World Music

    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.… Read more