Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba
By Simon Lee ● Issue 40 (November/December 1999)
How I lost my camera in Havana
Fidel was there to greet me when I landed at José Martí airport humming Yo soy un hombre sincero. He was everywhere at once, declaiming...
Travel, Lifestyle, Sports, English Caribbean, Spanish Caribbean
By Marlon Miller ● Issue 6 (Summer 1993)
Surf’s Up! The Caribbean’s Best Surfing
The search for the perfect wave has taken surfers all around the world. These days, plenty of them are packing their boards and heading for...
Arts and Architecture, Culture, Travel, History, Lifestyle, Cuba
By Martin Charles and Juliet Barclay ● Issue 3 (Autumn 1992)
Saving Old Havana
“This is one of the renowndest and strongest places of all the West Indies . . . From hence is transported huge quantity of Tobacco ....
Culture, Technology, Science, Puerto Rico
By Jeremy Taylor and Larry Luxner ● Issue 7 (Autumn 1993)
Is There Anyone Out There?
Hidden among the karst mountains of north-western Puerto Rico, where the chirping of coqui frogs fill the moist night air and stars shine...
By Geoffrey MacLean ● Issue 8 (Winter 1993)
Meeting the Master: Wilfredo Lam
It was a long flight, and there was plenty of time to think about the art of the Caribbean and its place on the international stage. For me...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba
By Juliet Barclay ● Issue 9 (Spring 1994)
Inside Cuba
“If you walked into that water now,” a friend of mine said in Havana, “you’d come out dyed blue.” The sea off...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Dominican Republic
By Larry Luxner ● Issue 10 (Summer 1994)
Columbus’ Cross
From the air it looks like a giant cross. At ground level, it takes on the appearance of a distant, oversized office building. Only on...
Culture, Arts, Festivals and Events, Cuba
By Christopher Cozier ● Issue 11 (Autumn 1994)
Artists Gather in Cuba
In the United States they have pop culture and Madonna, in the Caribbean we have Fidel and Bob Marley. Several of my friends: born in the...