The last time I talked to Marcos Madrigal, Cuban classical pianist, and Director of the Habana Clásica Festival, he was on a train to Lugano, “città del mio cuore” (city of my heart) to make a new recording of Ildebrando Pizzetti’s works for voice and piano. B... More »
Last December I had the delightful opportunity to meet with the Turkish Ambassador to Cuba at the Embassy where we sipped coffee and held a conversation on Turkish business on the Island. In this interview, yet another taking place under the new conditions of ... More »
Spanish lawyer Hermenegildo Altozano is a leading world expert on matters involving foreign investment with Cuba. Since 2011, Mr. Altozano is a partner at Bird & Bird law firm in Madrid. Mr. Altozano is the head of the Energy and Infrastructures practice. He a... More »
Cuba Business Report’s editor interviews U.S. attorney, Daniel R. Zim, on the “what’s-next” scenario for Helms-Burton claimants. Mr. Zim is the principal attorney at Zim Travel Law, PLLC, a firm specializing in travel law located in Fairfax County, Virginia. H... More »
Last week a ship loaded with over 13 tons of fireworks and equipment destined for the Port of Mariel in Cuba set sail. Fireworks FX, a small Canadian company from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia has been tasked with one of the most exciting events of the c... More »
Recently we had the opportunity to meet with Roberto Suarez, Adjunct Director at Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), in the offices of Ministerio of Energia y Minas (Ministry of Energy and Mines). Our meeting took place shortly after the CUPET sponsored Oil and Gas Confe... More »
In its third year, the Havana Glasgow Film Festival (HGFF) 2017 opened last night in Glasgow, Scotland. We spoke with Co-Director and Founder of the HGFF, Eirene Houston. Eirene works with Co-Director Hugo Rivalta (from Havana) to run the Festival each year. I... More »
Dr. Antony Stokes, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba was kind enough to grant an interview to our publication earlier this month in Havana. The following interview took place at the British Ambassador’s residence on the final day of the Union Cu... More »
This conversation took place in April at Jorge Perugorría’s house in the town of Gibara on the eastern coast of Cuba. It was filmed during the Gibara International Film Festival of 2017 by the American artist and filmmaker Willard Morgan. Jorge Perugorría is ... More »
Currency Reform, Wages, and the New Entrepreneurs of Cuba Cuba Business Report met recently with His Excellency, Julio Garmendía Peña, Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, for an in-depth interview in three parts to discuss a wide variety of topics ranging from curre... More »
The following is my interview with Willard Morgan the creator of Vestiphobia, a project collaboration between artists of Havana and New York which will premiere at Fabrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) in Havana. Willard Morgan the artist, writer, filmmaker, photograph... More »
I spoke yesterday with Dennis Schmidt, Co-Founder at Stichting Credit4Cuba, a Dutch non-profit organization currently working in Cuba and providing training entrepreneurs. Credit4Cuba has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with La Asociacion Natio... More »
