Posted on · (Above: An American classic car is seen parked in front of the capitol building in Havana. President Trump’s expected changes in policy toward Cuba could make it more difficult for Americans to visit the island and for U.S. companies to do business there. Photo: Javier Galeano/AP)Later today (Friday, June 16, 2017), President Trump is expected […]
Posted on · (Above: An American classic car is seen parked in front of the capitol building in Havana. President Trump’s expected changes in policy toward Cuba could make it more difficult for Americans to visit the island and for U.S. companies to do business there. Photo: Javier Galeano/AP)Later today (Friday, June 16, 2017), President Trump is expected […]
Posted on · The Port of Houston stands to benefit from increased energy and agricultural trade with Cuba, if and when Congress lifts the U.S. embargo on the island nation.
Posted on · From President Trump’s cabinet appointees being confirmed (one requiring a tie-breaking vote in the Senate from the Vice President), to the Texas Senate beginning action on Gov. Abbott's emergency items, including a preliminary vote Tuesday on a bill to ban so-called "sanctuary cities,” on this edition of Houston Matters we break down recent political news […]
Posted on · The loosening of restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba has helped a local gallery owner expand his collection.
Posted on · Houston resident Lorenzo Martinez talks about what being American means to him. Martinez was evacuated from Cuba as a young man when Fidel Castro came to power. He tells his story in his book, Cuba, Adios: A Young Manâs Journey to Freedom. This segment is part of DiverseCity, a year-long initiative looking at what Houstonâs […]
Posted on · Rice's associate professor Luis Duno-Gottberg has been in Cuba with the university's baseball team since last week The original purpose was to play exhibition games against teams from the Cuban Baseball Federation as well as to take part in a cultural program. After Castro's death, the games were cancelled but the academic program continues.
Posted on · With the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, we thought we’d take time to tell the story of a Houstonian whose life was directly affected by Castro’s rise to power. As a teenager, Lorenzo Martinez was evacuated in secret from Cuba in the 1960s. What Martinez didn't know – he wasn't alone. More than […]
Posted on · HAVANA- Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that his brother died at 10:29 […]
Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Greater Houston Partnership will lead a trade mission to Cuba later this month.
Posted on · In addition to exhibition games against the Cuban Baseball Federation, players will earn six-hours of college credit studying various aspects of Cuban culture.
Posted on · Houston is one of 10 cities the U.S. Department of Transportation chose for the connection.
Posted on · Harris County Judge Ed Emmett was in Cuba last week with a group of Texas business leaders.
Posted on · Businesses across Texas and here in Houston are preparing for new opportunities in Cuba.
Posted on · Cabañas, Cuba’s first ambassador to the U.S. in more than 50 years, visited Houston on Tuesday to give an address at Rice University’s Baker Institute.