About ninety miles from the tip of Florida, bathing in the tropics, is the hole in Coca-Cola’s empire and the biggest culture shock in the Caribbean. Welcome to one of histories most determined survivors. Welcome to Cuba.
Touching down in Havana International you’ll barely get past luggage collection before you realize something is different. After hailing [...]

Costa Rica, dubbed the rich coast by Columbus, was a melting pot of cultural diversity long before the Europeans came, with Mesoamerican and South American groups settling on the land. The area was not defined by one tribe or group but a mix of indigenous people. Faced with Indian resistance and tropical diseases, it took [...]

The Dominican Republic’s resilience has been tried and tested ever since Christopher Columbus graced its shores in 1492. Long before Columbus’s arrival and before Europeans inflicted their influence, the Taíno, a spiritual people who Columbus termed ‘Indians’, inhabited the island of Hispaniola, which the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti. True to their roots, Dominicans still [...]