Click on this frog for a brief overview of our sites. This frog is a coqui, which like me is 100 per cent Puerto Rican. Like the Southern Bob White, it screams its name. I adapted this design from an aboriginal engraving found at the Taino ceremonial mounds in Utuado, the birthplace of the Mendez side of my family.

 

Photo of a mausoleum in the Havana cemetery in remembrance of firefighters who lost their lives in a great fire.

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Deconstructing Cuba Story

Cuba Links

There are about 1,000 links to Cuba here. They, in turn, have much useful information in them. This list is not exhaustive. Use this index as a starting point. I have included some foreign language sites, mostly Spanish, where they seem especially useful. The official Cuban portals are extremely helpful if you are planning to go there.

Make sure to check out the "Getting There" section.

The very best sites are on this page. The headline tabs in blue will take you to more links about that category. The subcategories are listed below the blue tabs. After you've looked at this page, browse to the links page for that category.  Click on the yellow headline tabs on this page for the rest of the sites in each category.

 

 
My Photo Albums Miami Herald Bay of Pigs Miscellaneous
Mobile La Habana Society Cuba Connexion Cars  
Cuba Portal Cuban Timetable Che PHOTOS
Library of Congress Report Chronology of Cuban History Cigars  
AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS FLORA AND FAUNA Cold War SISTER CITIES
Academic   Crime  
Arts GETTING THERE, GETTING AROUND Economy and Daily Life SOLIDARITY GROUPS
General Accomodations Fidel  
Media Air Food SPORTS AND HOBBIES
Policy Automobile Rental Geography Baseball
ARTS Backpacking Hemmingway Bicycling
Architecture Bus Jineterismo Dominos
Art Guides, Portals and Links Journals, Periodicals and Reviews Fishing
Ballet Photography Marti Hunting
Film Sea Media Rugby
Music and Dance Trains Medicine Sailing
Writing Travel Agency Paraphernalia and Posters Scuba
CITIES AND PROVINCES Travelogues Raul Castro Stamps
  HISTORY AND CULTURE Religion  
DISSENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS Analysis and Policy Rum STUDY IN CUBA


The Best Sites


AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS
Academic
LANIC
Arts
ICAIC
General
Islagrande, Portal Cubano
Media
Agencia de Informacion Nacional (AIN)
cubanueva
CUBARTE "El Sitio de la Cultura Cubana"
Portal de Cuba
Radio Habana
Sun-Sentinel:
Policy
Center for International Policy
 
ARTS
Architecture
Art Nouveau En La Habana
Art
Alfredo Sosabravo
Ambrosio Martin
ArtCuba.com.
Arte Cubano
Cuban painters
Cuban Painters
Galeria Maxoly
Gina Mendez-Firvida
islArt
Latin American Art
Writing
Tu Sangre Sobre La Nieve
CITIES AND PROVINCES
Camaguey
Portal Camaguey
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
Granma
Granma
Matanzas
Portal Matanzas
Sancti Spiritus
Portal Sancti Spiritus
Santiago
Portal Santiago de Cuba
DISSENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Amnesty International
CubaNet News
El Expediente Cuba
POLITICAL PRISONS
FLORA AND FAUNA
Museum of Natural History
Naturaleza cubana
GETTING THERE, GETTING AROUND
Guides, Portals and Links
About Cuba
Cigar Aficionado Travel
Concierge
Cuba Budget Guide
CUBA IN BRIEF
Cuba in Evolution
CUBA MEGALINKS
Cuba Today
CUBAMAX
Cubamigo
Cuban and Cuba American Internet Guide
Cubaverdad
CyberCuba
El Portal de Cuba
Escape Artist
Escape Artist
Focus On Cuba
Francisco's Point of View
Islagrande, Portal Cubano
La Habana.com
Links to Cuba Travel
List of Political Entities in Cuba
Lonely Planet
Mario's Cyberspace Station: Cuba Online
Megastories
Nova Scotia-Cuba Association (NSCUBA)
Off the beaten path
Online Guides
RACHEL SUNS CUBA PAGE
Revolutionary Cuba (University of Miami)
SmallShop
ThinkQuest
Travel Channel
Travel Tips and Cuban Links
Virtual Tourist
Worldskip
Sea
 Cruiseship from Dominican Republic
Travel Agency
 Cuban Connection Travel Agency
Cuba Travel services
Grupo Cubanacan
Travelogues
Commielands
Cuba libre
Escaping From Cuba
Travel Forum and Comments Board
Travel Savings
Unforgettable Cuba (6/99 Cigar Aficionado)
Viva Cuba
Center for Cuban Studies
Cuba Travel USA
Cuba: An Introduction (PBS)
Oxfam Tours
Recreation/Attractions
USA CUBA TRAVEL: Destination & Travel Guide
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Analysis and Policy
America's Shame The Embargo of Cuba
Castroism without Castro
Cuba As A Commodity
Cuba Sanctions Program Guidelines
CUBA VS BLOQUEO
Cuban Information Archives
Cuba's Entrepreneurial Socialism (1997)
Elian Gonzalez Resources
Missile Crisis
My Own Private Cuba
Revolution becomes devolution
Vanessa Bauza Column
Cigars
Digital Havana
Partagás Cigar Factory
Cold War
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cold War
Economy and Daily Life
Dollars, Darkness and Diplomacy
Economic Links (Escape Artist)
Pure Cuba
Small Businesses
The North-South Center
Fidel
THE REVOLUTION WILL LIVE BEYOND ME
Jineterismo
A sexual education in Cuba
Guitart Jinetera Thesis (Contents)
Sexual Revolution by Silvana Paternostro
Something Unfamiliar About Cuba
Sun, Sea, Sex, and Socialismo (Guitart)
The Thailand of the Caribbean
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews
BOHEMIA
Cartelera
Contacto
Cuba News
La Habana Elegante
Opus Habana
Marti
JOSE MARTI
Paraphernalia
Movie Posters
Women's Posters
Raul Castro
Raul Castro
Religion
OrishaNet
1961 Literacy Campaign
Cuba's Apocalyptical History
Political Structure
PHOTOS
1930-1958
Addestramento militare dei giovani in piazza
Assignment Cuba
Assignment: Cuba, Barrio Chino by Joe Guerriero
Assignment: Cuba, Centro Habana by Joan Lyons
Assignment: Cuba, Cuba 2000 by Karen Keating
Assignment: Cuba, Cuba by Jim Bittker
Assignment: Cuba, Cuba by Sasha Boak
Assignment: Cuba, Cuba Today by Martha Morse