Cultural Delegations for 2019 Our May, 2018 encore trip to Cuba with the great Byron Stripling was spectacular despite tropical storm Alberto parking himself over Cuba for nearly our entire time in Havana. But, our troupe of intrepid travelers took the wet and wind in stride and never complained. Not once. And Byron’s final concert […]

Cuba Rhythm & Views Poised to Have its Best Season Yet as Cuba Bounces Back On January 20, CR&V, along with Lakeshore Music, presented our good friend Aldo López-Gavilán and his trio to a sold out house at the Tempe Center for the Arts. It was an amazing show on so many levels. With several […]

After Irma, a resilient Cuba rebuilds and tries to reboot American tourism in the wake of Trump’s hard-line political agenda In the past six months Cuba hasn’t been able to catch a break. First, there was the accusation that Cubans were using a “sonic weapon” against US and Canadian embassy staff, which has resulted in […]

As our fifth year anniversary of legal cultural exchange with Cuba begins in the fall of 2017, CR&V has multiple and diverse delegations on the books beginning January 2018. There are trips for arts aficionados, educators and anyone interested in on-the-ground discovery of cultural life in Cuba. We have heard much about the changes coming […]

Hola, CRV Alumni: Summer’s greetings to all our Cubanistas! We keep up with some of you on Facebook, but for most, it has been a while since you heard from us. However, with everything that’s happening, we thought you might enjoy a periodic update on the ever- changing situation that is Cuba. We’ll call it […]

Phoenix, AZ – As the diplomatic dialogue between the United States and the Republic of Cuba continues to evolve after 54 years of embargo, the sanctioned People-to-People cultural and educational exchanges between the two countries are expected to steadily increase as Americans become more curious about the mystique and romance of Cuba. For two American […]

Phoenix, AZ – As the diplomatic dialogue between the United States and the Republic of Cuba begins to thaw after 54 years of embargo, the sanctioned People-to-People cultural and educational exchanges between the two countries are expected to steadily increase as Americans become more curious about the mystique and romance of Cuba. For two American […]

Havana, República de Cuba – Despite the 54-year embargo of Cuba by the United States, more than 700,000 Americans are predicted to legally visit Cuba in 2014 through the People-to-People educational exchange between the two countries. More than 300 flights a month from Miami transport curious Americans across the Florida Straits to several Cuban cities […]