
She was just a child and was already showing her talent to be a great sportswoman. Her Physical Education professor in Palma Soriano, the cradle of this glory of Cuban sport, saw a high-performance athlete in that little girl and he wasn’t wrong. Ana Fidelia Quirot soon became “The Caribbean Stormbringer”.

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would end all travel restrictions for Americans who want to visit Cuba. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 also would allow travel-related banking transactions.

The new routes are part of six overall that the carrier based in Fort Worth, Texas, is launching this year throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. The new Miami routes are scheduled to begin June 4. Flights go on sale Saturday.

Santiago de Cuba’s Center for Underwater Natural and Cultural Heritage Management announces a Symposium on the underwater activity to preserve the natural and cultural heritage, SIMPOSUB.

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association has named a new leadership team, including a new Chief Executive Officer. Frank Comito, a former executive vice president of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association, was elected as CEO ahead of this week’s CHTA Caribbean Travel Marketplace conference, which is being held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.