Puerto Esperanza has essentially become a ghost town. A demanding paradise. The pavement from Puerto Esperanza to Viñales Valley, Cuba’s famed tobacco-growing region, is fissured and potholed.

Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway have arrived in Havana for the weekend to visit some of the his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.

Hugo Calderano was banned from entering the United States because of a visit to Cuba for a tournament in 2023.

A group of white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author arrived in Havana to visit some of his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.

Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway have arrived in Havana for the weekend to visit some of the his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.

For them, Cuba’s sputtering transition from command-socialism to a mixed-market economy invites a steady exodus. In 2022 alone, 250,000 Cubans (of 11.2 million residents ) left the island.

A group of white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author arrived in Havana to visit some of his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.