Talking Travel 2: Cuba

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In our second news and travel podcast, The World and Lonely Planet take you to a country that’s only 90 miles from the United States, and yet is off limits to most Americans. That’s right, Cuba. You’ll hear about efforts to lift a decades-long ban on American travel to Cuba. And, you’ll hear what most US citizens are missing out on by not being able to explore the island. (Photo by Rachel Lewis for Lonely Planet)

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World Books Interview: Homage to “The Halfway House”

An interview with Cuban writer José Manuel Prieto about the English translation of the late Guillermo Rosales’s “The Halfway House,” a powerful novel about exile, revolution, and mental illness.

Big changes in Miami’s Little Havana

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Correspondent Ruth Morris reports on the emergence of new, moderate voices in Miami’s Cuban-American community. They tend to be young and interested in dialogue with their peers living in Cuba.

Getting Cubans online

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Cubans are eager to get more online access. But will their government permit it? Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Robert Faris of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society about why Cubans are having such a tough time logging on.

Easing restrictions on Cuba

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Washington formally eased restrictions on Cuban-Americans visiting relatives and sending money to Cuba. As part of changes first announced in April, Washington has also relaxed rules for U.S. telecommunication companies doing business with Cuba. Marco Werman speaks to Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles about how Cuban-Americans are responding to the new rules. (photo: AP)Download MP3

• Frances Robles’s Miami Herald story
• BBC coverage
• Cuba after Fidel Castro