Cuba Plus

Featured Project:   Cuba Plus

Taina Communications Ltd. has signed a 5-year agreement with the Cuban government to produce Cuba Plus magazine. The publication will cater to the tourist industry as well as introduce the Canadian reader to the medical advances, social, cultural and political life in Cuba.
The first issue of the magazine is in the works and will be ready for distributuion in the fall of 2006.

Letter from Editor:

Welcome to the first edition of Cuba Plus! Having been involved in Cuba for many years, our team has wanted to share the many beautiful, historical, and cultural facets of this island. When I first arrived in Cuba over a decade ago, my images of Cuba were restricted to Fidel and Che, cigars and rum. With the growth of interest in the latino world, I am sure that you know about salsa dancing and perhaps Son music from the Buena Vista Social Club. Cuba is now one of the top destinations for Canadians looking to escape winter for a week or two of sun and sand.

Cuba is all this and much more. Endlessly diverse and fascinating, Cuba is an island paradise, the largest in the Greater Antilles, providing a broad range of geographical sites of interests. Beaches, healthy coral beds, small island groups or cayos, bustling cities, quaint towns, mountain ranges, jungles and quiet private beaches. Cuba is also a very proud nation with its own very distinctive culture, music and food. The Cuban Revolution has brought many benefits to the island and this country is unique in the region for its educational and health systems, its access to culture, the excellence in sports, and the safety and security of its streets.

Cuba Plus will try to show you the treasures, both found in most guide books and those hidden to all but the natives of this island. Our goal is to inform and intrigue everyone interested in Cuba.
If you are lucky enough to make some good Cuban friends who will teach you the game of dominoes (for me the essence of Cuba), try playing on a makeshift table on a quiet street lit by the light from a streetlamp, drinking cheap rum out of an old plastic pop bottle. Light a cigar, smell the warm Caribbean breeze, and know that you are in a special place.
Happy reading and hope you can visit soon.

John Kim.