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University & College faculty, staff & students, K-12 teachers from USA are eligible to travel to Cuba under the General License, a process that can be completed by individuals & educational institutions without submitting the application to OFAC.

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Whether you want to go to Cuba for Professional Research, Support for the Cuban People, Professional Meetings, Religious Activities, Public Performances, Exhibitions or Workshops, chances are you can find a Cuba tour that matches your interest in our 2024 rooster. Here’s our full roster of Cuba tours:
Cuba Education Tour 1 From Feb 24 to Mar 2, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 2 From Mar 2 to Mar 9, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 3 From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Cuba Engage 3 From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Cuba Art Explorer I From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Bird Watching Cuba Tour From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 3 From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Cuba Business Tour From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Healthcare Cuba Tour From Mar 9 to Mar 16, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 4 From Mar 16 to Mar 23, 2024
Photography Tour I From Apr 6 to Apr 13, 2024
The Nature of Cuba From Apr 6 to Apr 15, 2024
Cuba Engage 4 From Apr 6 to Apr 13, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 4 From Apr 6 to Apr 13, 2024
Four Biosphere Reserves From May 3 to May 12, 2024
Cuba Engage 5 From May 11- May 18, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 5 From May 11- May 18, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 5 Jun 8- Jun 15, 2024
Cuba Engage 6 Jun 8- Jun 15, 2024
Cuba Art Explorer II Jun 8- Jun 15, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 6 Jun 8- Jun 15, 2024
Photography Tour II Jun 8- Jun 15, 2024
Fire Festival Cuba Tour Jun 30- Jul 7, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 6 From Jul 6- Jul 13, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 7 From Jul 6- Jul 13, 2024
Cuba Engage 7 From Jul 6- Jul 13, 2024
Cuba Business Tour From Jul 6- Jul 13, 2024
Healthcare Cuba Tour From Jul 6- Jul 13, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 7 From Jul 13- Jul 20, 2024
Jews of Cuba Travel From Aug 8- Aug 15, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 8 Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Cuba Engage 8 Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Photographers On Tour Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Cuba Education Tour 8 Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Cuba Art Explorer III Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Cuba Architecture Tour I Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Lawyers Cuba Travel Aug 10- Aug 17, 2024
Seven Historical Cities II Aug 10- Aug 21, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 9 From Sep 7- Sep 14, 2024
Cuba Engage 9 From Sep 7- Sep 14, 2024
Cuba Baseball Tour From Sep 7- Sep 14, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 10 From Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2024
Cuba Engage 10 From Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2024
Performing Arts Tour From Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2024
Dance Cuba Tour From Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2024
Cuba Ballet Festival From Oct 26- Nov 2, 2024
Jo Jazz Havana Trip Nov 6- Nov 13, 2024
Seven Historical Cities I Nov 7- Nov 18, 2024
Cuba Nature Tour Nov 8- Nov 17, 2024
Cuba Business Tour Nov 9- Nov 16, 2024
Healthcare Cuba Tour Nov 9- Nov 16, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 11 Nov 9- Nov 16, 2024
Cuba Engage 11 Nov 9- Nov 16, 2024
Havana Art Biennial From Nov 16 to Nov 23, 2024
Film Festival Cuba Tour Dec 9- Dec 16, 2024
Cuba Real Tour 12 Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuba Engage 12 Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuba Education Tour 9 Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuba Education Tour 10 Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuba Education Tour 11 Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Bird Watching Cuba Tour Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuba Architecture Tour Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuban Art Explorer IV Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Photography Tour IV Dec 26- Jan 2, 2024
Family Discovery Tour Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Jewish Heritage Tour Dec 26- Jan 2, 2025
Cuba Real Tour 1 From Jan 11 to Jan 18, 2025
Cuba Engage 1 From Jan 11 to Jan 18, 2025
Havana Jazz Festival From Jan 19 to Jan 27, 2025
Santiago Jazz Festival From Jan 20 to Jan 27, 2025
Cuba Jazz Festival From Jan 22 to Jan 27, 2025
Havana Book Fair From Feb 7 to Feb 14, 2025
Cuba Al Natural From Feb 8 to Feb 19, 2025
Cuba Real Tour 2 From Feb 8 to Feb 15, 2025
Cuba Engage 2 From Feb 8 to Feb 15, 2025
Habano Cigar Festival From Feb 22 to Mar 1, 2025
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Jacqui Birchall, Authentic Cuba Travel® Expert Travel Agent Hello! My name is Jacqui Birchall. I am a retired Surrey (BC) high school teacher. My students and I travelled to Cuba with this wonderful people. It was an amazing experience for my students, students who cried as we left Cuba. I am happy to answer any questions you may have about how to organize your trip and any other questions you may have about Cuba. I have been lucky enough to have spent time teaching in Cuba and I have travelled extensively throughout the island. I invite you to take your classroom to Cuba with us!
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Business Study Tours to Cuba for US Academic Institutions 2022

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Do not wait any longer. Now is the time to start planning the next Cuba tour for your students. Your students will consider traveling to Cuba an experience of a lifetime. They will come home optimistic and inspired by fresh perspectives on what is possible not only personally but also socially. Request a custom-made no-obligation Cuba Study Trip for your students, and check some of the resources we put at your service.

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With customizable Cuba study tours, it is easy to offer North American Universities and Schools the educational experiences they expect out of Cuba travel. Not only is there a Cuba study trip to fit any group size, educational interest and budget, but each one also immerses Canadian and US Professors and students in the authentic Cuba and takes you deep into the heart and soul of the Cuban people.

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  • Nice, Safe, Clean Accomodation
  • Most Meals
  • Complimentary Professor(s) Participation
  • Official Asistur Cuban Health Insurance
  • Luxury Air-conditioned Coach Transportation
  • An Expert Cuban English Speaking Guide
  • Activities & Exchanges as Described
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  • Cuba Education Tour 1Havana, Cienfuegos & Trinidad Feb 24- Mar 2, 2024Book Now
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  • Notice to US Universities, Colleges and Schools of Commerce, Business Administration and Economics:



    In January 2016, the US Government announced further enhancements to the 12 categories of authorized travel to Cuba that previously required a specific license (this is, lengthy applications to OFAC). Now travel to the Caribbean island is allowed under a general license (this is, self-completed paperwork with no application to OFAC needed).

    After President Biden’s policy change on USA Cuba travel on June 9, 2022, the General License for Educational Activities remains in place. Accredited U.S. graduate or under graduate degree-granting institutions; U.S. Academic Institutions; and U.S. Schools can organize and sponsor an educational trip to Cuba for their students, faculty and staff under the General License for Educational Activities, provided that the trip meets OFAC guidelines; and that an employee or other representative of the organization escorts the trip to make sure such guidelines are followed by all participants.

    US Universities, Colleges and Schools of Commerce, Business Administration and Economics, and other Acadecmic Organizations from USA can organize and sponsor a trip to Cuba for educational activities. The purpose of the Cuba travel should be for:

    _ the participation in a structured educational program offered for credit as part of a course of the sponsoring institution;

    _ educational exchanges sponsored by Cuban or U.S. secondary schools involving secondary school students’ participation in a formal course of study or in a structured educational program offered by a secondary school or other academic institution, and led by a teacher or other secondary school official are authorized. This authorization allows for participation of a reasonable number of adult chaperones to accompany the secondary school students to Cuba.

    _ attendance at non-commercial academic seminars, conferences and workshops related to Cuba sponsored or co-sponsored by U.S. academic institution.

    _ non- commercial academic research related to Cuba for the purpose of obtaining a graduate or undergraduate degree;

    _ the participation in a formal course of study at a Cuban academic institution provided that credits will be accepted toward the student’s graduate or undergraduate degree;

    _ participation in a 10-week structured educational program in Cuba as part of a course offered at the U.S. institution;

    _ participation in a formal 10-week course of study at a Cuban academic institution, provided the formal course of study in Cuba will be accepted for credit toward the student’s undergraduate or graduate degree at the U.S. institution;

    We take care of all details both in North America and in Cuba, including VISA and flight arrangements to Cuba's main destinations via USA ports (Miami, Tampa, New York, Los Angeles, or other) or through third countries like Canada and Mexico. Authorized US organizations can travel through a third country subject to the same restrictions and requirements as those flying directly from USA.

    At Authentic Cuba Travel®, we have been organizing such educational and cultural travel experiences from the United States of America for years with great success.


    Notice to US Institutes, Centers and Organizations for Economic Research:



    Institutes, Centers and Organizations for Economic Research from USA can organize a trip to Cuba under the provisions of the General License for Educational Activities, the General License for Group People-to-people Educational Travel, the General License for Support for the Cuban People, the General License for Professional Research, the General License for Semi-Professional & Amateur International Sports Competition, the General License for Humanitarian Projects, the General License for Activities of Private Foundations or Research or Educational Institutes among others. Certain conditions are to be met to comply with OFAC General License requirements for each category of USA Cuba travel though.

    The mission of your organization and the objective of your trip to Cuba determine under what general license you can travel to Cuba legally. In general, most trips should consist of a full-time schedule of activities intended to promote the exchange with the ordinary citizens of Cuba. This full-time schedule must also include educational activities that result in meaningful interaction in between U.S and Cuban nationals. Free time in excess or regular tourists' activities are not permitted.

    We take care of all details both in North America and in Cuba, including VISA and flight arrangements to Cuba's main destinations via USA ports (Miami, Tampa, New York, Los Angeles, or other) or through third countries like Canada and Mexico. Authorized US organizations can travel through a third country subject to the same restrictions and requirements as those flying directly from USA.

    At Authentic Cuba Travel®, we have been organizing such educational and cultural travel experiences from the United States of America for years with great success. Call us and let us know more about your organization and we will provide guidance and assistance.


    Day 1. Saturday.
    Business Exchange with Cuban Entrepreneurs
    Arrival at "Jose Marti" International Airport in Havana.

    Group welcomed by the Authentic Cuba Travel® Cuban guide and driver. Private transfer to your Luxury Casa Particular located at Vedado district, the cultural center of Havana City.

    Private group check-in.

    Our Cuba business tours from USA start with a welcome dinner at a paladar (family-run restaurant), a private business establishment that has boomed in the country since Obama's administration eased the travel restrictions to Cuba for Americans. Tonight we will visit La California and meet the owners. During our people-to-people exchange with these Cuban business entrepreneurs we will learn about the way their lives have changed since the Cuban government opened the door to private enterprise.

    Breakfast and dinner are complimentary.
    Day 2. Sunday.
    Cuban Cooperative Model
    Morning: business study tours to Cuba for US academic institutions should take the time to explore the unique Cuban cooperative model, a fusion of private entrepreneurship and state-owned property seen by many as a clear opening to free-market models and privatization in the Caribbean nation.

    State enterprises and lands have been converted into cooperatives which are directly and independently run by workers who have a stake in their success.

    During today explorations of cooperative models in communist Cuba, American participants of our business trips to Cuba will visit (time permitting) different cooperatives such urban farms, art workshops, beauty salons, cafeterias, taxi service providers, etc that have been turned into cooperatives by the Cuban government. Cubans have embraced this sort of enterprise that allows them to take home the money they earn for the first time in generations.

    First we will visit the urban farm Organoponico Alamar to meet with their members and to discuss the cooperative model. This cooperative has about 25 members and provides a range of healthy, organic low-cost food to Havana and environs.

    As part of the educational activities included in our Cuba study tours to meet OFAC criteria for legal travel to Cuba for American schools and universities are people-to-people exchanges with ordinary Cubans such as the farmers we will meet next at the Vedado Farmer's Market, where fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices are sold from simple stalls. Separate sections sell meats and live poultry. All of the essentials for traditional Cuban cuisine are available here, along with the aromas, sights and sounds of a bustling bazaar.

    Lunch at Vivero Organoponico Alamar. Dine on natural food prepared by the staff of this collective!

    Afternoon: visit to the Experimental Printing Workshop, another interesting cooperative model. Again, a state-owned building, in this case a historical spacious building dating from colonial times, have been turned into a cooperative where a group of Cuban artists work tirelessly to produce Cuba's finest print artworks. Those participating in our business tours to Cuba from US will get to experience a high caliber people-to-people educational exchange during this visit.

    Free time in the famous handicraft market of Old Havana where you can purchase all sorts of crafts and souvenirs by local artisans.

    Return to your private rental accomodation.

    Evening: US Cuba business trips should not be boring! Tonight you will dance to Cuba's most popular rhythms such as Son and Salsa at La Azotea de Elsa. This is another interesting private venture that shows the entrepreneurship spirit of the Cuban people. A Cuban family of musicians have managed to obtain a license to run a sort of private small club in their home, located at the rooftop of one of Old Havana historical buildings.
    Day 3. Monday.
    Old Havana's Master Plan, Self Sustaining Business Model
    Cuba business tours should take a closer look at a very unique business model that was developed in Cuba during the 1990's when the Office of the City Historian was granted special economic powers for the touristic development, restoration and complete rehabilitation of the historical center amid the huge economic crisis the country was facing as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    Today, the administrative responsibilities of the Office of the City Historian go beyond saving buildings and monuments to the training and hiring of apprentices and artisans, architects, and planners. The Office also plows tourist-generated revenues into operations of schools, hospitals and retirement homes in Old Havana. The office also ensures that schools, hospitals and retirement homes have the necessary resources to operate properly.

    With so many responsibilities and an obligation of self-financing all its activities, the Office of the Historian has established several companies to generate the necessary funding to accomplish its goals. Habaguanex S.A., named after a native chief, owns most of Old Havana's tourist facilities, hotels, restaurants, bars, markets and stores. All profits from the companies owned by the Office of the Historian are reinvested in important social projects and restoration work.

    Escorted by an architect from the Master Plan of the Office of the City Historian, Cuba business tour participants from US will embark on a guided walking tour of Old Havana, UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    We will visit restored areas and buildings where restoration is on progress. We also visit some hotels, and business entities that provide financing for the Office of the City Historian.

    Lunch at El Templete restaurant, one of the most successful establishments of the Office of the City Historian.

    Afternoon: Visit to Habaguanex S.A. Headquarters and Lonja del Comercio buildings (former Exchange of Havana), a commercial building run by Real State Company Fenix S.A. today.

    Exposing US students to the Cuban educational system through peer-to-peer exchanges is also a priority of our educational business tours to Cuba. Today your students will have the chance to spend time with Cuban students at the Old Havana's Escuela Taller, Cuba's premier educational institution for the teaching of archeological and restoration work.

    Free time in the famous handicraft market of Old Havana where you can purchase all sorts of crafts and souvenirs by local artisans.

    Return to your private rental accomodation.

    Evening: attend baseball game at Latinoamericano Baseball Stadium in Havana. Business travel to Cuba for educational activities by US academic institutions will not be complete without socializing with Cubans at a baseball game, Cuba's national sport. No wonder President Barrack Obama himself visited this baseball stadium during his visit to Cuba in 2016. Tonight your students will follow in the footsteps of the former US president!
    Day 4. Tuesday.
    Cuba's Cigar Industry
    Morning: understanding Cuba's economic history is getting to know the Cuban cigar industry. Business study tours for US academic institutions should delve deep into an industry that has been part of Cuba's economy for centuries since colonial times.

    Joint ventures in between Cuban-government enterprises and foreign enterprises have been at the center of Cuba's economic emergence from the Special Period of the 1990's. One of such joint-ventures is Habanos S.A, a 50-50 partnership in between Cubatabaco, a Cuban company and Altadis, a Spanish company. Habanos S.A. expects to gain 25% to 30% of the US market if embargo is lifted.

    Today we will have a exclusive meeting with representatives of Habanos S.A. to learn about the opportunities and challenges of joint ventures with Cuban-government companies as well as to learn about the Cuban cigar industry in general.

    Complimentary lunch will be served at El Aljibe, one of Cuba's most popular restaurants. Hollywood stars (Jack Nicholson) and US presidents (Jimmy Carter) are among the patrons of this well-run business that was founded by Cuban businessmen Sergio and Pepe Garcia back in 1947.

    After the Revolution, the business was closed down as private property was not seeing with good eyes by the new government. But in the 1990's, the state-run chain Palmares approached Mr. Garcia with an interesting idea for the time: to revive the old restaurant and distribute a small percentage of the money they make among their workers. The restaurant soon became one of the most popular venues in the city, hence opening the door for the cooperative model that has become so popular in the last years. Business travel to Cuba from US includes ample time for discussing this business model with staff of this restaurant that serves a 62-year-old secret family recipe: El Aljibe chicken.

    Afternoon: visit to Partagas Cigar Factory, founded in 1845 by Spaniard Don Jaime Partagas. Don Jaime owned many of the best plantations in the Vuelta Abajo tobacco-growing region of Cuba and being able to choose from among the finest tobaccos on the island made the brand Partagas incredibly successful.

    Followed by panoramic air conditioned coach tour of the most important historical sites in the Modern Havana neighborhoods of Vedado, and Miramar including the Revolution Square, University of Havana, Habana Libre Hotel, Coppelia Ice Cream Park, Plaza Jose Marti (in front of U.S. Interests Section), Monument to the Battleship Maine, Malecon seawall, Prado promenade, Central Park, The Great Theatre and the Capitol building.

    Evening: meet with acclaimed Cuban filmmaker Rafael Rosales at his privately owned restaurant, El Madrigal. Like many Cubans we meet during our Cuba study tours, the entrepreneurship spirit of Mr.Rosales made him turn his 1919 Vedado mansion into a bohemian venue that displays his 20-year- old career in the Cuban film industry through art and images, pictures and artefacts.
    Day 5. Wednesday.
    Private Business Booming in Cuba's Countryside
    During our business trips to Cuba from US we like to take a day trip to UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vinales Valley and Vinales Town. Known worldwide for its unique rock formations, breathtaking landscapes and tobacco plantations, Vinales private business sector is booming like in no other countryside town in the island. Hence it is an important destination to explore for business study tours to Cuba for US academic institutions seriously considering exposing their students to Cuban entrepreneurs.

    To learn how tourism is impacting the state and private sector and the lives of the thousands of Cubans who call Vinales home, we will start our business exploration of Cuba's countryside by meeting with tobacco-growing farmers at their tobacco plantations. Extra income is being generated by running small tobacco tours, rolling and selling cigars at their homes, organizing horseback riding tours and other tourist activities.

    Next US students participating in our Cuba business tours are introduced to the owners of various private bed-and-breakfast businesses, the workhorse of the private sector in Vinales. With more than a thousand break-and-breakfast operating in this picturesque colonial town, private room capacity has exploded and by far surpassed the combined 200 rooms offered by state-owned hotels.

    Lunch at local family restaurant.

    After lunch we will visit the Cueva del Indio, used by the Guanahatabey Amerindians as a burial site in ancient time, and as refuge from the Spaniards for both Indians and Black slaves alike. We’ll take a short boat ride on the subterranean river running through the cave.

    Visit to Mural de la Prehistoria, a huge painting on the side of a Mogote.

    Just before heading back to Havana city, we will take American professors and students to explore some small businesses around Vinales Central Plaza such as private vendors selling crafts, unpretentious cafeterias, and others that benefit from tourism. Please, do notice all the people gathering in this area to use the public WiFi, which shows the unprecedented access to internet now available in the island.

    Transfer back to Havana city.
    Day 6. Thursday. Varadero, Cuba's Economy Engine
    An important destination to visit during our travel to Cuba for US business schools is Varadero beach, the largest beach resort in the Caribbean and the epicenter of Cuba's tourism industry receiving almost 40% of Cuba's foreign visitors any given year. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, tourism became one of the main hard currency earners for the country. Tourism was opened to international capital and foreign hotel chains such as Melia, Iberostar, Riu, etc began joint ventures with Cuban hotel companies to develop and manage hotels in Cuba.

    The area offers dozens of other tourist facilities like restaurants, cafeterias, marinas, a golf course, a dolphin aquarium and a tourism and hotel management school.

    Rest stop in Bacunayagua Bridge for a Pina Colada and enjoy the view over the highest bridge (110 mts) in Cuba, one of the marvels of Cuban post- revolutionary architecture.

    Visit to Matanzas City, also known as the Venice of Cuba and the city of bridges of which there are seventeen crossing the three rivers that traverse the city (over Yumuri, San Juan, and Canimar rivers). It is also known as "La Atenas de Cuba" (the Athens of Cuba) for its wealth of poets.

    Visit to Ediciones Vigia. A unique publishing house that produces handmade paper and first edition copies of books. Only 200 copies of each book is made so each is a collector's item. Meet with director, publishers and artists.

    Panoramic motor coach tour of the Peninsula de Hicacos, Varadero to witness tourism development in the area. Free time for lunch and enjoy the beach (optional)

    Afternoon: return to Havana city.
    Day 7. Friday.
    Cuba's Rum Industry
    Morning: our business study trips to Cuba also feature exclusive meetings with Cuban representatives of Havana Club International, a joint venture between Pernod Ricard and the Cuban government. The Havana Club brand is sold outside of Cuba in conjunction with the Pernod Ricard drinks giant. Havana Club is not sold in the United States, however, due to the United States embargo against Cuba.

    Along with Cuban cigars, Cuban rum has been an important export item for Cuba's economy for decades. The famous Daiquiri cocktail was created in Cuba by an American engineer at the end of the 19th century. And Hemingway drank it for decades at Cuban bars. During the Prohibition, wealthy Americans traveled to Cuba to sip in Cuban rum over weekends.

    Since the US embargo on Cuba was enforced in 1963, Cuban cigars and rum became forbidden items for Americans. Thanks to the relaxation of economic and travel regulations to Cuba by Obama administration, Americans visiting Cuba can now import cigars and rum bottles subject to same duties as from other destinations.

    However, it is illegal to import and distribute those items commercially in USA. How comes then you can buy Havana Club rum (the most popular Cuban rum in the world) at most liquor stores in America? Well, that brand of Havana Club is not from Cuba but from Puerto Rico.

    Bacardi sells different rum in the U.S., also called Havana Club but unrelated to the Cuban version. The Bacardi product, which is made in Puerto Rico, has been the subject of trademark violation litigation by Pernod Ricard.

    Lunch on your own not included.

    Afternoon: visit to the Havana Club Museum of Rum. From freshly cut stalks of sugar cane to a reconstitution of a distillery and ageing cellars, the museum offers a real-time experience of the rum-making process, as well as a taste of true Cuban culture.

    Evening: enjoy Afrojazz, Cubajazz and Sonjazz at Club La Zorra y El Cuervo, Havana’s most famous Jazz club, located just around the corner from the National Hotel of Cuba. The club features astonishing performances by island bands and soloists! (optional, not included)
    Day 8. Saturday.
    Departure
    Early morning departure to Havana City International Airport for departure.

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