An American cruise ship has docked in Havana for the first time in more than 40 years.
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An American cruise ship has docked in Havana for the first time in more than 40 years.
Cruise ship from #Miami arrives in #Havana for historic trip to Cuba https://t.co/H98EndRNrB pic.twitter.com/svFkedOaTV
— nancy san martin (
nsanmartin) <a href="https://twitter.com/nsanmartin/status/727166745123901440">May 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>The Adonia set sail from Miami and glided in Havana with 700 people on board. <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1st cruise from a US port in decades leaves Miami for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cuba?src=hash">#Cuba</a> <a href="https://t.co/TTPxcRCtCU">https://t.co/TTPxcRCtCU</a> <a href="https://t.co/t7gh2UkNt8">pic.twitter.com/t7gh2UkNt8</a></p>— newsobserver.com (newsobserver) May 2, 2016
Since Presidents Obama and Castro announced in December 2014 that they had agreed to mend relations, tourism in Cuba has reached record numbers. > Cruise ship sails from Miami to Cuba for first time in 50 years https://t.co/V2qAchsKcB via nbc6</a> <a href="https://t.co/wfJafSMtO3">pic.twitter.com/wfJafSMtO3</a></p>— NBC News (NBCNews) May 2, 2016
“I’m here because I have some family members coming on the cruise ship and because I want for Cuba and the US to stay the way they are right now – in peace and united; whatever it takes for things to continue improving,” said one excited Cuban waiting at port. Before the 1959 Cuban Revolution ferries and cruise were the prefered way for Cubans and Americans to cross the Florida Straits.
1959 Orig Photo Cuban Revolution Leader FIDEL CASTRO Triumphant Speech Habana https://t.co/gusfJJo6VW pic.twitter.com/zBGo2oZzer
— extremely splendid p (@sobrinoteoberto) April 4, 2016
The Adonia will sail every other week between Miami and Havana.