TTC Service.- Cuba and the United States restored diplomatic relations by opening embassies in Washington and Havana on  July 20th, a historic moment that should boost American tourism to the island and bilateral trade in a process that will be long but probably inevitable.

New York.- United Airlines announced lsat week that it would begin offering new nonstop services to Grand Cayman out of both Chicago and Washington DC during the winter months.

Havana.- The Fifth Caribbean Community (Caricom)-Cuba summit called last Monday for ending the trade embargo of Washington against Havana.

El Pais in English Cuba is accusing Washington of causing multi-billion-dollar losses to the island’s economy because of the US embargo that began in the 1960s, and was recently extended one more year by President Barack Obama.

  Washington, DC.- 17 000 people will be able to see first hand the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in the Ellipse by the White House on December 6 thanks to the National Park Service online lottery, which opened October 31 and will close November 4.

Washington.- The Washington, D.C.’s most famous plant: an 8-foot-tall (2.4-meter-tall) corpse flower named Andy is supposed to smell like a dead body, according to a National Geographic article.