Posted by Admin in Caribbean, Guest Posts, Trip Participant Stories on 29th November, 2012 | 1 Comment
There is a broad range of opinion about Cuba here in the United States. Some people think it is one big prison. Others think Cuba is further down the road to sustainability than the United States. Here’s what Global Exchange Co-founder Kevin Danaher, who has traveled to Cuba many times, has to say about this.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Civil Rights, Education, Food and Agriculture, Labor and Economy, Latin America, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Peace and Conflict on 8th November, 2012 | No Comments
In the second of a two part series on Argentina, Reality Tours host organization, La Vaca, shares the significance of the country’s history, it’s economic hardship and what inspiring lessons it provides for the global community today!
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Posted by Leslie Balog in Caribbean on 25th October, 2012 | No Comments
As Washington puts the brakes on its citizens right to travel to Cuba, the island nation has relaxed travel restrictions for Cubans.
In another major change in Cuba, the Cuban government has lifted unpopular restrictions on its citizens who wish to travel abroad.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Civil Rights, Education, Labor and Economy, Latin America, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Uncategorized on 22nd October, 2012 | No Comments
In the first of a two part series on Argentina, Reality Tours host organization, La Vaca, shares the significance of the country’s history, it’s economic hardship and what inspiring lessons it provides for the global community today!
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Posted by Admin in Guest Posts, Latin America on 18th October, 2012 | 3 Comments
Walter Turner, President of the Global Exchange Board of Directors, updates about U.S. regulations pertaining to U.S. citizens travel to Cuba. He says, “The Cold War ended years ago. Its time for American policy to reflect the rights of its citizens to be able to travel to Cuba and engage – unrestricted – with the people of Cuba. Its time to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba, end the 50 years blockade against Cuba, remove Cuba from the list of countries supporting terrorism, and free the Cuban 5.”
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Posted by Rebekah Olstad in Middle East, Peace and Conflict, Uncategorized, Women on 17th October, 2012 | No Comments
Global Exchange Co-Founder Medea Benjamin and delegates from CodePink recently completed a peace march to tribal areas of Pakistan that have been limited to foreigners in the past decade. Here’s more about it.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Art and Culture, Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Civil Rights, Education, Food and Agriculture, Labor and Economy, Peace and Conflict, Spirituality and Religion on 17th September, 2012 | 3 Comments
Global Exchange announces our newest Reality Tour destination! Guess where we are going to build people to people ties in 2013?
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Posted by Andrea Hightower in Caribbean, Citizen Diplomacy, Education, Latin America on 29th August, 2012 | 3 Comments
New regulations by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regarding legal travel to Cuba were released in July that contain a number of new guidelines and directives for organizations that are licensed to provide travel to Cuba, including Global Exchange. While these new regulations are leaving people confused and unclear about what this means »
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Posted by Admin in Art and Culture, Guest Posts, Latin America, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Uncategorized on 28th August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Read what it’s like to snap photos of people in Cuba, plus how one photographer leads budding photographers by organizing customized Reality Tours to Cuba .
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Posted by Malia Everette in Civil Rights, Environment & Sustainability, Latin America, Partner and Trip Leader Stories on 15th August, 2012 | No Comments
In the second of a two part series on Argentina, Reality Tours program officer Delia Marx shares the significance of the 2001 financial crisis, the lessons it provides for us today and some of her personal insights facilitating the journeys.
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