The main national daily Spanish newspaper is the Granma. It is the official newspaper of Cuba, is printed in five languages and can be accessed at: http://granma.cu. For tourist-oriented information in Spainsh-English read the Cartelera magazine which covers many local activities. In most hotels catering to tourists, you can buy USA Today, New York Times, The International Herlald Tribune, Newsweek and Miami Herald. The hotel Havana Libre stocks most of these publications. There is also a selection of magazines and other reading materials in English.

Cable news network or CNN was recently given a special license to open a news bureau in Havana. Cuba was given the rights to show CNN on Cuban television, so it was only logical CNN would be the first news bureau to be approved. Nine other news groups were also granted licenses: ABC News, CBS news, The Miami Herald, The Associated Press, Dow Jones & Company, The Chicago Tribune, The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Univision and possibly The New York Times.