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Urban Art in Old Havana

Walking down Paula Street in Old Havana, on a sunny September day, the amount of street art there and surroundings is striking (29 photos).

“You need to make sure you don’t get on a plane under any circumstance, for them to send you to die in Ukraine,” I blurted out.

Despite having been thwarted by brutal repression, 7/11/2021 woke up many who until then thought it was impossible to break those chains.

In many cases, these Cuban families break up. In the best ones, they are separated for many years.

Another event that resolves nothing but implies great expenses, with a higher impact on a country that is in the middle of an economic crisis

Today’s featured artist is Cuban trumpeter Chocolate Armenteros with his band the Cuban Soul and the song “Sunny Ray” (1997).

This is one of those times when I wonder what I’m doing here. Why am I wasting my time when I could be doing great things elsewhere?

More than five years ago, Melissa Teresa Vargas, the “child prodigy” of Cuban volleyball, was still in Cuba, in her hometown Cienfuegos.

For the moment I remain dodging bullets in front of the wall, sure of my ideas. I have stripped every word, canvas, and brush of dust.

Some claim the origin dates back to 1822 when, where the neighborhood is today, a tavern called Mantilla appeared. (21 photos)