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An Afternoon in Cojimar (+ Video)

Let’s take a moment and imagine what would have happened to Cojimar if its history had been different. This fishing village located in Habana del Este. (12 photos)

Mogherini’s Visit and the EU’s Deal with Cuba

On September 9, the chief of European diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, concluded her trip to Havana, where she co-chaired the second EU-Cuba Joint Council and reviewed the current situation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between Cuba and the EU.

Cuba at the International Human Rights Film Festival in Bogota

We attended the International Human Rights Film Festival in Bogota, Colombia that ran from August 22nd until the 29th. It kicked off with the movie El silencio by Brazilian filmmaker Beatriz Seigner, a heartbreaking movie about the peace agreement in Colombia, narrated from the point of view of the missing.

Joyous Young Cubans at the Beginning of the School Year

Despite the economic limitations created by the US blockade, uniforms could be made for all children and adolescents, which meant making 3.125 million pieces of clothing.

In Bed with Nonardo, Sixth Program (video)

I finished the sixth part of my program “In bed with Nonardo”. This time I dare to address the issue of the importance that the size of the male sexual organ can have for a woman.

I Do Talk about Politics

The great Pessoa wrote this quote at the beginning of the 1920s, right when decent people all over the planet had nothing but praise for the newly-born Russian Revolution (1921). Reflecting upon past revolutions, the great Portuguese writer intuitively knew how futile they were…

Yamila and a Dream that Never Dies

Yamila is a jinetera, as we say here in Cuba for a woman who prostitutes herself to foreigners. She is 27 years old and absolutely stunning. What we Cubans call “a knockout”. She was born in ‘92, right bang in the Special Period.

Artistic Nude Photography

The act of looking at a photo of a naked body is surrounded by prejudice. Just doing it is a whole thing. People who have posed for these kinds of photos keep them hidden away. Maybe because twisted minds would use them for blackmail or business purposes.

School Uniforms Are an Important Issue in Cuba

While the media and ministers of governments in other countries dedicate their time and space to issues such as the environment, duty on market products, taxes, or whether leaders are doing what they said they would on their political agenda, in Cuba, the trivial takes the spotlight.

Star Wars Event in Havana

The first ever Star Wars conference took place here in Havana on Saturday August 24th. Stories that refuse to die. Introduction to Star Wars Expanded Universe, a conference chaired by Mario Jorge Toirac Marrero and Victor Gonzalez Companioni. (15 photos)