As part of the series of interviews with historical figures of Castro’s revolution that Cuba’s Round Table program has been holding, Commander Guillermo Garcia Frias, the first farmer to join the detachment of combatants that would later become the Rebel Army, spoke of his experiences on Cuban television.
Read MoreCuba’s liberalization process is so “open” it hasn’t even set up a consumer defense office to protect citizens. If someone wishes to complain, they must do so at the very company that scammed them.
Read MoreThe following text silently fades in over black: “Cuba is a socialist Latin American island nation where the State controls most of the means of production to guarantee the wellbeing of its citizens.” Thus begins Marcelo Martin’s documentary, El tren de la linea norte (“The North Line Train”). The film documents a journey that begins at the station in Moron and ends at Punta Alegre in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila.
Read MoreTo hope for the best and prepare for the worst seems to be the maxim followed by those who manage Cuba’s economy when offering an overview of the situation, which doesn’t look very promosing in 2016.
Read MoreReinaldo and Estela rent out accommodations in Old Havana. Conversing with them about their businesses, they told Havana Times that their main problem isn’t the lack of customers but water shortages.
Read MoreFew have been the times in which so many baseball stars have met at Havana’s renowned Parque Central, and never before have so many of them not born in Cuba. The capital’s popular meeting place for sports aficionados had the privilege of welcoming many of the members of the Major Leagues delegation that visited the country in recent days, and the joy was generalized at this spot in Old Havana, the habitual venue of one of the so-called “Hot Corners.”
Read MoreFrom December 17-20, Havana hosted the 31st International Jazz Plaza Festival. This year the event was dedicated to the types of music that over time have been influenced by jazz. Here are some videos I took.
Read MoreBaseball could achieve what diplomacy has failed to bring about, or, at least, that’s what former US manager Joe Torre believes. He expressed his confidence the sport will bring the Cuban and US people closer together.
Read MoreRecently while walking down dirty streets bombarded by the reggaeton music in vogue, I could not have imagined that, at the corner of the Alameda de Paula, I would be finding an enclave of peace and quiet. (10 photos)
Read MoreI was interviewing doctors about to leave for Brazil when my office phoned me to tell me Alan Gross had been released from prison and was flying back to his country. I assumed Cuba’s three agents (of the Cuban Five), had also been released and that they would soon be back in Havana.
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