Very few families who are part of the Cuban nationality are without at least one member among the beneficiaries of the trail of corruption, patronage and opportunism that characterized the Republic (from 1902-1959) and later the Cuban Revolution.
Read MoreSpanish musician Carlos Aransay is the director of Coro Cervantes in England and a lover of Cuban culture. Concerning the island, he says, “Cuba always makes me smile and gives me life.” He tries to come each year to work with Cuban musicians.
Read MoreFor some time now, flamenco has been a part of the Cuban music and dance stages. Today we interview Andres Correa, known as “the flamenco voice of Cuba.” He told us, “Unfortunately, many of our flamenco artists have chosen to immigrate in search of opportunity.”
Read MoreWriter, poet and essayist Jorge Brooks is also the manager of “Danza Contemporanea de Cuba” (the Cuban Contemporary Dance company), the most international troupe on the island. Reflecting on the arts, Brooks said, “You have to understand that art is a product that is sold.”
Read MoreMario Roman Reyes (Mario Maraca or Quijá) was a member of Fiesta Campesino and used to play traditional music in Jaguey Grande, Matanzas. One day a commission from Havana came to evaluate the group and then disbanded it.
Read MoreWe bring you part two of our interview with Easton, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah who lives in New York City studying at Sarah Lawrence University. Easton has participated actively with the Occupy Wall Street movement and studied for four months last year in Cuba.
Read MoreMexico’s old ruling party, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is set to return to power after early election results indicate the PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto has won the presidential election. Peña Nieto’s chief rival, the leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has not conceded, but the PRI has already claimed victory.
Read MoreEaston and I met at a community center for children. His “indignation” was the motive for this conversation, and despite the “games” of understanding that we had with the two languages, it was able to happen. Thanks again to his friend Erica.
Read MoreEduardo Sanchez Torel is an Argentinian-born actor with a distinguished career in Spain and Cuba. As he noted, “I appreciate the struggle of Mariela Castro to change things.”
Read MoreYasser Lezcano is a point of reference in the visual arts in Cuba. He told HT: “I never saw art as a way of life, nor did I dream that I would make a living from it.”
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