Interviews

Cuba Hip Hop Has Its Magic

One of the emblematic groups of Cuban hip hop is the duo “Obsesion,” made up by Alexei Rodríguez (aka: El tipo este) and Magia Lopez, who is also the manager of the Cuban Rap Agency. This is an interview with Magia who talks about the CD “El Disco Negro” and her work at the Agency.

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Cuba: Eduardo del Llano Interview

Cuban filmmaker Eduardo del Llano recently presented his latest movie “Vinci”, but with a subject matter that marks a difference in film production on the island: “I believe in a Cuban film that’s not afraid of touching on universal characters and themes.”

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What Happens in Cuba When Your House Caves In

This past November 11, part of the house collapsed where the family of 46-year-old Irina Pino lived. But this is not the typical story of a Cuban house that collapses because the construction is too old and has not been repaired for many years.

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A Cuban Who Moves on Wheels

I met Rodolfo three days ago while taking photos on the Malecon seawall. He mistook me for a foreigner visiting Cuba and offered to take a picture of me with his own camera: an ingenious device made of empty beer cans, a piece of wood, a spring and some wire.

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Cuba Singer Anais Abreu Interviewed

Cuban singer Anais Abreu is one of the voices continuing in the style bequeathed by the greatest performers from the island. “The sad thing is that many singers in Cuba are dying but have never been on television or recorded a CD.”

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The Life of a Young Cuban Actress

Alianne Portuondo is one of the principal actresses in the popular stage group “Mephisto Teatro.” She told HT, “The life of a young actress in Cuba is very simple, like that of any other young woman’s. The only difference is that our profession denotes a great deal of sacrifice in terms of one’s personal life.”

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Is Leaving Cuba the only Option?

For months now, there are two people I’ve been wanting to interview: one of them is my Havana Times colleague, known to readers as Amrit; the other is the writer Veronica Pérez Vega who is just becoming known in our country, but who has recently had her first novel published in France, “Here, the only thing to do is leave”.

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Cuba Filmmaker/Actor Daniel Chile

The young actor and filmmaker Daniel Chile told HT: “Although I’m lucky to have found my calling, I’m still trying to find myself.” His short “Tunel” will be shown in the upcoming Havana Film Festival in the Made in Cuba section.

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Dengue Vaccine Advances in Cuba

“We don’t like to talk about our specific goals,” says Cuban virologist María Guadalupe Guzman, as a subtle way to avoid going into too much detail about the research she is heading up to develop a dengue vaccine.

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