“I never imagined that 13 years would go by and Rene and his companions would still be in jail, and much less that my husband would be denied the right to return to his home in Cuba. There’s very little chance I’ll be able to see him within the next three years, and that’s horrible,” stated Olga Salanueva in an interview..
Read MoreChristian was one of the people I interviewed for the article “Cuba as Seen by Tourists.” On his last trip he said he wasn’t going to return to my country, but a few weeks ago he wrote saying that he was coming back to Havana for ten days.
Read MoreBulgarian singer Yordanka Hristova had one of the most popular voices in Cuba that came from the socialist camp in the ‘70s and ‘80s. “To me, the Varadero beach resort was a 24-hour-a-day party with so many musicians, groups and singers from all over the world,” she told HT.
Read MoreWhen meeting René Peña for the first time, the initial impression is always that of aggressiveness. Later, you find a sensitivity sui generis that isn’t meant to charm and that only non-prejudiced eyes can distinguish: passing beyond the spectacle of his strong gestures, his marking of the territory, the macho-tinged compliments, to note at last his sincere gaze and sensual movements.
Read More“HT is simply a publication that looks for ways to elevate the knowledge about and interest in Cuba and attempts to be accessible to a board spectrum of national and foreign readers,” said HT editor Circles Robinson in an interview conducted by Dmitri Prieto.
Read More“I think my encounter with art was natural. All children like to draw or make play-doh figures. What happens is that later, when they grow up, they become involved in other things. I just decided to continue,” said Ángel Alonso in his interview with HT. (11 photos)
Read MoreCuban singer-composer Alexander Diaz was raised in one of those Cuban households where playing music was as common as sitting down to eat. His professional career began in the cabaret at Havana’s Riviera Hotel.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI) occupies an enormous building near Havana’s Revolution Square, the island’s center of power. It has 1.2 million employees across the country, a third of whom are officials not directly connected with production.
Read MoreThe president of the “Cinema Plaza” film festival, Aries Morales, spoke with HT about this year’s event set for October 20-23. This woman of diverse responsibilities within Cuban culture noted that, “Only with debate and reflection will we be able to constantly improve; in this way we’ll someday succeed at making this the country that we dream of.”
Read MoreCuban actress Claudia Alvariño, who plays an important supporting role in the new Cuban film “Habanastation” was interviewed recently by HT. Commenting on the film, she noted that, “It reflects today’s Cuba, how human qualities get lost when money appears.”
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