Iris asked the director of the Municipal Housing Department what legal routes existed to obtain a place to live in Cuba. Specifically, she asked if the government had apartments that it sold or rented. The answer was no.
Read MoreCuban troubadour Fernando Becquer (Havana, 1970), began to perform in the late 1980s. Since then his performances have been marked by his own style, one that defines him and has marked his artistry.
Read MoreOne of the top contemporary Cuban actresses is Susana Perez, who commented, “The reasons for a person living in one place of another must or should be personal, whether it’s because you like the climate in one place or have better job opportunities, or you want to be with this or that person or family.”
Read More“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.
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