The 13th JoJazz 2010 Festival just concluded in Havana. It’s an event that has led to the “discovery” of numerous young talents and been a launching pad for their careers. During the competition HT interviewed composer Leonardo Fabian Gil.
Read MoreI attended so many ceremonies that I started to get interested… The elders wouldn’t allow you to play the sacred instruments, so you had to learn to play adlib, by observing and copying. I began in a self-taught manner and they would later correct what I was doing.
Read MoreRequirements and standards are very positive for achieving efficiency. Me in particular, I like to do my job well. I have years of experience in work that has made me known as a straight shooter.
Read MoreMercedes Aguirre, my famous model friend, told me about him when she found out that I was “hunting” for interesting characters to interview. She described him as a hairdresser who was missing a leg and who lived in a small room on an upper floor of a building in the Centro Havana neighborhood.
Read MoreXiomara Reyes, a principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre, is returning to her native Cuba for performances in the 22nd Havana International Ballet Festival, which begins on Wednesday, October 28th, and will continue through November 7th.
Read MoreBasically, its the four of us and all those who feel good about what happens here inside. There are children, neighbors, family members, friends who drop in frequently or appear after many years. All those who enjoy participating come and go as they please. It’s as free as that.
Read More“In 1997 I joined the ranks of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). While its members are obligated to report any misdeed, during those years people resuscitated a concept from prior to the 1959 revolution: that of the “chivato” (informer), and informers back then were always given beatings.”
Read MoreA couple of months ago I met “Marielys”. As I walked with her to the bus stop, she told me something that almost knocked me on my butt. She said, “I quit a job where I earned 475 pesos a month plus a bag of toiletries (with soap, deodorant, detergent, sanitary napkins, razors, etc.) for another job where I earn only 355 pesos and don’t get a toiletry bag”
Read MoreThe cultivation in several Cuban provinces of genetically modified maize, obtained by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, endangers biodiversity and contradicts the government’s own agricultural production plan, warns Cuban agro-ecologist Fernando Funes-Monzote.
Read MorePolice in Ecuador rioted Thursday, demanding the repeal of a public services law passed by Congress the day before, which would end the practice of granting soldiers and police medals and bonuses with each promotion, and would extend from five to seven years the period between promotions.
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