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Interview with Cuban actress Ana de Armas

Well, when I was in Cuba and I made the decision to leave for Spain to look for work, I was in my fourth year of acting school. When I left I was only a few months short of graduating, but I knew that immediately after finishing I wouldn’t be allowed to leave Cuba for a few years [to perform National Social Service work required of all graduates]. So, I had to weigh the value of having a degree in my hands or leaving at that moment in search of my future; I always pay attention to my intuition – so I left.

Havana Times Editor Quizzed on Cuba

The Communist Party of Great Britain’s online/print publication “Weekly Worker” published Thursday an interview conducted by journalist Maciej Zurowski with HT editor Circles Robinson. The interview gives some background on the starting up of Havana Times as well as some of Robinson’s views on current issues facing Cuba.

Mark Danner: Writing about Politics & War

I just consider myself a writer. People have these phrases like “human rights journalism” and all of that, and I just think I write about what interests me. And it often has to do with violence or war.

Interview with Cuban Artist Maykel Herrera

HT interviews Maykel Herrera, a visual artist whose work has already attained a privileged position among Cuban contemporary artists for its impact in exhibits and the interest shown by the public. “I consider myself a very observant individual, a person who nurtures themselves from all experiences. I take advantage of every day to the maximum,” says Maykel.

Cuba Flamenco Artist Reinier Mariño

HT interviews Reinier Mariño, a recognized flamenco guitarist from Cuba who left the island several years ago to pursue a fruitful international career. “I love to play; it’s perhaps what I love most in life. I would dare to say, with all sincerely, that I like playing the guitar more than making love,” says the musician.

Cuba’s Luis Javier Fuentes: He’s Small, but he Grows on Stage

When I look back and recall how I began in elementary school as a little child who barely knew what it really meant to be a dancer, this is when I realize that I’m realizing a dream.

Interview with writer Felix Guerra on the 100th BD of Jose Lezama Lima

“…The system that closes — no matter how great it is or how much truth and logic that people believe it to possess internally — it quickly becomes something like a Great Dane covered with ticks,” notes Felix Guerra.

Cuba’s Mariem Valdes: “My Soul on Stage”

This year has been very fruitful for my career as a soloist in the company. In March I realized my premiere as Nikiya in “The Bayadere,” a beautiful ballet which had the great challenge of not having been staged in Cuba for more than six years and only the Prodanza company was doing it.

Collective Hypnosis (A CD without Bitterness)

Hip hop, rap and urban music are musical genres in vogue. They are assimilated by many and scorned by others. Damian Rabilero is a professional advocate (a lawyer) but does not advocate his profession. He is a poet basically, a video producer and one of most interesting young people who have remained in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

“It’s said that we live a dizzying time, and that’s why I had the idea of breaking out of an atmosphere of a small audience in which works are read with a certain cadence. It’s also a way to present poetry as a show.”

A Question of Security

Mauricio Ortega, 57, is a native of Guanabacoa, a municipality of the city of Havana. With a ninth grade education, among the jobs he’s held are street sweeper, security guard and ambulance driver. HT interviews Mauricio (not his real name) who is currently working for AGESP,the Security and Protection Agency.