Blessed with mathematical genius, he has received several awards and currently publishes works related to his specialty in the United States. “I was a bronze medalist at the Hispanic University Students Olympics,” Roberto Bosch Cabrera told us during his interview for Havana Times.
Read MoreWhat could surprise me after seeing a Catholic nun with polished fingernails and toenails, who was going to take part in the May 9th Gay Pride Parade of the Cuban Campaign against Homophobia, wearing her habit? Well, I guess only a Catholic Bishop who would also march in the parade with his habit and his… husband.
Read MoreMauricio Vallina, educated between the island and Moscow’s Tchaikovsky, and probably the hottest Cuban concert pianist on the international scene right now, is returning to play in his homeland. “I consider myself above all else a romantic pianist”, he told us in his HT interview.
Read MoreIn the USA, politicians, business leaders and organizations are pressing intensely to bring together the two shores of the Straits of Florida.
Read MoreCarlos Gonzalez is the director of a historical and one-of-a-kind company in Cuba. His aim is to “guarantee that Cuba’s only string puppet company, now 25 years old, has a future.”
Read MoreAndrés Buenfil, a businessman from the Mexican Yucatan who has visited Cuba regularly since 1988, has always been taken aback by the fact that our country lacks a good Mexican restaurant. Nonetheless, many friends and acquaintances advised him against the venture, but Andrés had already made up his mind.
Read MoreJuan Triana, a researcher for the University of Havana’s Center for Study of the Cuban Economy, delves into the main issues facing the country’s economy today, including tourism, foreign investment, Internet, and whether it is feasible to follow the Chinese or Vietnamese models.
Read MoreTwo hours into our first meeting, I knew that Frank is gay; is a composer and a writer; was nearly successful at suicide; is the father of two children; and has AIDS. His relationship with the disease is like a marriage: it’s been with him for 24 years, the same time that he’s been with his partner Tony.
Read MoreGeorge Cespedes is one of the leading dance choreographers in Cuba who can look back on an interesting career as a contemporary dancer. “Cuba is where I was born and grew up. It’s probably where’ll end up dying,” he told HT our interview.
Read MoreRichard Abril has just returned from the United States. When I contacted him for this interview, the first and only question on my mind was whether he was actually thinking about quitting boxing to raise pigs on his farm on the Isla de la Juventud?
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