Perhaps by chance but maybe out of conviction, one day Eduardo Sosa decided to become a trova musician. If it was by chance, he had good aim. If this was something he resolved to put all his energy behind, then he succeeded at that too. (8 photos)
Read MoreOn July 9, thousands of people converged on Michelson Boulevard to witness the culminating activity of the Caribbean Festival: The burning of the Devil. This ceremony consists of the beating of drums while flammable materials are used to construct a giant effigy that symbolizes evil. (66 photos)
Read More“It’s very nice to sing these songs without censorship, without having to discuss them with any official,” noted Pedro Luis Ferrer at a concert on Sunday in Havana. The singer added: “If we don’t say what we think, we can’t defend this country.” (7 photos)
Read MoreThis photo spread is of Cubans working on their own or in state run small businesses. Fruit, Vegetable, juice and pastry sellers, butchers, taxi and truck drivers and driving school trainers, arts and crafts sellers, restaurant and boutique workers, barbers, flower and newspaper sellers. (45 photos)
Read MoreRiding along Havana’s seaside Malecon Avenue, one will discover a unique building constructed in 1930 that today still continues to attract locals and visitors alike. The emblematic National Hotel of Cuba sets atop an elevation looking out toward the Caribbean Sea while accompanied by a mysterious aureole and legends. (27 photos)
Read MoreErnest Hemingway (1899-1961) came to life on Friday thanks to Canadian actor and playwright Brian Gordon Sinclair who delighted his audience in a one-only performance at the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Old Havana. (10 photos)
Read MoreDesgaste is the first individual exhibition of this young 28-year-old artist who has previously participated in several group expositions.” This work has taken me two or three years of experimentation to develop, without knowing if it could or could not be developed as a form of art,” notes Yomer Fidel Montejo Harrys. 13 FOTOS
Read MoreTwo of the country’s most important historic events took part in the building: the ceremony marking the end of Spanish domination and beginning of US military intervention, and where the Republic was set up and its first president (Tomas Estrada Palma) took office. (34 photos)
Read MoreFor the first time, a procession was carried out by members of the Abakua society, who marched from the Cuban Institute of Anthropology and proceeded down several blocks through Old Havana until they arrived at the House of Africa Museum. (30 photos)
Read MoreThe church and the residential annex for the Jesuit fathers in Havana were constructed in the Gothic style. The first stone was laid on August 7, 1914, and the building was inaugurated on May 3, 1923. (29 photos)
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