The Run-Walk was held a month ago on June 26, so here is a better-late-than-never on the ground look at one of the events organized to celebrate Olympics Day in Cuba. Activities took place all over the country. In Havana the start and finish line were in front of Central Park. (29 photos)
Read MoreChildren’s Day takes place in Cuba every year on the third Sunday of July. In the capital, these celebrations are held in Havana’s plazas and parks, together with its cultural centers, community centers, schools and neighborhood projects joined efforts so that children could have an exceptional weekend of their own. (22 photos)
Read MoreWhat could stones and ships have in common? The latter can perhaps be looked at as objects that are the symbol of movement, of voyages, of new knowledge; while the other is synonymous with paralysis, with perennial immobility? (16 photos)
Read MoreThe town of Las Tunas is another one of Cuba’s “burnt” cities (set on fire to deprive it from the colonial invaders), though not as famous in this regard as the city of Bayamo.(27 photos)
Read MoreSummer activities especially for children are taking place around the Cuban capital. The Sports Institute, Cuban TV and the University Students Association put on open-air events such as the one captured here. (25 photos)
Read MoreCarlo Sanchez is from Manzanillo and has devoted himself to restoration for more than 10 years. He’s worked in places under worse conditions, with much higher roofs than this one and with much shakier scaffolds. “If someone is afraid they cannot work in this trade,” he assured me. (15 photos)
Read MoreThe training ship that recently visited Havana’s port was part of the 2010 Libertadoras Bicentennial Sailing Regatta, a group of frigates from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile that were launched to celebrate the bicentennial of the 19th century liberation wars in Latin America. Their mission was to also deliver a message of friendship to the different ports in which they stopped over.(23 photos)
Read More“Book Night” was held recently on 23rd Avenue in the capital city’s Vedado district. This was the fourth annual edition of an event that officially inaugurates the summer season in Cuba and is organized simultaneously in all the provincial capitals.(23 photos)
Read MorePerhaps it’s my personal taste, but I believe that one of the provinces where you’ll find more beautiful people is the most eastern of our provinces: Guantanamo. Undoubtedly, the issue of beauty, like everything else, is quite relative, and each person has their own preferences. It’s likely that Joseito Fernandez shared my same opinion when he created that famous song Guantanamera. (40 photos)
Read MoreA Venezuelan Naval Ship bearing the name of South American Liberator, Simon Bolivar, visited the port of Havana last week for three days. Thousands of Cubans visited the boat. (30 photos)
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