As a health promoter and social activist, I approached the scene to document the event in question and to get a deeper insight into what was going on at the same time. It was very strange for me to see a health fair which didn’t include sex education… (11 photos)
Read MoreA military parade in the emblematic Plaza de la Revolución of Havana took place on Monday in part to recall the recently disappeared Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The event was attended by Cuban President Raul Castro and the island’s political and military elite. (11 photos)
Read MoreLa Alameda de Paula is a promenade in Havana some 400 meters long running parallel to the Port Avenue. It’s found very close to our national hero Jose Marti’s birthplace, and where the famous Yarini defeated the French Letop in a war of pimps in the early 19th century, before being assassinated by the same horde.(20 photos)
Read MoreWhen we walk through the city’s spaces, the interest to know a little about what it was and is, seduces us. The mixture of ruins that tell of a splendid constructive past, the rubble and garbage, and the poverty of some of its people in the search of the day to day, led me to inquire about the history of this part of the capital. (10 photos)
Read MorePhotographer Felix Lupa was in Cienfuegos the day that the caravan carrying the ashes of Fidel Castro passed through the city. “People stand shoulder to shoulder together as one body, refusing to believe that this moment has come.” (12 photos)
Read MoreWe bring you scenes from the San Lazaro National Sanctuary in the community of Rincon on the outskirts of the capital. The saint, with many followers throughout the island, draws thousands of people each year on December 17th seeking his healing miracles. (20 photos)
Read MoreOn the street, in lines or inside the movie theaters, acquaintances and people who meet for the first time establish an understanding which only takes place in December, during the Havana Film Festival. (21 photos)
Read MoreOn an imaginary journey towards the east of Havana’s coastline on board an old fishermen’s boat, exactly where the rocky hill that closes off Havana Bay is lost on the horizon and the coast begins to be covered in coastal vegetation, appears Cojimar Tower, a small Renaissance fortress which was completed on July 15, 1649. (66 photos)
Read MoreThe new modern port terminal of the “Lanchita de Regla” (Regla boat), which crosses Havana Bay to the towns of Regla and Casablanca respectively, has been built close to the place where the old terminal was for many years. 11 photos)
Read MoreBillboards and painted wall messages in Cuba are used mainly for political and educational messages. These are some of the ones currently visible around the capital. (21 photos)
Read More
