Presidents Avenue, better known as G Street, in Havana’ Vedado district, is one of the most beautiful avenues in the Cuban capital. It’s a two-way avenue with a wide park in the middle connecting the seaside Malecon on one end and Avenida Salvador Allende (formerly Carlos III) on the other. (25 photos)
Read MoreOne of the goals of this publication is to show different aspects of daily life in Cuba, a reality that goes beyond the political rhetoric. Today we bring you another segment of people in the capital going about their business or stopping for a break. (28 photos)
Read MoreCordova Park is located in the Havana neighborhood of El Sevillano, in the “10 de October municipality.” The park owes its name to Emilia de Cordova, who in the early 20th century was a founder of the neighborhood and great fighter for women’s rights. (36 photos)
Read MoreThe Charangas began in the mid-19th century, when slaves had December 24 off to hold their festivities.Initially they partied around the church, but over time, more people joined in and they pooled into two competing groups. (30 photos)
Read MoreYesterday, he mistook me for a tourist and offered to take a snapshot of me using his “old technique.” He was the first of his type of photographer I’d seen in a while. I used to see them all the time on the steps of the Capitolio Building (now under repair) offering to take shots of tourists. (11 photos)
Read MoreWhen the City of Havana formally named it “Maximo Gomez Street” in 1902, few people imagined that the name wouldn’t catch on among the villagers and townspeople. They continued calling it “Monte Street.” It’s an important thoroughfare that connects several municipalities (Centro Havana, Cerro, Old Habana and Plaza de la Revolution). (41 photos)
Read MoreIn Cuba, some Catholics systematically going to church and meet all the rites established by that religion, while others have varying levels of belief, but are not churchgoers.This year’s midnight mass was celebrated in the Havana Cathedral by Cardinal Jaime Ortega and the pastor of the community, (26 photos)
Read MoreOshun is a female Orisha (diety) that represents the struggle of life, and is the Goddess of Love. In Cuban Santería, Oshun is an Orisha of love, maternity and marriage. She has been syncretized with Our Lady of Charity, Cuba’s patroness. (30 photos)
Read MoreThe 28th Havana International Jazz Plaza Festival has just concluded, it’s an annual event that emerged in 1980 when trumpeter, pianist, singer, bandleader and sideman Bobby Carcasses decided to create a space for this sound that was frowned on by the leaders of contemporary culture of the time. (34 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s annual International Arts and Crafts Fair (FIART) is open to the public at the Pabexpo fairgrounds in Havana through Sunday December 23rd. Besides the work by Cuban artisans also on display are the creations of their counterparts from 19 countries with emphasis on the nations that belong to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA). (30 photos)
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