Only days after the festivities and nights of partying ended from the famous Santiago de Cuba carnival (July 21-29) the city dressed for a funeral to honor its fallen martyrs. July 30th marked the 55th anniversary of the 1957 murder on order of the young urban rebel leaders Frank Pais and Raul Pujol Arencibia at the hands of hired hands of the dictator Fulgencio Batista. (21 fotos)
Read MoreThese last few weeks I’ve been visiting two schools of ballet and dance, here in Caracas. There are girls so small you can hardly see them on stage and others more grown that are beginning to surprise with their talent. (19 photos)
Read MoreSanto Domingo is the largest town of the municipality with the same name in Villa Clara province. The total population is a little over 50,000. Here we present a photo feature of daily life in this community and the surrounding area. (26 photos)
Read MoreThe Santiago carnival, is undoubtedly the most important traditional and awaited event every year by the residents of the eastern Cuban city. The celebration takes place in the second half of July, and for over a week immerses the population in a festive atmosphere. (30 photos)
Read MoreDissident Oswaldo Paya was buried on Tuesday at Havana’s Colon Cemetery following a funeral mass led by Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the archbishop of Havana. The mass took place in the densely populated Cerro neighborhood in a church often frequented by Paya. (15 photos)
Read MoreComedy acts are extremely popular in Cuba. The Aquelarre Festival of Humor was recently held in the Cuban capital. We were able to capture pictures of three of the presentations. (29 photos)
Read MoreThe life-sized electro-mechanical dinosaurs there at the Metro Park have surprised everyone who has come to see them over the past few months. As the creatures move, blink and roar, those events are recorded by the cameras of children and adults alike. (23 photos)
Read MoreThe Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci is the title of an exhibition permanently installed in the Museum of Sacred Art of the Minor Basilica of the Convent of St. Francis of Assisi in Old Havana, the result of a cultural exchange between Italy and Cuba. (26 photos)
Read MoreOne of the favorite pastimes of many Havana residents is fishing from off the Malecon seawall. Some anglers walk away with good catches, others leave with only good suntans, but all of them feel satisfied with being able to spend a morning or afternoon with the emotions they feel when a fish swallows the bait. (25 photos)
Read MoreThe shoring up of buildings for years while waiting some construction miracle to return them to their former glory was a procedure that was first put in use by the revolutionary government in the early 1970s in the Old Havana district. (9 photos)
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