Santo 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)
Read MoreThis past Sunday, as usual, Alamar looked like a sleeping city. But in one of its areas, zone seven, something made it break that spell and awaken that part of the neighborhood from its daily apathy. It was Cuban Childrens’ Day, the third Sunday of each July, (28 photos)
Read MoreThe third Sunday in July is when “Children’s Day” is celebrated in Cuba. On Havana’s Prado esplanade, a festival of sports, recreation and cultural was held, which included a costume party and children’s parade. (27 photos)
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