We left the Guantanamo Bus Terminal in the middle of the night in a private truck, the kind that most travelers ride in standing up and packed in tight, which I think is for the benefit of the vehicle owners’ pockets. (17 photos)
Read MoreReina Street, traveled daily by thousands of people, guards a secret. On one of its corners (where it intersects with Manrique St. to be precise), an opaque glass door with the number 219 on it separates one reality from another. (13 photos)
Read MoreThe Havana Biennial arts festival (May 11-June 11) has now started its collateral exhibits and the artist Mendive joined in with a performance featuring a hundred naked bodies singing, dancing and displaying themselves as they walked along the Prado esplanade in the heart of Old Havana. (25 photos)
Read MoreHeld annually in the eastern Cuban province of Holguin is the “Romerias de Mayo (“the May Pilgrimages”), festivities organized since 1994 by the Asociacion Hermanos Saiz (AHS) and where tradition and modernity intertwine. (25 photos)
Read MoreI really didn’t have any desire to go out, but curiosity got the better of me, and since the subway is free on May Day, I went to see how they celebrate “Workers Day” here in Caracas. (26 photos)
Read MoreThis is another chapter of our vacation at a “Campismo Popupar” campground in Cienfuegos Province. Chronologically, we should have started here, but we’re no less crazy than the rest of this crazy world. (19 photos)
Read MoreIt’s officially spring in New York City. The sun is out, trees are in bloom, and the streets are filled with the echoes of angry chants and rhythmic drumming. That’s right, Occupy is back in full force and this time, they’ve got sound permits. Special to HT (15 photos)
Read MoreCarrying flags and mostly wearing red, the workers passed through Santiago de Cuba’s Antonio Maceo Revolution Square. Most of the banners and signs said: “Preserve and Improve Socialism”, the theme designated by the CTC, Cuba’s only labor confederation. (20 photos)
Read MoreInternational Workers Day in Cuba is a highly organized annual rally in support of the government and its policies. Marches take place in the different provinces, municipalities and even rural communities. The biggest parade is at Revolution Square in the capital. Here is today’s work of HT photographers in Havana. (41 photos)
Read MoreA stroll through the narrow streets of the La Sierrita mountainous community in Cienfuegos province allowed me to stumble on to May Day in advance. Well yeah, you heard me right: Their celebration of International Workers Day was held on April 27. (30 photos)
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