The rappers supported each other on stage and in the audience with an atmosphere of community and the consciousness that they had to give their all. Though most of the rappers were novices, they were keenly aware of the need to have their own festival. (41 photos)
Read MoreA close friend of mine sent me a folder with hundreds of archival photographs of earlier Santiago de Cuba. The city captured by the lens of people who lived in those distant times. (50 photos)
Read More“He told me that it was great that people here were getting together for something cultural, unlike in the US where they only get together for baseball or partying. Then he called me to the side and said to me in an extremely serious manner: ‘Don’t you ever leave Cuba, because this is a beautiful country’.”
Read MoreFor the first time ever comedians from the provinces of eastern Cuba gathered in Guantanamo recently in a competition that will lead up to a major national humor event: Aquelarre 2012. (22 photos)
Read MoreThe beginning of the year is my favorite period. It’s not because of the “Epiphany” holiday, nor because we’re celebrating yet another year of our system. It’s not because with January and February come a new year. (13 photos)
Read MoreThe Havana phase of the 2012 Cuban International Book Fair ended on Sunday after the participation of over 270,000 people at various sites in the capital city. The popular fair now moves on to the provinces before concluding in Santiago de Cuba on March 4. (19 photos)
Read MoreFor these seniors — who are now disconnected from much of their former social lives after having retired — participating in exercise classes becomes an important task and represents a change in their routines. (25 photos)
Read MoreGiven that we live in country marked by so much machismo, I would have expected the island’s censors to have found a color different than pink to cover up those artistic and philosophical expressions that daring youth have attempted to capture on the walls of Havana and which has started to give Cuba´s capital a colorful atmosphere.(20 photos)
Read MoreThis is not an epoch of kings and queens. Maybe that’s why crud and collapsing buildings are what reigns on this street in Cuba’s capital where — despite it all — one can still find true architectural beauty. (52 photos)
Read MoreHundreds of thousands of Cubans are attending the annual Book Fair that takes place first in the capital city and then throughout the provinces. A demonstration of Cubans passion for reading, the event draws more people of all ages than any other occurrence on the island’s cultural calendar. (33 photos)
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