Even if you’re not a big sports fan or interested in spending hours of your life plopped in front of a TV trying to find out who will win a game, you can’t deny that sports photos — when they capture the emotion of athletes — can be a good show. (7 photos)
Read MoreIt’s 4:00 pm and the Occupy Bisbee encampment has just finished delivering its free meal today, as every day of the week, depending on donations. The movement in this small town is something more than dissent from the power structure that isn’t representing us. It is about community and caring for others, regardless of their circumstances in life. (22 photos)
Read MoreMany professionals have graduated from the Universidad de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba. The university was founded on October 10, 1947 as the second largest institution of higher education in the country and the leading one in the eastern region. (28 photos)
Read MoreIn these images by Masaya Nakamura one can enjoy nudity in total freedom under the sky, be they presented on large rounded stones, in serene or raging waters, or contrasting or coalescing with the earth. (8 photos)
Read MoreFounded in one sole place, Marti’s Corner and Marti’s Forge pay homage to our “Apostle,” Jose Julian Marti y Perez (1853 -1895). Its most important contribution is the preservation and transmission of ideas of Marti. It is a meeting place with both a history and a symbol. (24 photos)
Read MoreEach year in November, thousands of Cubans and foreign participants hit the streets in the “Marabana/Maracuba” marathons (running in events between 5 and 42 kms), regardless of their age, gender or ideology. All that’s needed is the will and desire to go the distance – whether walking, jogging or running. (20 photos)
Read MoreIt seems that I tend to always return to the same subject of stones. Maybe it’s because I’ve always had the habit of collecting them, looking at them and even hoarding them. Because of this passion, I couldn’t resist a trip to a place where men and heavy machinery convert into dust what was once a beautiful mountain. (16 photos)
Read MoreOur Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the Patron Saint of Cuba, visited the Santa Rita church in the Miramar district and the San Agustín parish in Havana last weekend. The Virgin is being taken along a pilgrimage that began in August 2010 at its shrine in Santiago de Cuba. The image of the saint will be in the capital until December 10, 2011. (9 photos)
Read MoreThe “Factoria Habana” gallery exploded on the Havana art scene last month as a space for experimental art. Currently, three independent exhibits are on display though collectively titled “Colores esenciales.” What they have in common are the uses of new technologies in such artistic projects. (8 photos)
Read MoreWide 124th Avenue, main artery of the capital city’s Marianao community, welcomed thousands of people on Saturday, November 12. Cardinal Jaime Ortega held an outdoor mass there in honor of the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, considered by Catholics to be the “Patron Saint of Cuba.” (39 photos)
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