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My Favorite Months in Cuba: January & February

The 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)

Cuba Book Fair Leaves Havana, on to Provinces

The 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)

Living to 120 in Cuba

For 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)

Pink Censorship Cuban-style

Given 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)

Havana’s Reina Street

This 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)

A Visit to Cuba’s Book Bash

Hundreds 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)