The Casa de la Trova is the place where this renowned style can always be found. Foreign musicians, curious visitors or excursionists who visit the city are a common fixture. Listening to an arpeggio of chords and the singing of classic songs of traditional folk music —they sip a Mojito, a Cuba Libre or a foamy beer to appease the eastern Cuban heat. (29 photos)
Read MoreNeptuno is one of the most famous and busiest streets in Havana. It begins at the equally busy Paseo del Prado, and whoever wants to know something about the center of this city cannot miss walking this extensive street that ends somewhere around the University of Havana. (35 photos)
Read More“Rostros del Fuego” (Faces of Fire) is the title of a one person exhibit of the work of photographer Onel Torres Roche, on display at the Fernando Boada Art Gallery in Havana’s Cotorro municipality. (8 photos)
Read MoreAlmost in the center of Santiago de Cuba’s craggy bay, and very close to the so-called “Boca del Morro (the mouth), one can find an islet that was first populated back in the nineteenth century. (27 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban children’s theater troupe La Colmenita has just concluded a tour in the USA. The success of the performances and the connections with their audiences demonstrated that when it comes to cultural exchanges, the distance that divides the US and Cuba is quickly eliminated. (20 photos)
Read MoreCurrently sugar as a commodity is more stable on the world market and its prices have reached as much as $500 a ton. Despite this, as a cruel paradox of fate we no longer have sugar to export. (17 photos)
Read More“In Havana an urgent call has been sounded for theater in the sense of dialogue and reflection on the major challenges facing humanity today, such as violence, hunger, unemployment, ecological disasters and the need for peace,” said the festival’s artistic director, Barbara Rivero. (17 photos)
Read MoreEach year on October 28th Cuban grade schoolers toss flowers into the sea to remember revolutionary hero Camilo Cienfuegos, who died in a plane crash on that day in 1959. Camilo was flying in a Cessna aircraft that was never found. (26 photos)
Read MoreLa Quinta de los Molinos is an estate located in the heart of Havana. During the colonial era it was a country house where military officers could rest and relax. The accompanying pictures include some of the buildings, as well as some of the most important activities on the estate, especially the aquarium. (28 photos)
Read MoreAt five o’clock in the afternoon, people had already formed a line. The smell cigarette smoke and alcohol flooded the entrance of the Theater of Fine Arts. The public waited anxiously for the tickets to start being sold. Once everyone was seated, what broke the ice was a shout that rung out from the audience: “Viva Bob Marley, damn it,” and then the organizers began projecting images of the legendary singer on the screen. (11 photos)
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