Cuba’s most well attended annual event is its International Book Fair and the 21st edition kicked off on Thursday at the San Carlos de la Cabaña fortress turned cultural center that overlooks Havana Bay. (8 photos)
Read MoreCuban poet and performer Luis Eligio Perez Meriño has been a controversial figure even outside his most common center of action: The Omni Zona Franca Project, which has inspired opinions ranging from mythical to the scandalous. (14 photos)
Read MoreThe University of Havana is located on a hill in the Vedado neighborhood, but obviously it wasn’t always there. It was founded as the “Royal and Pontifical University of San Geronimo of Havana” all the way back on January 5, 1728. (22 photos)
Read MoreThese may well be the most beautiful women in Havana. At least they’re the ones I personally think are the most attractive. (19 photos)
Read MoreThe Oficina de Patrimonio (Heritage Office) of Santiago de Cuba is one of the most prolific in the country. It has worked for many years on the creation and preservation of sites for conserving material, spiritual and cultural items linked to social groups, classes or individuals from different periods in the history of the nation. (22 photos)
Read MoreDespite the world economic crisis, which has contributed to a contraction of tourism worldwide, Cuba has already experienced eight years of welcoming more than two million tourists annually. Actually, the figure here is now approaching three million, since in 2011 we received 2.7 million visitors. (25 photos)
Read MoreLast night students of different educational levels and thousands of persons from the general population carried out the March of the Torches. The annual tradition here in Havana pays tribute to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti born on January 28, 1853. (6photos)
Read MoreWhile out in the street, I was only able to take a few shots of what people traditionally tend to recognize as families: a mother, a father and children. I left my house with the idea of photographing families on outings or just walking, but I had many more encounters with women and their sons and/or daughters. (23 photos)
Read MoreHavana’s Obrapia Street is in full swing, with the mixture of sounds causing even the cobblestones to vibrate in this historic part of town. “Corran la voz” (Spread the word), says Ele Valdes (who sings and dances with her usual grace). Her group, Sintesis, plays in the district the first Friday of every month at the Casa de Africa center. (9 photos)
Read MoreA fateful but heroic passage in the history of Cuba is known today as the “Villanueva Day,” and that date was chosen in memory of those dramatic artists to celebrate Cuban Theater Day. (17 photos)
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