The International Jazz Plaza Festival began as a free event in the 80’s. The only thing anyone needed to get in to the Plaza Casa de la Cultura (cultural center) was good energy and desire to listen to jazz. Later they started asking an admission price, which has been rising gradually to where it is 25 pesos for nationals ($1 USD) and 25 CUC’s (pushing $30 for foreigners).(7 photos)
Read MoreThe image of the patron saint of Cuba, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, toured the different Havana municipalities during November and December. One of the places visited was Cerro a densely populated district known for the Salvador Allende Hospital and the Latinoamericano Stadium. The following is our coverage of that visit. (30 photos)
Read MoreWomen playing the bata drum? There are still some people who are amazed by this, but women have entered the world of Cuban percussion — a mostly male endeavor — and these females aren’t thinking of backing off. (10 photos)
Read MoreFor fifty years there wasn’t a Saturday or Sunday when children in Santiago couldn’t enjoy theatrical presentations dedicated just to them. The “Santiago Puppet Theater” (El Teatro Guiñol Santiago) has been the stage of thousands and thousands of performances. 25 PHOTOS
Read MoreThe “Managua’s Boobs” are a couple of hills that stand about 12 miles south of the Havana (photo 0). I grew up looking at those ridges, yearning to explore them.(19 photos)
Read MoreIt’s an environment that’s not at all formal, without the structure of a guided tour or lines delivered as if they’d been memorized by rote in the shade of some mango tree. (60 photos)
Read MoreEven 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)
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