On July 9, thousands of people converged on Michelson Boulevard to witness the culminating activity of the Caribbean Festival: The burning of the Devil. This ceremony consists of the beating of drums while flammable materials are used to construct a giant effigy that symbolizes evil. (66 photos)
Read More“It’s very nice to sing these songs without censorship, without having to discuss them with any official,” noted Pedro Luis Ferrer at a concert on Sunday in Havana. The singer added: “If we don’t say what we think, we can’t defend this country.” (7 photos)
Read MoreThis photo spread is of Cubans working on their own or in state run small businesses. Fruit, Vegetable, juice and pastry sellers, butchers, taxi and truck drivers and driving school trainers, arts and crafts sellers, restaurant and boutique workers, barbers, flower and newspaper sellers. (45 photos)
Read MoreRiding along Havana’s seaside Malecon Avenue, one will discover a unique building constructed in 1930 that today still continues to attract locals and visitors alike. The emblematic National Hotel of Cuba sets atop an elevation looking out toward the Caribbean Sea while accompanied by a mysterious aureole and legends. (27 photos)
Read MoreErnest Hemingway (1899-1961) came to life on Friday thanks to Canadian actor and playwright Brian Gordon Sinclair who delighted his audience in a one-only performance at the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Old Havana. (10 photos)
Read MoreDesgaste is the first individual exhibition of this young 28-year-old artist who has previously participated in several group expositions.” This work has taken me two or three years of experimentation to develop, without knowing if it could or could not be developed as a form of art,” notes Yomer Fidel Montejo Harrys. 13 FOTOS
Read MoreComing from modest beginnings, but possessing an encyclopedic mind, Jose Marti was a poet, writer, journalist, and translator, a teacher of teachers, an active advocate of independence and a tireless fighter against all forms of injustice. Here’s a look at the memorial built to him in the 1950s. (33 photos)
Read MoreThe El Templete shirne building situated exactly in front of the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales (today The City Museum) is a comparatively small building constructed in the neoclassicist style. Today it is used for commemorative ceremonies marking the founding of Villa San Cristobal de la Habana (Havana). (20 photos)
Read MoreTo mark World Environment Day this coming Sunday (June 5), an intense campaign of great importance for humanity will begin in Cuba. It’s our grain of sand for the sake of protecting and preserving nature, which requires urgent action. (25 photos)
Read MoreTwo of the country’s most important historic events took part in the building: the ceremony marking the end of Spanish domination and beginning of US military intervention, and where the Republic was set up and its first president (Tomas Estrada Palma) took office. (34 photos)
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