Photo Feature

Bellamar Caves in Matanzas, Cuba

Taking pictures along the ill-lit path amid a group of people with very varied interests can itself be a whole challenge. You have to take advantage of the lights placed along the trail and be aware of all the other people trying to take their own photos. (22 photos)

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Faces of Venezuela

This may well be the photo feature that I did — on Venezuela — with the most love, because at the time I put it together (selecting the images and preparing them for posting on the Internet) I was back home in Cuba. (40 photos)

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A Gay Fiesta, Cuban Style

The Fourth Campaign against Homophobia is continuing. It has been good that every year it poses new challenges and that its demands have been able to combine critical thought with pleasure and amusement. (40 photos)

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Cuba Parade Says No to Homophobia

Spontaneous parades are not permitted in Cuba. All of them must be guided by the officialdom. The LGTB community, disallowed until a few years ago, has been winning official “recognition.” (19 photos)

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Muslim Brotherhood Remember Nakba and Karameh in Jordan

After Friday prayers, thousands of Jordanians converged on the small Jordanian town of Karameh, site of the bloody battle on March 21, 1968 between Israeli invasion forces, and the combined forces of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and the Jordanian army. Julie Webb-Pullman captured this photo essay for HT. (11 pictures)

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Art from Guantanamo

With their most varied themes, forms and styles, groups of amateurs and professionals of the visual arts in Guantanamo are harmoniously capturing the origin and customs of that area’s residents through color and fusion. This visual arts movement is growing as it reflects and promotes contemporary Cuban art, but with a marked traditional influence. (13 photos)

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Views of Havana’s Capitolio Building

The imposing Capitolio building of Havana — where currently the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment is housed — can be sighted from virtually any point of the Cuban capital. Likewise, around it converge numerous streets from which the stateliness of the building can be observed. (26 photos)

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Sara Gonzalez and Songs of Diversity

Yanira and Tahimi met two years ago in this same garden space that Sara Gonzalez now shares with friends and trova musicians. Since then they’ve only seen each other in the street because Yanira’s family won’t understand that “their little girl” is romantically involved with another woman. On the other hand, Tahimi broke “all the rules of morality,” according to her mother. (11 photos)

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An Unplanned Holiday in Candelaria

When I left with friends from Havana en route to Pinar del Rio Province, I didn’t know I’d be taking part in an activity involving so many people. On the contrary, usually when we hit the guerrilla trail it almost always means very little contact with others. (18 photos)

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