In a journey through the 100th Street dump, a few miles outside of Havana, I expected to find only garbage, repugnant odors and disgusting debris. But nature made me change my point of view. The light/darks, the diversity of textures, the infinite tonalities, the sky with its magnificent clouds, the photogenic herons and vegetation being born in filth, everything conspired in create a moving experience. (19 photos)
Read MoreThe 14th International Convention and Fair Informática 2011 is taking place this week through Friday in the Cuban capital. The event is held at the Havana Convention Center and the nearby PABEXPO fairgrounds under the slogan “Converging technologies: integration and independence”, with the objective to promote the scientific advances, new technologies and new features of the sector. (10 photos)
Read MoreMaybe our surprise was because we’d only seen the pigeons on television or in magazines in the famous squares of London, Italy, France and Spain, though perhaps some of us knew about those of Mexico City. (15 photos)
Read MoreThe exhibit by Adonis Ferro, which people will be able to enjoy up to February 20, 2011, features medium and over-sized paintings in which the forms trap the viewer. Amorphous creatures peer out from the canvas, they interrogate, provoking the visitor to think. (9 photos)
Read MoreTaking a stroll through Old Havana is always a good way to break the monotony. We never really get to know the place since every day the most commonplace scene can turn into a surprise. (19 photos)
Read MoreWhen we go for a walk down the streets of Cuba’s capital, we see images of working people struggling to overcome the difficulties – each one involved in their own personal battles but all of them, in one way or another, celebrating the coming of the New Year. (24 photos)
Read MoreThis post is about a walking trip on the outskirts of the city as we took Bruno an old Doberman pinscher to the vet. Read on to see the surprises we found along the way. (18 photos)
Read MoreCoinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Casa de Africa museum and gallery, this event (see accompanying photos) was held from January 5-9. It had been anxiously awaited not only by its presenters, but also by the whole community in which the facility is located: the historic district of Old Havana. (29 photos)
Read MoreIn 1512 Spain authorized the bringing into Cuba of black African slaves, who came with their traditions and their religions, which were never abandoned though the masters forced them to practice the Catholic religion. (27 photos)
Read MoreIt’s easier to take him for crazy. To look at his Walt Whitman-style mane, with green leaves sometimes tangled in his white hair; the clothes he wears, as old as he is; the beard, which might remind some people of a confirmed Marxist, and his carefree gait through the streets of Caracas, with his four string guitar on his shoulder, inseparable; one might say, “Look, one more lunatic.”(9 photos)
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