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A Look at Cuba’s Railroad System

Cuba became the first country in Latin America to have a railroad when on November 19, 1837 the first 17-mile line of tracts was inaugurated running from Havana to Bejucal. (26 photos)

A New Place for Cuban Jazz

In addition to rallying the country’s composers, the Asociación Cubana de Derecho de Autor Musical (ACDAM) is offering its space to promote musical forms that don’t enjoy wide acceptance – as is the case for trova, canto lirico (lyrical song) and jazz. (12 photos)

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)

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)

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)

Nelson Dominguez ‘Self-portrait’ in Pabellon Cuba

The exhibition “Autorretrato” (Self-portrait) assembles almost a hundred pieces created over the last ten years by the acclaimed Cuban artist Nelson Dominguez, with recurrent issues such as the family and nature. (20 photos)

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)

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)

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)

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)