If Freddy Mercury had visited the city of Bayamo (located in the south eastern region of Cuba) maybe his song “Bicycle” would have been written to the rhythm of salsa and with a reggaeton beat. In Cuba a bicycle is a means of transportation, a way of life.
Read MoreArte en La Rampa (“Art on the Ramp,” in reference to Havana’s sloping 23rd Street) is a well attended event that takes place every year in summer, and where its most important site is Pavilion Cuba, in the Vedado district. (26 photos)
Read MoreAs I live on an island, what I’ve visited is each one of its provinces. Sometimes I’ve traveled in Chinese Yutong buses, sometimes in some not-so-uncomfortable car; or sometimes in a Russian Moskovich – into which water gets in when it rains, or smoke from the exhaust, or only the smell of gasoline. (25 photos)
Read MoreHavana is a city where people are often out in the streets for one reason or another. Since the overwhelming majority of the population uses public transportation or walk where they are going there is a constant flow of passersby, people in line to buy something or others just hanging out. (94 photos)
Read MoreThat’s why today, when we see that there’s a park in Havana with a statue of him and bearing his name, a mixture of bitterness and pain along with a deep feeling of victory invades us. We cannot stop to think of those who are no longer, of those who died without knowing it was recognized that we were right, that we were not mistaken. (25 photos)
Read MoreIn the group, made up of children between the ages of eight and fourteen, the rule is that once a child reaches their age limit, those members are replaced by other children who are studying at the accordion academy directed by the maestro. The group’s international premiere took place in 1999 at the Washington Symphony Hall with a successful engagement that would propel them to countless cultural venues across the Americas, Europe and Asia. (28 photos)
Read MoreThe Cienfuegos Cemetery takes its name from Tomas Acea in honor of one of the wealthiest families of this city in times past. They donated part of their fortune for this work, considered by experts to be among the finest of its type in Cuba. (22 photos)
Read More“The Garden and Gallery of Endearment” is the name Hector Gallo Portieles gave to his outdoor art exhibition of installations and sculptures, and a gallery located within the walls of his apartment in the Alamar community, on the eastern edge of Havana. In these displays, he transforms into works of art —sculpture, poetry and philosophy— a collection of thrown away objects.
Read MoreIt wasn’t in my plans to stop at this place; the noontime heat here is as intense as in Cuba. Indeed, Maracaibo, Venezuela is as hot as Santiago de Cuba. However, the car I was in thought that it was time to stop and cool its engine. (14 photos)
Read MoreAs a farewell to the 2009-2010 academic year, the University Student Federation (FEU) organized a concert on the steps of the University of Havana. Pop singer David Blanco and his band were the main act. (24 photos)
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