Photo Feature

The training ship that recently visited Havana’s port was part of the 2010 Libertadoras Bicentennial Sailing Regatta, a group of frigates from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile that were launched to celebrate the bicentennial of the 19th century liberation wars in Latin America. Their mission was to also deliver a message of friendship to the different ports in which they stopped over.(23 photos)

“Book Night” was held recently on 23rd Avenue in the capital city’s Vedado district. This was the fourth annual edition of an event that officially inaugurates the summer season in Cuba and is organized simultaneously in all the provincial capitals.(23 photos)

Perhaps it’s my personal taste, but I believe that one of the provinces where you’ll find more beautiful people is the most eastern of our provinces: Guantanamo. Undoubtedly, the issue of beauty, like everything else, is quite relative, and each person has their own preferences. It’s likely that Joseito Fernandez shared my same opinion when he created that famous song Guantanamera. (40 photos)

A photographer will never run out of subjects for showing Havana from any number of different angles. In this photo feature Elio Delgado takes us to the area surrounding the Capitolio building, to Old Havana, near the Malecon seawall and to parts of the Vedado district. (27 photos)

Virtually everyone agrees that building maintenance has been lacking during the first 50 years of the Cuban revolution. (12 photos)

Gradually —seated in a corner, so as not to interrupt— we got used to the dimness. We could perceive the fatigue of the dancers, the creativeness of the teachers and artistic directors, the hopes of success by many, as well as the regretted missteps and twisted ankles. (27 photos)

The month of June arrived with something different that —though long awaited by many— did not cease to surprise people for its capacity to rally people. The World Cup is big time in Cuba, especially in the capital. Baseball went on vacation and soccer began being played in all the streets of Havana. (15 photos)