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A Stroll Down Havana’s El Prado Promenade

The Paseo del Prado, is one of the most emblematic sites of the Cuban capital. It serves as a division for the municipalities of Centro Habana and Habana Vieja (Downtown and Old Havana). (34 photos)

Pictures from HT Photo Contest Participant Dave Coronel

Today we bring you a selection of the photo entries by Dave Coronel from the 2018 HT Photo Contest. Dave has participated in many of our contests. The deadline for sending in your entries for the 11th Havana Times Photo Contest is November 1, 2019. (11 photos)

School Year Begins in Cuba (Photo Feature)

From the city of Guantánamo, Cuba I give you these images of the first day of the 2019-2020 school year. (15 photos)

Summer in Downtown Havana

These pictures by Juan Suarez were posted during the month of August. Mainly taken in Downtown Havana they give you an idea of summer 2019 in the Cuban capital. (39 photos)

Havana’s Callejon de Hamel: Mosaic of Afro-Cuban culture

Founded on April 21, 1990, Callejon del Hamel came to life down a random alleyway in Havana’s Cayo Hueso neighborhood, a mosaic of Cuban culture, or better yet Afro-Cuban culture. (34 photos)

Catharsis: Retrospective of an Undocumented Cuban

With this work I try to document what I experienced in my journey from Cuba to Chile as an undocumented migrant. (14 photos)

Fleeting Art on Guanabo’s Sandy Beach

With summer here, the Guanabo sand sculpture event has launched in the east of the capital. This year, the 16th edition, is calling on children, young people and adults for an arduous day of work and sun, so as to salvage the former Fiestas del Mar (Seaside Celebrations), which embellished Havana’s coastline before 1959. (12 photos)

Elpidio Valdés Park Returns to Action in Guantanamo, Cuba

The Elpidio Valdés amusement park is the only one of its kind in the province of Guantánamo and one of the oldest in the country, whose areas have not been remodeled in tune with the large parks of today. Nonetheless, during the current summer season it continues to be one of the main attractions for a diverse audience. (14 photos)

The New Chinese Train from Havana Arrives in Guantanamo

A new train, with twelve modern cars, of Chinese origin, will cover the Havana-Guantanamo route, every three days, completing a journey of more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) in approximately 18 hours. As in the rest of the provinces, Guantanamo residents came out to welcome the new train. (16 photos)

Summer Activities for Kids in the Streets of Guantanamo

Despite the high temperatures that have occurred throughout Cuba in recent days, and that for Guantanamo city residents rivers and beaches are distant: other summer options, especially for children, continue in some of their neighborhoods, supported by trainers from the Cuban Sports Institute. (11 photos)