Marisol, a young Honduran woman who had just arrived via Mexicali, showed me her orange wrist band. She pointed to a number. “This number means I cannot go inside of the camp to sleep.” But she and her three friends hang their wool blanket between the fence and two trees with big smiles. They had arrived.
Read MoreAlthough some migrants arrived earlier, the bulk of the Hondurans arrived just five days ago. The camp is in Zona Norte, on the north end of Tijuana, in a sports facility. The early arrivals were lucky to get floor space inside of the gymnasium where is it dry, safe and quiet. The more recent arrivals are camped in the soccer field… (36 photos)
Read MoreToday we bring you the survivors of the second cut of this year´s 10th anniversary Havana Times Cuba Photo Contest. Now in the second cut, the number of photos still competing is reduced to 154 and there are 56 photographers who still have at least one picture in the contest. (154 photos)
Read MoreIt’s time to begin presenting the pictures competing in the 10th anniversary Havana Times Cuba Photo Contest. We received a total of 962 photos from 109 participants in the six different categories: Best Picture, Black and White, Cuban Countryside, Hope, Interiors and Intolerance. (330 photos)
Read MoreNogales is a bustling Mexican city on the US border 70 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. For US tourists, it is known as a place for crossing the border to find inexpensive dentists and half-price medications. But for asylum seekers arriving at this Mexican town from the south there is a different story – one of hope, heartbreak and compassion. (21 photos)
Read MoreTwo things make Cayo Hueso a central point in Havana: First of all, people say it’s location is what makes it the oldest neighborhood in Central Havana. Secondly, it embodies the Havana spirit. Officially declared a neighborhood in 1912, it owes its creation to the presence of a large number of Cuban tobacco farmers who returned from exile in Tampa and Key West. (21 photos)
Read MoreThe 2018 edition of the FIHAV trade fair, the most important annual event of its kind in the country because of its multifaceted nature, is taking place at the ExpoCuba exhibition grounds from October 29th until November 9th. (43 photos)
Read MoreOctober 20 is the official Day of Cuban Culture. In the city of Guantanamo, as in all of Cuba, it closed activities begun ten days before, recalling the exact number of days that marked the beginning of the war for Cuban independence. (15 photos)
Read MoreI had already visited Santa Ifigenia cemetery in the ‘90s. Its grandeur has impressed me ever since then, in spite of the neglect it suffers. Magnificent tombs of heroes and the bourgeoisie were still remarkable even though they contrasted greatly with its poor surrounding areas and humble graves nearby, the “common” graves. We buried my grandfather in one of the latter. (29 photos)
Read MoreSaturday, at around 4:00 PM in the afternoon, on the corner of Marina and Malecon, just a block away from busy Belascoain avenue and at the entrance to the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, teenagers meet to go for a walk, some waiting for someone, while others are just hanging out and passing the time. (23 photos)
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