Today 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)
Read MoreThe Mesa Redonda (roundtable TV program) is the flagship of government propaganda. A few days ago, a program was dedicated to Cuba’s “environmental health”, explaining all of the government’s “efforts” to look after us. (11 photos)
Read MoreCojimar residents are working with a great deal of dedication to rescue a small beach located in a place known as Bajo del Claro de Luna which belonged to an old club which is now in ruins. (21 photos)
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