Photo Feature

Preparations for a Traditional March

For two days, an army of workers has been working in the neighborhood of the intersection of Infanta and San Lazaro avenues up to the University of Havana. To somebody it seemed very strange to see this contingent of workers and I smiling I said to him, of course, tonight is the March of the Torches. (15 photos)

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The Ruins of a Matanzas Coffee Plantation

Moving closer to our island’s colonial past, is a gratifying experience from one point of view. It goes without saying that economic development at that time, pushed forward by foreign men, and the wealth they accumulated was a result of them enslaving others.(17 photos)

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Positive Changes in Regla

A few days ago, I was in Regla, my hometown across Havana Bay. Getting off the bus at Guaicanamar Park, the main park in the town, I was shocked and confused at the same time. (9 photos)

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Why Isn’t Garbage in Havana Being Collected?

Corruption is one of the reasons why collecting solid waste in the Cuban capital has been a problem that hasn’t been resolved for many years, but government media doesn’t seem to understand this and continues to blame the population. (16 photos)

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Visiting Cuba’s Water People

Viñales has become a tourist attraction par excellence for many people, where you can enjoy beautiful nature along with the comfort of a city. Living among the modernity which takes over this place more and more each day, there is a mogote where people live, a people who everybody wants to visit, but only a select few are able to understand them: the water-people. (12 photos)

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Health with God, but without Condoms?

As a health promoter and social activist, I approached the scene to document the event in question and to get a deeper insight into what was going on at the same time. It was very strange for me to see a health fair which didn’t include sex education… (11 photos)

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Military Tribute in Cuba for Fidel Castro

A military parade in the emblematic Plaza de la Revolución of Havana took place on Monday in part to recall the recently disappeared Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The event was attended by Cuban President Raul Castro and the island’s political and military elite. (11 photos)

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Havana’s Alameda de Paula Promenade

La Alameda de Paula is a promenade in Havana some 400 meters long running parallel to the Port Avenue. It’s found very close to our national hero Jose Marti’s birthplace, and where the famous Yarini defeated the French Letop in a war of pimps in the early 19th century, before being assassinated by the same horde.(20 photos)

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