I decided to get a plane ticket to Havana whichever way I could the same I day the Rolling Stones concert was confirmed on the news. Incredibly, I had the ticket two days later. I was worried my visit would coincide with Obama’s arrival on the island. Luckily, I arrived a day later. (26 photos)
Read MoreThis Easter Week many thousands of visitors converged on Havana to coincide with both the visit of Barack Obama and the Rolling Stones concert. Independent of these major events, life goes on as usual for many locals. Here’s a glimpse of daily life in areas of downtown Havana. (33 fotos)
Read MoreOn Tuesday March 22nd, a freshly renovated Latinoamericano Stadium hosted the Tampa Bay Rays for an exhibition game against Team Cuba, with the assistance of presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro, giving the game an even greater historical connotation. (36 photos)
Read MoreAt a feverish pace, the baseball Stadium and its surrounding streets were spruced up to receive President Obama and the Tampa Bay Rays. let’s take a look a few blocks away from this big blue stage and see the other reality of this municipality of Cerro. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe fair is mainly a business session where foreign companies show their technological developments to executives from Cuban state companies and institutions interested in improving their outdated technologies. (16 photos)
Read MoreThe Stone Zoo is located in the mountains of the province of Guantanamo. Built by farmer and self-taught sculptor Angel Iñigo Blanco, the majestic site contains over 400 pieces of rock chiseled into the shape of animals. (25 photos)
Read MoreWith advertising all but absent in Cuba, a small sign takes on even greater importance for the self-employed: those exercising one of the 181 limited activities authorized by the Cuban government, and others not approved. Here are some I came across walking around Guantanamo City. (13 photos)
Read MoreAn international crew of workers from England, Germany, Belgium, Mexico, Peru and the host country are going full speed to ready the stage with its huge towers for the first ever Rolling Stones concert in Cuba, a country that previously forbade its citizens to listen to their music. (10 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s Isle of Youth (formerly the Isle of Pines) is located roughly 60 kilometers from the Batabano port and 142 kilometers from Havana, it has a total land surface of 2,400 square kilometers and is surrounded by more than 600 keys and small isles (making up the Canarreos archipelago in Cuba’s south-western region). (36 photos)
Read MoreHavana has seen an explosion in tourism over the past year. Many of us who live in the city do not recall having seen as many tourists on the street, in parks, squares and avenues as we do today. Countless tourists have arrived to get to know Cuba’s reality up close. (27 photos)
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