Many are the beliefs from different cultures that merged to give rise to our Cuban identity. In Santiago de Cuba, one can breathe these beliefs in the idiosyncrasies of the locals, in the atmosphere of its steeply-inclined streets. (8 photos)
Read MoreThe weekend is a headache for most Cuban parents. During those days we are concerned with what to do with our kids so that they can have some fun. Earning an average wage of 25 USD per month doesn’t leave much for spending. (18 photos)
Read MorePhotographer Yuri* presents us with a series of works from an exhibition titled New York – Havana: Brothers of Contrast. “Two worlds, one universe. Because of their history and the legends woven around them, the two cities offer us as many fictions as realities,” writes journalist Sandra Commisso. (16 photos)
Read MoreThe same thing happens every time I visit Pinar del Rio. It doesn’t matter whether I go back in two years’ or two days’ time, the beauty of the landscape always makes a deep impression on me, particularly in Pons, a town in the municipality of Minas de Matahambre that is as beautiful – perhaps more beautiful – than Viñales. (19 photos)
Read MoreStarting early Saturday, the enraged sea decided once again to invade low lying areas along the Havana coastline. While many residents were preparing for the flooding, others were simply waiting for the misfortune with uncertainty. By mid-morning the sea had reached 5th Ave and A Street in the Vedado district. (33 photos)
Read MoreIn 1979 I joined the US National Volleyball team to cover the NORSECA pre-Olympic volleyball tournament in Havana for Volleyball Magazine. My photographer, Bruce Hazelton, took hundreds of beautiful photos of people. I just can’t throw these precious memories away, and I will be in Havana for the next week looking to find the people in these and other photos taken in 1979. (18 photos)
Read MoreMany years ago, a State machine shop located on Rafeca, a thoroughfare in Havana’s municipality of Cerro, was shut down because of regular flooding in the area. Soon after the property was allocated to homeless families, given them option of building their homes however they could. (20 photos)
Read MoreThis past Sunday, I was on my way to meet with a friend when I noticed that a number of tourists were leaving the ocean drive area in a hurry, while others enthusiastically went up to meet the waves that crashed against the seawall with more and more impetus. (23 photos)
Read MoreBejucal,located in the province of Mayabeque, was the first settlement reached by the first railroad Spain built in the Americas during colonial times. It is also the stage of one of the country’s three most popular festivities: Las Charangas de Bejucal. (59 photos)
Read MoreThe densely populated city of Centro Habana, the downtown area stretching between Old Havana and the more modern Vedado district, as well as the Old Town itself, are the subject of these photos in the Cuban capital taken during December 2015 and the beginning of January 2016. (44 photos)
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