Photo Feature

A New Trip to Pons, Pinar del Rio

The 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)

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Coastal Flooding Strikes Again in Havana

Starting 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)

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Traveling to Cuba to Deliver Old Photos

In 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)

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A Place in Havana to Build a Home

Many 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)

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Bejucal, Cuba: History and Festivities

Bejucal,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)

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Life Today in Havana Dec. 2015 – Jan. 2016

The 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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How Rural Cuba Celebrates New Years

The following pictures I wish to share with you were taken during the New Year festivities held at one of the remote communities of Niceto Perez, Guantanamo, expressive of the customs of Cuban farmers.(13 photos)

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Havana’s Different WiFi Hot Spots

Since mid-2015 several pay-for WiFi hot spots have been set up in the capital. While uncomfortable for users, who have no privacy and must listen to other people’s personal conversations and without anywhere to plug in, they are widely considered “better than nothing.” (32 photos)

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Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass in Cuba

The traditional midnight mass was held at the Havana Cathedral last night with Cardinal Jaime Ortega presiding. HT was on hand to capture the moment. Earlier in the day we took some pictures around the capital which we also share with you. (37 photos)

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