Within the growing cultural exchanges taking place between artists and personalities of Cuba and the USA, the Museum of Fine Arts in Havana recently opened two exhibitions “Memories of Surrealism” and “Abstraction and African American artists.” (25 photos)
Read MoreLocated in the Havana municipality of Cerro is a large park bordered by schools, one of which used to be an important teacher training school (The Normal) where many educators graduated before 1959. In a corner of the park on a hill is a statue of the Vietnamese martyr Nguyen Van Troi. (23 photos)
Read MoreThose who know little about Cuban baseball tradition may be surprised by the new batch of talented players now shining in the big leagues, but the fact of the matter is that Cuba has always been an inexhaustible wellspring of good players. (24 photos)
Read MoreThere are many myths that accompany the smallest of felines; one of the more certain ones deals with their great ability to steal food. It is common in Cuba to hear expressions that denigrate these animals: treacherous, unfriendly, unloving to humans. But it is more common to find them in the street, surviving – or living – despite our misgivings about them. (29 photos)
Read MoreThe neighborhood La Pera is located within the periphery of the avenues Carlos III, Boyeros, Ayestarán and 19 de mayo. Its name comes from the characteristics of its park, which perceived from a height takes on the imaginary form the fruit of the same name. (28 photos)
Read MoreThe music of Cuba’s renowned Van Van issues from Havana’s Pabellon Cuba and echoes across La Rampa, Vedado. This year, the Cuban Culture Fair pays tribute to the work of musician Juan Formell and visual artist Ivan Soca who exhibits a series of photographs titled Formellmania.(30 photos)
Read MoreToday we bring you a photo feature on Havana’s neighborhood of Lawton, located approximately 6 kilometers from the city center, where the estate of Fernando Batista was once located. (27 photos)
Read MoreAll the people I told I would be visiting Bayamo, Granma agreed I would like the city. Bayamo’s main boulevard has many charms, boasting an enviable cleanliness, and the place is home to a broad variety of commercial and cultural establishments. (11 photos)
Read MoreToday we center around the famous Havana corner of 23rd and 12 Streets and the surrounding area that includes the street in front of the Colon Cemetery, some popular stores, a cigar factory, movie theater, Italian restaurant and other sites. (14 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban capital once boasted around 130 movie theaters, more than there were in New York or Paris at the time. Many of these cinemas were directly serviced by the major production and distribution companies, such as 20th Century Fox, Columbia and Metro Goldwyin Meyer. (30 photos)
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