The month of July is a joyous month in Santiago de Cuba full of celebrations. First came the weeklong Caribbean Fire Festival. The Children’s Carnival, which concluded on Sunday, is the subject of this photo feature. The main Santiago Carnival takes place from July 22-28. (30 photos)
Read MoreMy aim with this post is to draw people’s attention to the many small, beautiful invertebrate animals one is often surrounded by while swimming at a beach or nearly any of Cuba’s coasts. Many of us are unaware of the overwhelming diversity of sea life. (13 photos)
Read MoreThe chirping of birds and the sounds of children playing near the cabin door woke us up before six in the morning. The birds flew off when we opened the doors. The kids – children of one of the coordinators at the university – gave us a smiling, mischievous look and ran off after the birds. (21 photos)
Read MoreMy interview with Emma Christopher, director of the documentary “They Are We”, and the film’s still photographer, Sergio Leyva, not only satisfied my curiosity regarding their personal experiences during the filmmaking process, it also awoke an interest in those four Cubans involved in the project. (10 photos)
Read MoreFor a long time the streets of Havana have seen people moving “carts” carrying empty containers, cardboard, newspapers, large sacks. Few passersby recognize the sacrifice made by picking up recyclables and taking them to their destination points. (17 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s colonial oligarchy saw the railway system as a novel technological breakthrough that could solve many of the problems of the island. Cuba was then one of the world’s largest sugar producers and faced the task of transporting its sugar products from the refineries to the country’s ports.(28 photos)
Read MoreNew, neo-expressionist works by contemporary Cuban artists Rigoberto Rodriguez (popularly known as “Rigo”) and Ernesto Cordova, affording us two distinct takes on everyday reality, will be on display at a month-long exhibition entitled “Retaining”, currently mounted at the Fayad Jamis Arts Gallery in Alamar, Havana. (8 photos)
Read MoreWhat makes this crafts fair different aren’t the beautiful and prohibitively expensive items on sale (such as the reproductions of Sosabravo paintings, at 100 CUC, or furniture sets, with 2,000 CUC price-tags). What makes it different is the way in which it manages to bring a measure of cultural diversity to Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. (27 photos)
Read MoreGrowing orchids is one of my greatest passions. They have fascinated me since I was a kid. To have any measure of success with these peculiar and resilient plants, or at least with the kind commonly cultivated in Cuba, you need three important elements: light, heat and humidity. (10 photos)
Read MoreLast weekend Olympic Day (June 23) was celebrated around the globe. In Cuba a run took place for people of all ages from 12 and older. In Havana the publicity was deficient, so the amount of people was less than in other years. (24 photos)
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