For over a month, the people of Santiago de Cuba have been working day and night to repair and add a touch of glitter to those places where the main ceremonies for Cuba’s 26th of July festivities are to take place. It’s been 60 years since the Moncada Barracks was attacked by the 26th of July movement. (14 photos)
Read MoreGaliano is an emblematic street of Havana, with numerous large stores and lots of foot traffic. Life here is noisy with small businesses in the different porches and in the street. Workers come and go amid their daily efforts, many without losing the smile on their faces. (29 photos)
Read MoreLocated in Havana’s municipality of 10 de Octubre, Santos Suarez is a neighborhood spanning nearly 6 square kilometers, bounded by the thoroughfares of 10 de Octubre, Santa Catalina and Via Blanca and the viaduct of Vento (where the locality’s boundary becomes rather diffuse). (37 photos)
Read MoreOne of the highlights of the recently concluded CUBADISCO 2013 International Fair was a concert by Cuban guitarist Josue Tacoronte who took on the challenge of performing, in the rhythmical movements characteristic of flamenco, some of the most popular pieces composed by Cuba’s Leo Brower. (26 photos)
Read MoreThe La Cabaña fortress, overlooking Havana Bay, is in my opinion, a most interesting place to take photos, not only in it, but from it. Whoever wants to shoot the Havana coastline and downtown, only needs to climb up on one of the fortress walls, preferably in the late afternoon. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe Fayad Jamis Art Gallery located in Alamar, Havana, recently opened an exhibition entitled The Same or Different? (¿Iguales o diferentes?) as part of Cuba’s Campaign Against Homophobia activities. It will be on display through June 19. (14 photos)
Read MoreAfter decades of insufficient maintenance Havana’s Capitolio building is undergoing major repairs and is closed to the public. Nonetheless, the surroundings of the replica of the US Capitol building remain a meeting place, often filled with tourists and Cubans going about their daily lives. (30 photos)
Read MoreMatanzas, the capital of the Cuban province by the same name, is a small city with a big history. This unusual name is said to come from an incident involving Spanish soldiers who wanted to cross one of the many local rivers to attack an aboriginal camp on the opposite shore. (35 photos)
Read MorePablo Milanes, one of Cuba’s most beloved singers/songwriters, returned to a packed 5,000 seat Karl Marx theater in Havana for an unforgettable one-night only concert. Milanes, 68, performed over twenty songs spanning a repertory of decades as well as three themes from a soon to be released album. (23 fotos)
Read MoreDuring the filming of ‘They Are We’ —a documentary about the return of four Afro-Cubans to their place of origin in Sierra Leone— I travelled down to the remote Gallinas region in the far southeast of Sierra Leone, the place where the Cuban’s ancestor and the famous Amistad slaves once departed from Africa. (11 photos)
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