The intersection of Havana’s Monte and Aponte streets was the stage of an extremely unusual incident: a highly mixed crowd of people, convened in this public space, sang the National Anthem and “vandalized” one of the walls of a building. But this story doesn’t start here. We must go some way back in history. (11 photos)
Read MoreI left Sancti Spiritus when I was 17. Back then, Chinese buses had not yet invaded Cuba’s interprovincial roads, and a ticket to Havana cost a mere 23 pesos. (37 photos)
Read MoreAs I write, Nicolas Maduro and the Cuartel de la Montaña (Hill Top Barracks), must be the person and the place most sought after in Internet search engines. Maduro, as the newly elected president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and the Barracks for being, perhaps, the most visited place in Caracas on election day. (12 photos)
Read MoreThe second half of the Cuban baseball season is well underway and Cienfuegos has moved into the top spot among the eight competing teams. HT was on hand recently for the final game of a three-game series with Havana’s Industriales hosting Cienfuegos. The regular season ends on May 22 followed by the playoffs. (27 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s Buena Vista Social Club band led by singer Omara Portuondo returns to Santiago de Chile for a concert on May 3rd.. The photographer brings us these images from an earlier presentation of Buena Vista in Santiago de Chile. (7 photos)
Read MoreSantiago de Cuba is often called a musical city. It’s a place where it’s commonplace to walk the streets and find yourself in any park, square or corner filled with troubadours, singers, comedians and dancers. Usually, on the weekends, esplanades and plazas are sites for shows of all types. Here’s a photo feature of the local chapter of the children’s theater group La Colmenita. (16 photos)
Read MoreThe XII Festival of Young Filmmakers is currently underway in the Cuban capital, but hurry, it ends on Sunday April 7. The Chaplin, Sala Charlot, 23rd and 12st and ICAIC theaters are projecting the Cuban works in competition as well as international works that include a sampling from the Festival of Short Films from Clermont-Ferrand, France. (17 photos)
Read MoreWith its infectious beat and sui generis look, including the use of large colored hats, Qva Libre had young people dancing and enjoying themselves at the Universidad de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba on April 2. (20 photos)
Read MoreThe Fiagrop 2013 International Agro-Industrial Food Fair — held from March 25 to 31 at Havana’s Rancho Boyeros fairground. Besides the products exhibited, it held an international rodeo and a “coleo” (high-speed cattle chases), a favorite sport of Cuban farmers and ranchers. These two aspects are the focus of this photo feature. (31 photos)
Read MoreThe Seventh Festival of Oral Storytelling, held in Havana from March 18 to 24 at the Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center and the Adolfo Llaurado Theater, enjoyed the participation of Cuban narrators along with ones from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and Senegal. (30 photos)
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