Photo Feature

Cuba Baseball: A Night with Industriales/Matanzas

The second half of the Cuban baseball season got underway this week with the eight remaining teams battling for a playoff spot at the end of May. HT was present at Havana’s Latinoamericano Stadium for the first game of a three game series between Industriales and Matanzas. (34 photos)

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Cuban National Ballet on Stage in Havana

The Cuban National Ballet performed several works at the capital’s National Theater on March 15 including El mercader y la esclava, La flauta mágica and Desnuda luz del Amor, De un Hilo and the Gran Pas De Deux Classique. HT was on hand to capture images of their performance. (30 photos)

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Cuba Hip Hop with Escuadron Patriota

This photo feature is of a concert by rapper Raudel Collazo (Escuadron Patriota) and guests at the Cine-Teatro Avenida of Marianao on March 11th. The musician uses hip hop as a base but also draws on reggae, rumba, trova and elements of jazz. (26 photos)

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Art Deco Persists in Havana, Cuba

The XII World Congress on Art Deco concludes today in Havana. Art Deco flourished in Cuba in the first half of the 20th century, when numerous such buildings were built in the capital. One aim of the congress is to draw attention to the need to preserve these gems of our past. (44 photos)

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Cuba Hosts Saudi Arabia Folklore Group

A Saudi Arabian Folklore troupe offered several performances in Havana at the end of February as part of the side events of the annual Cuba Book Fair. For the first time the Saudis had a booth at the fair, coinciding with the inauguration of that’s country’s embassy in the Cuban capital. (28 photos)

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Cuba Hosts World Art Deco Congress

The 12th edition of the World Congress on Art Deco begins today in Havana and will run through March 21. In Havana, this style’s eclectic and bygone (or nearly bygone) character is reflected in elements of neoclassical, baroque and rococo buildings. (38 photos)

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Remembering Cuba’s King of Rhythm, Benny Moré

The National Folkloric Group, held numerous activities over six days at its local paying tribute to Benny Moré, who, rightly, was called the King of Rhythm and greatest son musician in Cuba. The artists in the photos are Cuba Rumba, Los Nani and Obba-Ilu. (26 photos)

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Santiago de Cuba Pays Tribute to Chavez

Soon after 4:30 pm on March 5, when the news came concerning the death of President Hugo Chavez, Cuba united in extending its condolences to the people and the government of that country. Tributes were made across the nation to the Venezuelan leader, who visited Santiago de Cuba some years ago. (13 photos)

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Maduro, Evo & Millions Accompany Chavez

Millions of people, deeply filled with sadness, accompanied Hugo Chavez yesterday from the hospital where he died on Tuesday to the Caracas Military Academy, where he will be paid tribute to through Friday. Leading the procession were interim President Nicolas Maduro and Bolivia’s Evo Morales, along with family members and supporters.(18 photos)

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