Pablo 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)
Read MoreThere are very few good news stories to come out of the transatlantic slave trade, but there was one recently in Sierra Leone. This April, 180 years after their ancestor was loaded aboard a slave ship, four Cubans reunited with their family in Upper Banta. (20 photos)
Read MoreHis hand, covered in blisters and thick veins, runs over the pile of plastic bags. With trembling fingers, he separates one from the bunch and places it on the buyer’s hand. His own hand closes to grab hold of the one-peso coin. He puts the coin away, then casts an empty stare towards the floor, towards the void. (13 photos)
Read MoreThe Paseo del Prado in Old Havana, built in 1772 to resemble the Paseo del Prado in Madrid, is a kilometer long and extends from Fraternity Park, to the Malecon seawall. It is one of the most popular avenues of the city both for inhabitants and visitors, with its marble benches under shady trees. (30 photos)
Read MoreMantilla evinces the stark contrasts that characterize contemporary Cuba: there, one finds recently-constructed residences or tastefully refurbished homes, next to dilapidated, unfinished or, in some cases, ramshackle wooden houses. Many of its streets are also in a deplorable state, and some are not even asphalted. (33 photos)
Read MoreI am even more bemused by those who affirm that legalizing same-sex marriages and accepting homosexuality as “normal” sets a bad example for young generations. I wonder if they are just as worried by the violence in the movies these young generations are watching. (34 photos)
Read MoreNicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala are the three countries that awakened Jonathan “Jonas” Moller’s social consciousness and art. Two passions, activism and photography, which he tells us, have flourished together. He tells us about his experiences in this tumultuous region of the world in an exhibit titled Our Culture Is Our Resistance, on display until May 28th in the El Reino de Este gallery at Havana’s National Library. (16 photos)
Read MoreWhat is today the municipality of Cerro was first founded as a township 424 years ago. In recent decades a Culture Week is held to celebrate the anniversary. The 34th such event, dedicated to the popular and traditional dances. “Clave y Guaguancó” had the youth dancing, and the not so young as well. (30 photos)
Read MoreSome 500 members and supporters of Cuba’s LGBT community paraded on Saturday morning along the busy 23rd Street in Havana in the now traditional anti-homophobia campaign calling for respect for diversity and rejection of sexual prejudice. The march took place to the beat of the popular Cuban sound of the “conga” with trumpets and drums. (21 photos)
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