The recently concluded Havana International Fair provided Cuban pharmaceutical companies the opportunity to exhibit their products to foreign buyers. Among the firms participating were Labiofam and Farmacuba whose production of medicines and vaccines are exported to numerous counties. (30 photos)
Read MoreNueva Vida (New life) is a facility in Old Havana sponsored by the City Historian’s Office. It provides a day time place for 50 elderly citizens who otherwise would be alone during the day as the other family members are working. (28 photos)
Read MoreThe moments captured by photographer Sergio Leyva and the sculptures of Alfredo Duquense tell of a reunion among people born in continents far apart, do not even speak the same language, but who nonetheless feel that they are part of the same family. (19 photos)
Read MoreThe Danza Abierta Company presented fragments of “Showroom” and of the work in progress “Sinfonia de sentidos” (Symphony of senses”) by Susana Pous, a Spanish dancer and choreographer living in Cuba, at the recently concluded Women Create Festival in Havana. (x photos)
Read MoreCuban musicians Yusa and Yissy Garcia took the stage together for the first time at a concert held in Old Havana’s Plaza Vieja to close the Ellas Crean (“Women in the Arts”) Festival. (26 photos)
Read More“It’s him, he’s going to play!” some surprised members of the audience exclaimed on seeing renowned Cuban musician Leo Brouwer walk on stage, after many years of being absent from Cuba’s stage as a performer. (24 photos)
Read MoreTo disseminate the work of female Cuban artists and creators, the Ellas Crean (Women who create) Festival opened last week in Havana.The gala was led by the National Ballet of Cuba, dedicated to lovers of the romantic style of Alicia Alonso, and there were some more modern pieces as well. (35 photos)
Read MoreA program for the elderly sponsored by the Havana Historian’s Office, has as one of its tasks to rescue traditional Cuban cuisine. And who better than our grandmothers who make magic every day to put a plate of food on the table. (23 photos)
Read MoreThe famous Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia gave a spectacular concert this week at the Karl Marx theater in Havana as part of V Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival. In the introduction,, Brouwer said that Paco’s concert is an experience that will never be repeated because he is always evolving . (28 photos)
Read MoreThe Church of Our Lady of Mercy celebrated an Eucharist after nine days of prayer services leading up, and a procession in her honor that ends the festivity. The iconography used to represent the virgin is defined from the 16th century, mainly consisting of Mercedario habit: tunic, scapular & cloak, all in white. (29 photos)
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