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Cuba Baseball at the Latino

HT went to the Latinoamericano stadium on Wednesday for a game between Cienfuegos & Havana’s Industriales, both already qualified for the second round of play as the season reaches the halfway point. (28 photos)

Cuba: Rodeo at Havana’s Lenin Park

Rodeo in Cuba began as a sport of Cuban farmers but today is a show suitable for audiences of all ages who enjoy watching the skill in handling horses and cattle. There are 136 teams and over 250 rodeo tracks on the island where the sport is practiced. (28 photos)

Decontaminating Havana Bay over 15-Years

Under the slogan “15 years decontaminating Havana Bay” an event was held in Plaza Vieja, Old Havana last Sunday in which numerous articles were displayed artistically made from waste materials that if allowed to pollute the waters make life impossible. (29 photos)

Body Fusion Theatre Troupe of Cuba

The show by Cuba’s Cuerpo Fusion (Body Fusion) troupe is a retrospective of pieces that blend harmoniously with precise movements, endowed with a dreamy love and tenderness and a refined technique. Composition and gesture are crucial outside the conventions and stereotypes of traditional pantomime. (28 photos)

Exhibition of Cuban Innovators

Cuban workers in all sectors have been compelled to innovate in order to keep production and service equipment from becoming paralyzed by any lack of spare parts that might arise owing to the difficulties imposed on the island by the US blockade, which frequently prevents the purchase new equipment or parts. (26 photos)

Havana’s Africa Museum Celebrates

The “Casa de la Africa” Museum in Havana celebrated its 27th anniversary of its founding on January 6. This coincided with the celebration of “Three Kings Day” (the Epiphany holiday) and the procession of the “Cabildo” from the Plaza de San Francisco de Asis, through the main squares of historic Centro Havana, to end up at Plaza Vieja. (30 photos)

Cuba’s Abakua Celebrate Their Anniversary

The Abakua secret male only society was founded in Cuba on January 6, 1836. To celebrate its 177th anniversary, a series of dances and rituals were conducted this past Sunday in Havana in remembrance of the members’ African ancestors. (26 photos)

Songs of Negritude: A Necessary Book

“Historical memory is the opposite of obscurity, and silence is stronger than death. We must rescue the memory of past events that have something to tell us in the present, just as confronting the resurgence of racial prejudice and segregation is a vital necessity,” said Mirta Fernandez Martinez in her presentation. (23 photos)

“G” St. Havana, its Ave. of the Presidents

Presidents Avenue, better known as G Street, in Havana’ Vedado district, is one of the most beautiful avenues in the Cuban capital. It’s a two-way avenue with a wide park in the middle connecting the seaside Malecon on one end and Avenida Salvador Allende (formerly Carlos III) on the other. (25 photos)

Cuba Today, Daily Life Pictures

One of the goals of this publication is to show different aspects of daily life in Cuba, a reality that goes beyond the political rhetoric. Today we bring you another segment of people in the capital going about their business or stopping for a break. (28 photos)