Juan Suarez Archives - Page 6 of 9

Cuba’s Marabana 2015 Marathon in Pictures

The 2015 Marabana marathon in the Cuban capital took place on Sunday, Nov. 15th. Havana Times was on hand to capture the Cuban and foreign participants at different points of the run. (47 photos)

A Building on Reina Street, Havana

The tenants of building 59 on Reina Street, Centro Habana face a terrible nightmare: a mountain of garbage that has built up on the ground floor of the building over the years, replete with rats and every imaginable, disease-carrying vermin… (9 photos)

Cuba’s Dangerous Rissoles

My neighbor Fermin bought 10 pesos worth of Cuban rissoles last Friday at La Demajagua, a peso-establishment located on Ayesteran, in Havana’s neighborhood of Cerro. That same day, he fried them to prepare a typical Cuban meal. (7 photos)

Innovative Havana Baker Expands Menu to Attract Diners

How long can a world-renowned chef who has won the Michelin Star (among other awards) content himself with running a bakery in Havana? We’re not talking about any bakery. We’re talking about Salchipizza, whose owner, chemical engineer and master chef Alberto Gonzalez makes the kind of bread that hasn’t been prepared in Cuba for a long time, making the Sylvain and Pain de Paris local chains look like amateurs. (21 photos)

Everyday Havana

In the coming days the visit of Pope Francis to Cuba and the trip next week by Raul Castro to New York will fill the news of the island’s press. This photo feature gives you a glimpse of everyday life in the heart of the Cuban capital during the last couple weeks. (33 photos)

Cuba’s Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo

We visited the keys north of Ciego de Avila in the resort area known as Jardines del Rey, which includes Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo. The popular tourist destination has exuberant vegetation, exotic birds, a colony of pink flamingos, and one of the best beaches in the country, Playa Pilar. (25 photos)

Sprucing up Havana for John Kerry

It’s the custom of the Cuban government to fix the streets and paint the facades of buildings where important dignitaries will be driving by during their visits to Havana. On Thursday we captured some of the final preparations for the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry. (16 photos)