Cuba’s Isle of Youth (formerly the Isle of Pines) is located roughly 60 kilometers from the Batabano port and 142 kilometers from Havana, it has a total land surface of 2,400 square kilometers and is surrounded by more than 600 keys and small isles (making up the Canarreos archipelago in Cuba’s south-western region). (36 photos)
Read MoreBejucal,located in the province of Mayabeque, was the first settlement reached by the first railroad Spain built in the Americas during colonial times. It is also the stage of one of the country’s three most popular festivities: Las Charangas de Bejucal. (59 photos)
Read MoreLast Sunday I futilely struggled to send 300 MB from a Wi-Fi point in Havana where supposedly the connection is at 1MB/second, which would make the upload fast, but that was not the case.
Read MoreOn November 13, the Cuban National Fine Arts Museum hosted the opening of a solo exhibition by US photographer Peter Turnley, internationally recognized for his work on the reality of the human condition. (20 photos)
Read MoreThe children’s ward of the Julito Diaz Orthopedic Hospital in the municipality Boyeros, Havana is a place where the dedicated staff demonstrate basic human values that ultimately make a difference in the lives of Cuban children with disabilities. (19 photos)
Read MoreSome months ago, ETECSA, Cuba’s telecommunications monopoly, set up a number of pay-for Wi-Fi hot spots around the country, allegedly aimed at greater public Internet use. This has resulted in incomes above what the company had predicted.
Read MoreSantiago de las Vegas was once one of the most commercially and socially active cities in Cuba, known in the mid-20th century for the extraordinary cleanliness and pristine state of all its asphalted streets. The changes over time have not exactly been for the better. (50 photos)
Read MoreThe normalization of diplomatic and commercial relations between Cuba and the United States began seven months ago. I thought perhaps one can already make direct Internet purchase from Cuba, so I gave it a try for my small company.
Read MoreThis past June, I was again contacted by two State Security officials who warned me of the dangers I could become exposed to if I attended places in Havana where “political activities sponsored by the enemy” were held. They also tried to persuade me to act as an informant for them.
Read MoreThe City of Cienfuegos has a population of over 300,000 and, much different from Havana, it is certainly one of the cleanest in Cuba. It is located in the south central region of the Majagua peninsula, on the shores of the Bay of Jagua. (44 photos)
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