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On this occasion, Alicia Hechavarría discovers for us jazz player Harold López-Nussa in the colors that surround him in his...
A cup of coffee with Alicia: Brenda Navarrete, a woman who triumphs on the drum
In this installment, Alicia has the last cup of coffee of 2020 with jazz musician, percussionist, composer, dancer—and influencer—, Brenda...
A cup of coffee with Alicia: The memories, dreams and secrets of Ana Fidelia Quirós
On this occasion, Alicia had a good cup of coffee with Ana Fidelia Quirós, the multi-champion athlete from Palma Soriano,...
A cup of coffee with Alicia: Kelvis Ochoa, the extraordinary musician who composes while cooking
Kelvis―one of the most established musicians on the current Cuban scene―told us about his passions: music, family, friendship, cooking and...
Oruro Carnival, a fiesta in the heights
The Oruro Carnival, in Bolivia, is among the most famous in the world. Although less publicized, I would dare to...
What Maykel Blanco and his Salsa Mayor has that makes you move
Maykel Blanco, director of the Salsa Mayor Cuban group, has been promoting these days in Miami his new album Qué...
The New York photographer who loves Cuba’s dogs and cats
Emmy Park learned that the word "misu" would be helpful to photograph Cuba’s stray cats, while the pieces of dried...
The queen of Cuban hip-hop: “To be a rapper you have to be a feminist”
When Reyna Mercedes Hernández Sandoval decided to take the step in 2012 to register her hip-hop group in the Cuban...
Could Street Net, the largest private data network in Cuba, disappear?
The controversy over a possible dismantling of SNET arises after last week the Cuban government announced new resolutions authorizing the...
Rodeo
Men riding horses and chasing bulls through the sand. Steer wrestling. Calf roping. Bull riding. Barrel racing. There are many...
Havana Capitol
El Capitolio de La Habana es un símbolo de la ciudad en medio de la decadencia y las restauraciones. Aquellos...
Contradictory faces of a hurricane
A hurricane has many faces. Pain, strength, needs, responsibility and even indifference are mixed in the people’s expressions, especially after...
Carenas, no return from oblivion
About thirty people live alone in the middle of the Cienfuegos Bay. Cayo Carenas can only be reached by sea,...
At rest
No wheels at all, in plain view, leaning on any structure while money or spare parts arrive. But the wait...
Clay people
The actors of the street group D'Morón Teatro are clay people. They take their makeup and everything they will use...
The night in New Orleans
New Orleans may be a different city at night. During the day, the Cathedral of Saint Louis, The Cabildo, Café...
Counters
Grocery stores and butchers everywhere to buy the daily bread and the monthly "chicken for fish", which clarifies the dependent,...
Creative islands
Cuba and the United Kingdom present for the second time as Islas Creativas (Creative Islands), a project of the Cuban...
Buffalos in Cuba
Buffalos arrived in Cuba more than twenty years ago. Two fundamental species graze in the pastures of the island: those...
Santiago from El Morro
The view from El Morro de Santiago is blue. The blue dominates everything, floods the landscape: the sea --with its...
Tobacco men
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There are orchids of all shapes and colors. In fact, there are more than 25 thousand different species and another...
Fishing in Gibara
On sunny and windless days, the people of Gibara go fishing. Men with sun-tanned skin enter the sea with nets...
Hershey: broken album from another time
Today, Hershey is the ruin of what it was: the molasses jewel of the chocolate empire, a town founded by...
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Yulier P. has been flooding the streets of Vedado, La Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Playa and Centro Habana for three...
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