Once in a while, I visit the Necropolis de Cristobal Colón (aka Christopher Columbus, in English) just to get away from the daily grind. Named after the famed Genoese explorer who discovered Cuba in 1492, this ageing Havana cemetery reflects the Cuban society at large – traces of a bygone […]
For Ernesto “Che” Guevara enthusiasts or dedicated Marxists who believe in his dream of a Pan-American revolution, Santa Clara in Cuba’s Villa Clara province is a place of pilgrimage. In the same way that La Higuera in Bolivia is now a shrine to the Latin American revolutionary icon, Santa Clara […]
For seven days in August, Habaneros find an excuse to forget about the rigors of daily life and spend the humid nights partying, getting drunk, and dancing as the city marked its traditional Carnaval.Cavalcades of rival comparsas or choreographed dance troupes, invaded Havana’s seaside promenade, Malecon, and danced to the […]
