Pictures of some of the works of Cuban painter Harold Lopez can be seen on Flickr  

At the south coast of Cuba and about 211 km from Havana there is  wonderful place called Caleta Buena (Good Cove). Passing Playa Larga and  Playa Giron Caleta Buena was almost a wild and unknown spot when I was 8 years old. For two or three summers in a row I went with my parents […]

  I still remember the days, the end of the 80’s and the song “Dancing lambada” that everyone used to play at home parties, it was constantly on the radio and at school activities. All the girls started wearing tiny skirts and dancing lambada everywhere. Even the primary school boys were happy to dance all […]

I remember when I was in primary school in Havana that March,8th was the day when girls would receive a flower or a postcard and the teacher would explain to the students what a huge role women play in our society as daughters, workers, wives and mothers. At my parents’ workplace they would serve cake […]

The Ceiba is a very special tree for Cubans. In Havana, in front of El Templete, building where the city was founded in 1519 and the first Christian mass occurred, there is a big ceiba tree and people go around three times on every birthday of the city for good luck, hope and to wish […]