Cuba

Culture, Literature, Arts, Cuba

Hell or Havana?

I think this must be the first book I’ve written about since I started this column in 1998 that is certain to cause offence. That is not,...

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Culture, Literature, Arts, Cuba

Cuba: Yanqui doodle dandy

Nothing dates quite as quickly, at least in literary terms, as a guidebook. Scarcely has the text been delivered to the printer than hotels...

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Culture, Music, People, Cuba

Ibrahim Ferrer: Bolero Ultimo

The voice of a 20th-century Caribbean dream finally fell silent back in August, when the 78-year-old Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died...

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Culture, Literature, Arts, People, Cuba

A Man, a Boat, a Fish

Perhaps it’s a rather harsh judgment, but Ernest Hemingway has not aged well. In fact, it is hard to think of a 20th-century writer who...

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Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba

Feeling Havana

Cracked concrete blocks that soar skyward between elegant single-story houses. Peeling art deco treasures squashed against brand-new...

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Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba

In Praise of the Caribbean Cigar

My hero is a Cuban called Compay Segundo. He’s 90, has been a musician since just after World War 1, and is on a world tour as I write....

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Immerse, Film and Television, People, Cuba

Rebel with a camera: Carlos Lechuga

Melaza, the debut feature film from Cuban writer and director Carlos Lechuga, opens with a shot of a sun-drenched field of sugarcane, the...

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Engage, Culture, History, Cuba

Cuba: Revolution time

Like him or loathe him, you can’t deny the fact that Fidel Castro is a survivor. As I write this, Cuba’s compañero comandante is...

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