This post, I hope, will give you a better insight to the Cuba outsiders just don’t see or know. This is the bedroom of one of an elderly woman. The house was two rooms, the other being the kitchen. This woman worked as a school teacher, and at the age of 70, this is all … Read more
Created in 1868 to accommodate the victims of the War of Independence and a simultaneous yellow-fever outbreak, the Santa Ifigenia includes many great historical figures among its 8000-plus tombs, notably the mausoleum of José Martí. When the cemetery was inaugurated in February 1868, it was in the form of a Roman cross, divided into courtyards. … Read more