Balconies in a house in front of the Capitolio. Havana (La Habana), Cuba
“Whew! Did you see that?” We’re driving to Havana and Debbie, my wife, is speaking. I’m sitting in the front seat of our taxi with Luis, the driver, who has just been explaining to me how Raul Castro’s daughter Mariela is in favour of “homofobia.” I endeavour to correct him: “Don’t you mean she’s against homophobia?” but he, bent on re-educating an unenlightened foreigner, insists “no, in favour of.” Luis, who has the conversational tic of poking me whenever he wants to make a point, is pro-Fidel (“he wants to help the poor”), but “homofobia” is a long word and, for a generation raised on Marxist polysyllables, easy enough to confuse with its antonym. “In favour of homophobia.” Fist in my thigh, and his eyes meet mine, as he scrutinizes my face for moral outrage. The highway is empty in the four-hour drive from Trinidad, we can’t have seen more than ten vehicles. But now
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2020-12-22 02:35:15 GMT2020-12-22 10:35:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Yosley Carrero
HAVANA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) Luis Enrique Camejo, a 49-year-old painter, has found in Chinese culture an incentive to develop his work from a rooftop studio in Havana s Cerro district.
He honed his skills as a visual artist during a three-month stay at the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, where he learned Chinese painters techniques in the use of watercolors and calligraphy.
Camejo brought rice paper, Chinese ink and stones when he came back from China in August 2011. Since then, he has embarked on a thrilling ride to depict Chinese daily life and customs.
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