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These are my pictures of Cuba taken over the course of annual visits since 1998. In June of 1998, I visited Cuba as a guest of The University of Havana's Center for the Study of the United States (Centro de Estudios sobre los Estados Unidos). In June of 1999, I returned to Cuba with a colleague and sixteen students from West Virginia University. The University of Havana helped us put on an outstanding course on the "History and Economics of Cuba" (just click to find out more about the course, including the syllabus). We are now setting up our sixth offering of this course.My colleague Joe Super and I were in Cuba in October, 2002 for more relationship building and visited several towns, including Trinidad, surely one of the most interesting towns in Cuba. In December, 2003, I took a group of WVU supporters to Havana, Trinidad, and Santiago de Cuba. Many of the photographs come from those trips. Cuba today is arguably the most fascinating place on Earth. Certainly the economics is, as Cuba desperately hangs on to socialism while trying to be a player in an otherwise capitalist world. Equally fascinating, though, is its history, especially its long and tortured relationship with the United States. Its culture is a blend of Spain and Africa. The ancient religion of the Yoruba people survives today in Cuba as the Santeria religion, its many gods masked as Roman Catholic saints to escape the notice of slave masters. The city of Havana is an architectural treasure with buildings ranging from seventeenth century Spanish colonial through modern. Though crumbling, the city is still very, very beautiful. And, of course, Cuba is a tropical paradise. This is my pictorial journal of Cuba. It is not a balanced representation of Cuba. It is very heavily weighted toward what I see as beautiful, amusing, or interesting. It is not to be interpreted as a statement about the achievements of socialism, whatever they may be, and it is not to be seen as a statement about the Cuban economic and political systems relative to those of the U.S. It is not the complete story of Cuba. There are 21
sections showing
various locations or aspects of Cuban society, listed below. Just
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on a picture to go to that section. For the true glutton, the Havana Journal has links to other Cuba photo sites that I highly recommend. If you would like to send feedback or ask questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at william.trumbull@mail.wvu.edu. If you would like to know more about me, just visit my Home Page. Enjoy! |
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| The following folders are specifically related to my course. |
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Maintained by William N. Trumbull. Updated 11/6/02
