Havana, Cuba. – The 11th Drum Party Festival 2012 and the International Percussion Contest “Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam” took place in Havana from March 6 to March 11. The saying “When there is a will, there is a way” came to my mind when I saw Lazarito, one of the participants in the above-mentioned contest. Talent is a gift conferred by divine grace that knows no boundaries. El niño... 

El Chori Anyone who lived in Havana in the 50′s of last century must have seen the name El Chori in the most unexpected places in our city. Reportedly, it used to be written in white chalk and very even fonts in walls, porches, sidewalks, streets, everywhere. Who was El Chori? That was the nickname of a picturesque character whose real name was Silvano Shueg. Many people ignore that El Chori...