HAVANA — Havana's broad avenues are empty at night. Theaters are closed. Bars and cafes have curtains lowered. It’s hard to find lights in the streets or Cubans making money entertaining tourists.

Cuban artist Kadir Lopez Nieves is restoring the vintage signs of the cinemas, hotels and cabarets that lit up Havana’s nightlife in its 1950s heyday. After dusk in Havana, an ice-blue neon sign ...

HAVANA (AP) — Havana's broad avenues are empty at night. Theaters are closed. Bars and cafes have curtains lowered. It’s hard to find lights in the streets or Cubans making money entertaining tourists ...

There are few lights on the streets, no families out for a stroll, no couples canoodling in central Havana. (April 19, 2026) HAVANA (AP) — Havana’s broad avenues are empty at night. Theaters are ...