Moving Forward

This week's image is of a school boy passing a mural in the Fusterlandia area west of Havana. The mosaic mural, one of many found in Fusterlandia, shows the boat on which Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and other leaders of the 1959 revolution came ashore in Cuba.

Cuban artist Jose Fuster began decorating his humble house in a run-down area of Havana with brightly colored mosaic tiles in simple, almost childlike designs in 1975. He asked neighbors if he could also decorate their homes and businesses. As he continued to add mosaics to the neighborhood, the once economically depressed area began to attract tourists. Today, his colorful creations cover an entire neighborhood and are a popular tourist attraction.