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 An island where the time seems to have stopped 50 years ago, where differences between black and white, poor and rich, man and woman would not exist... but it’s not exactly like this. Now Fidel doesn’t rule the country, but Cuba is still there, it resists front to the embargo imposed by the United States. Children continue to play, often without a toy, in the street where it’s unusual to see a car passing. Men continue playing at domino in the alleys on the same table where their grandparents tried to win. Cubans are proud of the unique history of their country, but they’re also tired to fight to be different from the rest of the world.
The street is the public meeting place. It’s also the place where children play and enjoy safely in Cuba. It’s an open place for everyone, a place that doesn’t leave no-one outside. Socialisme Fidel Castro After the rain children playing with the water
There are children that never had a toy but they are happy
Cuba, Havana, 20/05/2007
Men people playing at the domino around a table an afternoon of the week they don’t work often they have a pension in the street they have a rest they enjoy themselves tranquillity calm in cuba fidel castro Cienfuegos socialism oldness Domino an afternoon during the week
Around the table (or in the island?) all the men have the same rights
Cuba, Cienfuegos, 07/06/2007
There are many workers in cuba also if they are not well paid bad low salary that satisfy the primary necessaries the stairs that bring brought to an old enterprise work hard fidel castro socialism it looks like to be in an other epoch age There are many people that work hardly also in Cuba
A mason breaking the floor in the entry of an old enterprise
Cuba, Havana, 27/05/2007
There are many cinema in Havana all really old with wood seats chairs intellectual movies film tricycle bicycle bike taxi that bring you wherever you want fidel castro cuba socialism culture One of the numerous cinemas in Havana
Get in the cinema with 1 peso, drink a beer with 25
Cuba, Havana, 25/05/2007
In the centre Havana you can repair all that you want all types of objects and also the pneumatics of cars men that are observing and working a bit in the street a tricycle like means of transport cuba fidel castro socialism work Pumping up pneumatics that are 10 years old
Everything is conserved, nothing it’s thrown
Cuba, Havana, 25/06/2007
The street is a public place to meet and play for children there isn’t danger insecure play free and without control of parents baseball cuba fidel castro socialism The street, the place where children play
A few cars transit, a street in Havana centre becomes a camp of baseball
Cuba, Havana, 30/05/2007
Three men concentrated in repairing a motorbike motorcycle very old that has many years no one use the helmet driving calm circulation inexistent traffic mechanic utensil solidarity among neighbour and citizens the problem of one is the problem of all cuba fidel castro centre Havana socialism Solidarity to repair a motorbike
All the people that pass in the street stop to observe, or if they can to help. The problem of one, is the problem of all
Cuba, Havana, 30/05/2007
In Cuba there are many jineteros and jineteras, prostitutes, people really don’t own nothing they aren’t hungry because all the necessary thing satisfied but they sell their body to strangers that have dollars or Euros a bar during the day in the centre Havana fidel castro socialism holiday Cuba is usually called the rakish island
During the day a bar in the centre, a cook, a waiter, a "jinetera" and a client
Cuba, Havana, 30/05/2007
Children are conscious of the value of the dollar respect to the local money they ask the charity to the tourists childish prostitution cuba fidel castro socialism sold childhood After the photo he asks to me "One dollar please"
Commercial tourism managed to pollute also the children
Cuba, Havana, 03/06/2007
husband and wife two old people in the front of the house on the pavement resting on the seats instead of the saint protector they hanged a photo of hugo chavez fria fidel castro cuba socialism oldness Chavez protects our house
Together resting on the pavement of the street
Cuba, Havana, 25/05/2007
A child playing with the hula hop dreams to be a dancer. Behind the family’s cloths are hanged up. The family is living in the huge house from many years. Cuba. Fidel Castro. Children When I grow up I’ll be a dancer
In the terrace of a rich house in decadence in the ancient middle class quarter (Vedado)
Cuba, Havana, 25/05/2007
In the street playing at domino like their grandfathers played a table of wood benches a day of the week they don’t work socialism fidel castro cuba Men playing in the street
The unique objects: a wood table and a domino
Cuba, Havana, 25/05/2007
There aren’t dangers in the streets of the Havana the old aged people the oldness is the best in cuba fidel castro socialism communism lives tranquillity calm peace A life a half at home a half in the street, because outside you feel like at home
In the streets of the cities of the countryside many old people meet, talk and live
Cuba, Havana, 07/06/2007
Houses and architecture in the centre Havana houses that aren’t well conserved restored restoration of ancient building of artistic and cultural historic value in cuba fidel castro socialism communism cultural patrimony Cuban men in the street on the balcony rest holiday urbanism Men observing the street, it didn’t change from their childhood
There are many buildings of artistic value, only a few are well conserved
Cuba, Havana, 15/05/2007
There aren’t cars it doesn’t exist traffic circulation in the Havana there aren’t noises contamination noise pollution means of transport of the 50 and 60’s years. Very old and ancient cars Cubans use. Collection falcon walking around in cuba fidel castro socialism Traffic? It doesn’t exist in Havana
Streets look like 50 years ago
Cuba, Havana, 13/06/2007
Cubans constructed exactly in front of the usa office the anti-imperialist tribune like an offense a challenge to the usa government in the tribune in homage to politic prisoners in unites states prisons there are concerts imperialism fidel castro socialism communism The homage to the Cuban politic prisoners in Us prisons : 50 black flags
The cuban "Anti-imperialistic tribune" vs the Office of Us interests (there isn’t an embassy of Usa)
Cuba, Havana, 10/06/2007
In the market where you buy in local money (pesos cubanos) you can buy fruit vegetables meat flowers books you can repair all type of objects also the oldest Fidel Castro Cuba socialism In Cuba all things are repaired, also glasses 20 years old
In the market, far from consumerism, next to the stands that "sell" there are the ones that "repair"
Cuba, Havana, 22/05/2007
Little shanty town houses of wood and sheet material hedged at 10 minutes walking from the middle class quarter of Vedado, fanguito is the marginal zone where until a short time ago houses flooded when the river had grown up fidel castro cuba socialism poorness Also Cuba has some "favelas"
The slum of Fanguito on the riverside
Cuba, Havana, 30/05/2007
Old Women have an easy and happy life done at their measure in Havana in Fanguito a popular and emarginated zone but where all the services necessary are satisfied for the third age in Cuba fidel castro socialism On the doorstep of her house she observes carefully
The entry of a house in the poor quarter of Fanguito
Cuba, Havana, 30/05/2007
Sloth and leisure on the street a day of the week men read and talk in the tranquillity socialism fidel castro relax book culture Waffling on the pavement between neighbours
It’s allowed to read only four officials journals
Cuba, Havana, 25/05/2007
Parking public state private in cuba there aren’t many cars unusual scarce and there aren’t problems to park in the street man men work fidel castro socialism no problem of traffic communism entry gate The gate of the "public" parking, it doesn't exist the private ones
Often there aren’t any cars parked inside
Cuba, Havana, 22/05/2007
A shop market that sell meat vegetables fruits salami hum eggs sweet corn there are a few products that they sell in pesos Cubans tourists don’t buy this type of food they bought only in dollar cuc woman works centre Havana cuba fidel castro socialism local money Everything you want to buy is on the counter
Here cuban people buy the food in pesos, not the tourists
Cuba, Havana, 25/05/2007
Children that play alone in the quiet tranquillity calm peace air toys simple arcades gallery columns cuba architecture fidel castro socialisme Little warriors in the gallery
In the quiet streets of Havana children play at the war
Cuba, Havana, 20/05/2007
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