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Loaded security!

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New year celebration in Havana 2006.

A big part of the city’s inhabitants gathered in Malecon to enjoy great music and dance all night long. Spirit is high. The Cubans knows how to party but things can get carried away sometimes.

The government seems terrified of disorder and therefore displays huge numbers of
military, police and other security officials to maintain a sense of safety and control.

Now.. I am sure this particular security guard (whatever that bottle contains?) is doing his best but….

Tres mulatas!

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  A few days ago, 17 of January, a three-story house collapsed in the area where these girls live. Havana is falling apart!

The Cuban Communist Party is gathering this weekend in Havana to talk about reforms,
ways to renew its aging leadership and the eventual separation between the party and the state!

More interesting information (for the spanish speaking) about the day-to-day life in the capital of Cuba is found in Generacion Y  by Yoani Sánchez.

“En las calles Infanta y Salud, un edificio de tres plantas no soportó más y se vino abajo en la noche del martes 17 de enero”

Más información interesante de la vida cotidiana en la capital Cubana: Generacion Y
by Yoani Sánchez

The Queen of Havana!

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  Alex spices up the party (Tuesday morning) with his Drag Show!  The terrace in one of the houses on Calle E… Vedado, Havana!

Is Babalú Ayé listening?

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  At December 16–17 every year, thousands of Cubans of various religious beliefs make a pilgrimage to San Lazaro at Rincon in Santiago de las Vegas, some 30 km from Havana. They come to show penitence and pray for health and make other wishes.
Many crawl kilometers on their knees dragging stones as an extra proof of their devotion.
Some of the pilgrims worship  the orisha  Babalú Ayé,  “Father of the World”  the Santeria version of, San Lazaro.
This religios phenomenon is not seen with benevolent eyes from the Cuban government.
Plain clothes security police are heavily present.

My Cuban friend was taken apart and searched in a humiliating manner for walking with to foreigners active with cameras!

The Cuban religious passion, both santeria and catholic is growing as the revolutionary
enthusiasm has been going down for some time now!

Un litro de leche!

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At the end of 1993 I stayed in Luyano, Havana. It was the “período especial”. Several years of hardship for the Cubans.

This particular picture was a result of an hour or so waiting at the Calzada Luyano for something to turn up (it always does in Havana!)

I caught the attention of the father passing by with the daughter sleeping in the bicycle carriage just in time to make him stop and give me the chance to take some pictures.

It could have been a propaganda picture for the … government campaign at that time  “one liter of milk per day to each child”

2010. Seventeen years later I found the Facebook group “Solo gente de Luyano”
(Just for people from Luyano)

added the photo (also the one where you see the father) and the comments and additional information poured in!

Click tag Luyano to see more material from this part of Havana or just check this link

Daysi Rivas :    AYYYYYYYYYYY DIOS MIO HE VISTO ESTA FOTO MUCHAS VECES Y AHORA ES QUE ME DOY CUENTA QUE ES OMAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MI AMIGO DE TODA LA VIDA,………………. PERO ESTA FOTO TIENE UN MONTON DE AñOS, QUE SERA DE LA VIDA DE EL?????????????

Oh my God I have seen this photo many times and now I understand that it is Omar!!!!! my life long friend …. but this photo is very old, what has happened with his life?????

Rodrigo and Hector!

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  Playing in their house at Calle Melones 360. Havana, Cuba. 1993

Here´s another picture and more information of the brothers.
You can also click on tag Luyano to see more photos from the barrio

Jugando en su casa en Calle Melones 360. 1993.  Aqui otra foto y mas información de los hermanos.
Tambien puedes hacer un click en el “tag” Luyano