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Cuba: Dollar Store Lit Up, the other Pitch Dark

The US dollar store at 3rd and 70th in Miramar, Havana, has been crowned the king of all the markets of its kind on the Island.

While walking down Maceo Street in Holguin, I noticed a poster for the 3D Room, formerly the video screening auditorium.

This story is common to most Cubans, except that some have saved themselves from “dancing with the worst of it.”

We should stop and observe the creatures around us. They are beings who can teach us lessons in survival, love, and loyalty. (13 photos)

It doesn’t seem to matter much that Cuba ended 2024 with fewer foreign visitors; in this battle to earn dollars, no resources are spared.

Today’s featured band is Orquesta Akokan from Havana, Cuba, with the song “Cha Cha Cha Pa’ Ca” from the album “Caracoles” (2024).

A woman crossing the ruined floating promenade to throw a flower is an act full of symbolism. An image that stays with us & makes us reflect.

“Get off of me, you’re heavy,” reads the band on the straw hat Maykel Osorbo wears in the Pinar del Rio prison known as Kilometer 5 1/2.

In my experience as a bookseller, I know which books will sell quickly, which ones will sell over time, and which ones will never sell.

Many doorways and columns have not given up over time, but many have not been able to hold out and have collapsed… (18 photos)