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Cubans Between Memory and Forgetting

They deserve more than symbolic pensions, little medicine, or improvised homes, they deserve respect, presence & companionship (10 photos)

Without gloves and without supplies to carry out his task, he is faced with an inhumane task: saving what is the dirtiest city in Cuba.

Artists from Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina gathered in Havana for an International Urban Art Encounter. (29 photos)

A young doctor tells that among his colleagues “there are many hooked” on this cheap and highly addictive drug.

It can’t really be called a church, because it’s small. What stands out at first glance is its simplicity… (16 photos)

The Cuban-American believes that silence in the face of this situation “is not neutrality or ignorance, it is complicity and cowardice.”

“Art is about healing, about helping people keep their sensitivity, fall in love with what they see, feel, build new emotions.” (13 photos)

According to official statistics, state bread production in Cuba has fallen by 34 percent over the past six years.

Barely enough to buy four bottles of cooking oil or two and a half cartons of 30 eggs in the small private shops when they are available.

The Colon Cemetery in Havana, a victim of thieves and also a source of money to finance the departure from the country.