My Strange Havana
HAVANA TIMES – Despair and sadness have taken hold of Cuba, as if beauty itself had emigrated, just like the uncontrollable exodus. Everything looks dim, alien, as if it were an unfamiliar city that never belonged to us.
I wanted to share these photographs I’ve taken on my walks, in which I always see faces marked by the urgency of buying food. I hear conversations circling around the same themes: prices, the lack of money for a decent diet, blackouts—in short, survival.
There are few pleasant scenes; facades are degraded with shameful posters, while others carry satirical messages.
Many people buy goods just to resell them—whether cigarettes, bread, or some other merchandise. You see people on the sidewalks with bags full of produce and vegetables. No one intervenes anymore to confiscate their products. Police cars have vanished from the streetscape. Only occasionally do traffic police appear, lurking on corners to hand out fines.
And yet, some walls shout truths—perhaps a painted Cuban flag, or a thought by José Martí.
What will happen tomorrow? We don’t know. Uncertainty is our daily bread. Look at the images. Judge for yourselves.
Have you ever wondered, why the US has an economic blockade on Cube while doing business with China?
As a Canadian who loves Cuba and have travelled it from tip to tip and been there more than 30 times , I find the current situation in Cuba just heartbreaking . These beautiful people do not deserve to live this way . Just cruel and so disheartening .
I was there in 2023 for a week and Havana very accommodating, food, drink, a place to stay were all very nice. Please keep in mind I am in my 60’s, I speak Spanish and I am from Miami so I was familiar with the Cuban culture. With our current political upheaval I can only imagine how it must be now. I hope for the best for the Cuban people.
SAD SO SAD Havana the once juwel of the Caribbean turning into a heap of Rubble
An excellent but very sad photo set !!
Sad sad pictures. We loved Cuba and the Cubans when we spent 4 months there many years ago. Things were bad then in year 2000 and seem worse now. Somehow these poor people need help. Listen up the rest of the world.