ALCOHOL, CUBA, LATIN AMERICA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

FACES OF LA HABANA

Here is a selection of photos that I took on the streets and in a bar in Havana, Cuba during my visit to the island nation in July 2011.  The quality of the images is not so great.  I just had a crappy little camera at the time.  Nevertheless, I like the shots and they […]

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CUBA, SHORT STORY, TRAVEL

HAVANA NIGHTS AND MORNINGS

Dieciocho-trienta, dieciocho-trienta……. The numbers drifted across my consciousness, muddling with rapid eye movement sleep. Dieciocho-trienta, dieciocho-trienta. There it was again. Was I dreaming? My eyes opened. A baby-faced cop -still adolescent- hovered above, speaking into his radio. The voice was real. Dieciocho-treinta, dieciocho-treinta (18-30, 18-30), ciudadano extranjero dormido en parque publico (foreign citizen asleep in public park). Saturday […]

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CUBA, TRANSLATION

REVOLUTION IS…. (TRANSLATION): FIDEL CASTRO RUZ MAY 1 2000

I can’t remember exactly where in Cuba I took this photograph.  Propaganda/ the communist party message is everywhere across the island nation.  The translation is of a speech that Fidel Castro made to the Cuban people on May 1 (International Workers’ Day) in Plaza de la revolución (Revolution Square) in Havana.  Cuba, now under the […]

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