| Castro's Cuba at 50 - The End of the
Revolution - December 8, 2008 |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - In Cuba a lot of things are inverted,
or not as they first appear. A repressive society long under a single ruler
— the ailing 82-year-old Fidel still holds Cubans in his thrall even if he
formally handed the presidency to his younger brother, Raúl, in 2006 —
develops a secret lexicon of survival." The Malecón in the capital. A
dissident blogger said the sea "does not connect us, it encloses us." Photo:
Ambroise Tézenas for The New York Times |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - A cafe in la Habana Vieja district.
Photo: Ambroise Tézenas for The New York Times Home Magazine Log In Register
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - Inside the district of la Habana
Vieja. Photo: Ambroise Tézenas for The New York Times Home Magazine. |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - Women waiting for food in a bodega
selling products from the government authorized list. Photo: Ambroise
Tézenas for The New York Times Home Magazine |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - The Ministry of Interior Defense
Building. The slogan under the image of Che Guevara says, "Forever Onward
Toward Victory." Photo: Ambroise Tézenas for The New York Times Home
Magazine |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - Las Alegrías bar on Lealtad Street in
Havana. Its name translates as "Joys," but it has the ambience of an Edward
Hopper painting. Photo: Ambroise Tézenas for The New York Times |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - The nighttime street scene in the
Havana Vieja district. Photo: Ambroise Tézenas for The New York Times |
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| Castro’s Cuba at 50 - Photo: Ambroise Tézenas for The New York
Times |
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