Category: Cuba
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Beyond the Cars: One Country, Fourteen Conversations
//CubaThis is the first in a series of stories about Cuba. Smuggling the Truth I am at the airport going home. After three exhausting weeks in Cuba documenting this country with over 70 pages of interview notes and 5000 images, the final hurdle is before me: I am in line for customs. There is confusion…
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Two Cubas: One Survives, the Other Exploits
//CubaBehind Cuba’s bright dollar stores and the near-empty CUP markets where ordinary Cubans shop lies a deeper divide: everyday workers scraping by, and a military empire hoarding billions offshore. This story meets both sides, the makers who endure and the machine that profits from their struggle.
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The Revolutionist: A Conversation with Iliana Yarza
//CubaIn Havana, economist and revolutionary Iliana Yarza reflects on a lifetime of hope, loss, and resilience — from letters to Obama to the daily struggle of survival in Cuba.
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Inside the Ring: My Night at a Cuban Cockfight
//CubaI came to document life on a tobacco farm in Viñales, Cuba. I ended up inside a cockfighting ring. This is a visual story about trust, tension, and the sharp edges of a tradition rarely seen by outsiders.
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After the Revolution: Growing Old in Cuba
//CubaIn a cracked Havana apartment, Caridad boils water, hangs laundry, and cares for her ailing husband. Once, there was plenty. Now, there’s one electric pot and five pounds of rice. This is not a story of outrage—it’s a story of quiet endurance, when the system forgets you but the day still demands to be lived.
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