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Havana rooftops

Havana rooftops

This view shows the dereliction of the old city. Look carefully, and, on the rooves, you wll see huts. These are not for storage but for living in. On New Year's eve we sat in a 'paladar' and watched someone raise his shopping up to his flat in a bucket on a string. One exterior was almost entirely missing. In Britain there would be no hesitation in condemning it as unfit for human habitation, emergency rehousing the occupants, and demolishing the building. In Havana, large extended families call it home.

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