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The Forbidden Photo in Havana, Cuba

Instead of cleaning up the corner trash heap, the authorities prefer to prevent anyone from photographing it.

By Yoani Sanchez (14ymedio)

HAVANA TIMES — Employees at the state warehouse on Factor and Conill streets, in Nuevo Vedado, Havana, have been instructed to cover the fence around the corner with sacks. The order aims to prevent neighbors from taking photos of the enormous pile of garbage that grows there each week, with the bust of Jose Marti and the Cuban flag in the background, both located in the gardens of the warehouse for goods destined for the rationed market.

However, from the upper floors of my building, the set formed by the Apostle, the lone star, and the waste can still be seen. The scene has something of buffoon theater and........

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