People queue at a currency exchange at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport. The Convertible Peso, CUC$ or 'chavito', issued by the Central Bank of Cuba, is the only currency allowed for use by tourists within Cuba. Its value is close to one U.S. Dollar and officially exchangeable only within the country.
A woman prays for love and fertility, as is the custom beside the grave of Amelia Goire, 'the miracle worker', at the Colon Cemetery, or Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, founded in 1876 in Havana. The cemetery houses more than 800,000 graves and 1 million interments. After three years remains are removed from their tombs, boxed and placed in a storage building.
An employee rests in the shade at the Colon Cemetery, or Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, founded in 1876 in Havana. The cemetery houses more than 800,000 graves and 1 million interments. After three years remains are removed from their tombs, boxed and placed in a storage building.
A woman climbs high to reach a box containing the remains of her mother at the Colon Cemetery, or Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, founded in 1876 in Havana. The cemetery houses more than 800,000 graves and 1 million interments. After three years remains are removed from their tombs, boxed and placed in a storage building.
The Colon Cemetery, or Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, founded in 1876 in Havana, houses more than 800,000 graves and 1 million interments. After three years remains are removed from their tombs, boxed and placed in a storage building.
Workers sell agricultural produce in a market in Havana.
A man gets his haircut at a makeshift barber shop in Havana.
Meat is sold in a market in Havana.
A man who seems to be in dire need of dental care smiles at the camera in Havana.
A man smokes a cigar in Havana.
A woman watches a classical American car is it drives by on a street in Havana. Numerous vintage cars and motorcycles are seen on Cuban streets, usually very well kept as Cubans take great pride in their maintenance, thus proving resourcefulness and talent in spite of the U.S. embargo.
An elderly woman walks down a street in Havana.
Vintage American cars pass the Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine, built in 1926 in on the Malecón Boulevard in Havana, in honor of 260 American sailors who lost their lives in the explosion of the USS Maine on February 15th 1898 in the Havana Harbor. The sinking of the Maine and U.S. indignation over Spain’s brutal suppression of the Cuban rebellion led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898.
Numerous vintage cars and motorcycles are seen on Cuban streets, usually very well kept as Cubans take great pride in their maintenance, thus proving resourcefulness and talent in spite of the U.S. embargo.
