Festival of the Ages Kyoto 2013
Workers hand washing the pieces of crystal on the chandler of the Catedral de San Cristóbal de la Habana, which stands within the area of Old Havana, Cuba that UNESCO designated a World Heritage Site in 1982. With the recent ease of U.S. travel restrictions and lifting of limits on the use of American dollars in transactions with Cuba, Havana is beginning to experience a renaissance of international visitors and business development, Havana, Cuba, May 2016. The United States imposed a commercial, economic, and financial blockade against Cuba on Oct. 19,1960 (in Cuba called el bloqueo, “the blockade”). A blockade is economic warfare as defined by the Oxford Dictionary. The Cuban blockade is the most long lasting in modern history. Despite the blockade, the United States is the fifth largest exporter to Cuba (6.6% of Cuba’s imports are from the US). Cuba must, however, pay cash for all imports. No credit is allowed. These images of Havana Cuba are of what remains after 56 years of that economic warfare. The ruins of the Cold War.
Ticket collector at the the bell tower of Catedral de San Cristóbal de la Habana, which has two unequal towers framed by a theatrical baroque facade designed by Italian architect Francesco Borromini. The cathedral stands within the area of Old Havana that UNESCO designated a World Heritage Site in 1982. With the recent ease of U.S. travel restrictions and lifting of limits on the use of American dollars in transactions with Cuba, Havana is beginning to experience a renaissance of international visitors and business development, Havana, Cuba, May 2016. The United States imposed a commercial, economic, and financial blockade against Cuba on Oct. 19,1960 (in Cuba called el bloqueo, “the blockade”). A blockade is economic warfare as defined by the Oxford Dictionary. The Cuban blockade is the most long lasting in modern history. Despite the blockade, the United States is the fifth largest exporter to Cuba (6.6% of Cuba’s imports are from the US). Cuba must, however, pay cash for all imports. No credit is allowed. These images of Havana Cuba are of what remains after 56 years of that economic warfare. The ruins of the Cold War.
