Vieja Linda, Havana

Regla's mother lives in Vieja Linda, a barrio of pot-holed streets in southern Havana

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A man cooks fresh butched pork ('chicharon') by the side of the road in Vieja Linda, a barrio of pot-holed streets in southern Havana

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Men play chess in the shade by the side of the road in Vieja Linda, Havana. The chess board is balanced on their knees.

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Caridad Guerrero is a devotee of Cuba's Afro-Cuban Yoruba faith. In her garden stands an image of Saint Lazarus, the healer God, Babalu-aye.

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Caridad Guerrero with neighbors in Vieja Linda, Leancy Osorio Mora, 5, her brother Samuel and the children's mother, Gema Mora Ibanez, 33. Leancy is the god-daughter of Caridad's daughter, Regla, who emigrated to the United Styates this year. "When is the plasne coming fvor me," asks Leancy.

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In Vieja Linda children play on rusty, broken swings in a park, as others race downhill in the street on “chivichanas” – homemade wooden skateboards.

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This is the view from the front gate of Caridad Guerrero's home in Vieja Linda, Havana.

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