Cuba the way it still looks, second of two photo series. A country in transition, where small-scale enterprise is allowed, the local and tourist economies are merging, Che Guevara is more a commercial succes than a revolutionary hero, and socialism is paling. But also a swinging island with free and good health-care and education, and near equality between the sexes and races. What will happen after Obama's visit in March 2016, when the blockade is lifted?
Party time!
Havana.
Santiago de Cuba.
Trinidad.
Havana.
Santiago de Cuba.
Havana.
Dominoes, favourite game for older men.
Tinkering on the old-timer, Havana.
House of culture, performance for school children by children.
Cuba has an excellent and free system of education.
Trinidad.
Small scale enterprise has been liberalised, many Cubans have started their own business like this barber in Havana.
Emboridery group and fish monger in Trinidad.
Shoe-shiner in Sancti Spiritus.
Street vendor, going from door to door, Trinidad.
Unloading Brazilian rice at a government shop in Sancti Spiritus.
Cienfuegos, everyone to the park Jose Marti with their smartphone. There is access there now, for part of the day.
Through thick and thin, Trinidad.
Waiting for Obama, Havana.
Young and fashionable in Havana.
But many people are still poor, like this old ragpicker in Trinidad.
Young ragpicker in Havana.
Multi-ethnic Cuba, people waiting in Santiago de Cuba.
