Photos by Gwalgen Geordie Dent and Sharmeen Khan
1. The backdrop to the Cuban anniversary celebration in Havana.
2-4. The 50th anniversary celebration. Reported in The Miami Herald the next day: "No big celebrations in Havana Cuba on the 50th anniversary of the Revolution."
5. Cuban cars. The economy has picked up with more petrol, automobiles and consumer goods.
6. A "Cuban 5" sympathy banner in Havana.
7. Quotes by Fidel on a wall in Santiago de Cuba
8. Cuban oil fields. Cuba recently found major deposits of tar-sands-like oil off the coast.
9. Pastors for Peace Caravan
10-11. 50th anniversary billboards in Santiago de Cuba near the Moncada: a major revolutionary-historical monument. Cuba has little to no commercial advertising.
12. The square in Santiago de Cuba where the revolution was officially launched 50 years ago. Raul Castro spoke here 2 days later for the anniversary.
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