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Centro Habana morning.New beginnings in Cuba but is it meant to be?The more things change....Some faces stick with you. I remember meeting this couple in a small town in Eastern Cuba. They were cutting the grass in front of their house with machetes as they waited for the caravan carrying Fidel Castro’s ashes to ride by. You could tell life in this part of Cuba hadn’t changed in decades. On Wednesday, Cuba announced a new handpicked official will succeed Raul Castro as president of Cuba. It’s still not clear how that will affect Cubans living in the forgotten corners of the island. For more of the photos I have taken while covering Cuba during the last six years, click on the link in my profile.A disabled bici-taxi driver in Old Havana advertises his uh power. Whatever Cuba’s future holds Cubans will get through it with their amazing perseverance and sense of humor.On Wednesday, Cuba’s National Assembly will meet for two days to decide on who will be the next president of Cuba after Raul Castro steps down this week. How much anything will really change isn’t clear and the road ahead for Cubans as always is uncertain.Looking for a book at Cuba’s National Library.Flying over the Panama Canal this morning.Good night from El Valle de Antón, Panama.Panama has the best butterflies.“The 10 commandments of quality,” reads this list of rules that employees at a government work center in Havana are supposed to follow.A tangle of vines and cables over the entrance to a building in Old Havana.A lovely evening at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Havana.@cubajournal and our littlest one who doesn’t let the fact that she has no idea how to swim dampen her enthusiasm for the ocean.Bici-siesta.The Viktor Leonov Russian spy ship passing by a US cruise ship as it entered Havana harbor on Friday.Sorting cigars one at a time in Havana. Take a @cnnvr virtual reality tour of one of Cuba’s iconic cigar factories by clicking on the link in my profile.Mexico City scenes.Back in Mexico City for work and as always enjoying the incredible food you find everywhere here.The plane back from Cayo Largo to Havana.
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