A woman sells red roses at a street in Holguin, Cuba.MATANZAS: Cuban workers have wheeled construction tools to carry heavy items down the street.PINAR DEL RIO: According to Radio Habana Cuba's report on the agricultural ministry of the province, 34 percent of the 56,000 acres where agriculture takes place in the province will be dedicated to growing beans.Cienfuegos, CubaHOLGUIN: An agricultural field in Holguin, Cuba.CIENFUEGOS: Banana palm trees are seen from the edge of the road in Cienfuegos, Cuba.Workers work on drying rice grains in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The rice grains can be lined for miles on the road before they are bagged and shipped.PINAR DEL RIO: As a Roman Catholic priest in Cuba, Bartolome de las Casas, a Spanish historian, described the use of tobacco: "men with half-burned wood in their hands and certain herbs to take their smokes, which are some dry herbs put in a certain leaf, also dry, like those the boys make on the day of the Passover of the Holy Ghost; and having lighted one part of it, by the other they suck, absorb, or receive that smoke inside with the breath, by which they become benumbed and almost drunk, and so it is said they do not feel fatigue. These, muskets as we will call them, they calltabacos."PINAR DEL RIO: A woman follows ancient artisan procedures to work on dried tobacco leaves at a farm near Viales.PINAR DEL RIO: Women follow ancient artisan procedures to work on dried tobacco leaves at a farm near Vinales. The end result are handmade cigars. Some of the brands produced are the Trinidad, Cohiba, Romeo y Julieta, Vegas Robaina, Partagas and Hoyo de Monterrey.SANTIAGO DE CUBA: Resourceful Cubans in the city of Santiago de Cuba recycle glass to exchange it with the government for either money or goods.HOLGUIN: A bicyclist rides through an industrial area of Holguin.MATANZAS: Production remains inefficient, both financially and in terms of energy.No description foundNo description found
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A woman sells red roses at a street in Holguin, Cuba.
