
{"id":262179,"date":"2022-12-15T09:36:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=262179"},"modified":"2022-12-15T09:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:36:28","slug":"ten-saturday-night-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/ten-saturday-night-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Saturday night portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jorge Ricado and Isabel Cristina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Malec\u00f3n on Saturday nights is a hotbed of passions. A place to find bustle and complicity. Walking along the wall after 8 o\u2019clock is a gift for the senses, an adventure for the soul. Here, ten finds:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> The cyclist with a crutch<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost always when we are going to take photos, we ask permission from those we want to photograph. When we asked him if we could photograph him, he answered yes, but he wanted to know why, with so many people on the Malec\u00f3n that night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBecause your image seems strong, energetic. You carry a crutch and an electric bicycle; one suggests statism, impediment, vulnerability; the other, speed, movement. That contrast is unique on the Malec\u00f3n tonight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man looked at us in amazement and said: \u201cI like it, I like that!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262185\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Malecon-en-la-noche-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262185\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Malecon-en-la-noche-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Malecon-en-la-noche-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Malecon-en-la-noche-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Malecon-en-la-noche-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Malecon-en-la-noche-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> The rapper from Luyan\u00f3<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He improvised a 15-minute rap. A sort of surreal manifesto of survival. He said that Eminem is shooting at him, but he doesn\u2019t answer because he\u2019s a samurai. In the midst of his non-metrical lyrics, he said: \u201cOne day I\u2019m going to be a millionaire, I\u2019m dying to leave this country to come back in a boat full of euros and save all of Luyan\u00f3.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mira como yo rapeo, mi hermano,\u00a0guaj\u00e1pen tuy\u00fa, les voy a llenar el refrigerador de pollo, soy un poll\u00f3n de rap, ustedes son inmortales, no hay\u00a0problem. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Look how I rap, brother, what\u2019s up, I\u2019m going to fill your refrigerator with chicken, I\u2019m a big rapper, you are immortal, no problem)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With his samurai flow he did a few break dance steps; then he turned on a fancy beatbox and ended up saying: \u201cAuuuuuu piwix box pob pob chuwiiii la guaguaaaa Luyan\u00f3ooooo.\u201d Everyone around him applauded excitedly.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262184\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rapero-en-Malecon-de-La-Habana-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262184\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rapero-en-Malecon-de-La-Habana-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rapero-en-Malecon-de-La-Habana-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rapero-en-Malecon-de-La-Habana-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rapero-en-Malecon-de-La-Habana-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rapero-en-Malecon-de-La-Habana-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> Universal language<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Japanese woman and a German woman talk on the Malec\u00f3n wall. Perhaps they speak of \u201cSnow Country\u201d or the Walpurgis Night recounted in \u201cFaust.\u201d Perhaps they are discussing the secret connections between Goethe and Kawabata. We don\u2019t know; each spoke in her own language. In the background of the conversation that seemed literary to us were the lights of Havana and Omara with her white butterflies on a poorly tuned radio. When we got closer, the Japanese woman said in imperfect Spanish: \u201cCuba is in my heart,\u201d and the German woman touched her chest.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262187\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japonesa-y-alemana-conversan-muro-malecon-2022-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262187\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japonesa-y-alemana-conversan-muro-malecon-2022-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japonesa-y-alemana-conversan-muro-malecon-2022-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japonesa-y-alemana-conversan-muro-malecon-2022-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japonesa-y-alemana-conversan-muro-malecon-2022-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Japonesa-y-alemana-conversan-muro-malecon-2022-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b> Witnesses in the distance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vendors of glass flowers, the teenage musicians, a wise seller of popcorn and a hero from Luyan\u00f3 pass by; the young with their extravagant customs; cars and boats. Time and night go by and the desire for the cold weather to arrive increases, at least for the 31st. Meanwhile, they watch with admiration how, on the other side of the wall, a distant cousin triumphs in Got Talent Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262188\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Grupo-en-el-muro-del-Malecon-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262188\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Grupo-en-el-muro-del-Malecon-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Grupo-en-el-muro-del-Malecon-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Grupo-en-el-muro-del-Malecon-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Grupo-en-el-muro-del-Malecon-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Grupo-en-el-muro-del-Malecon-Jorge-Ricardo-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b> Cover essay<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are an atypical quartet; each one has a different look. Without imagining what kind of music they will make, we told them: \u201cPut yourself there like a record cover. Imagine that a famous musician liked the last song you did and is going to produce an LP, a retro record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262189\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cuarteto-en-el-malecon-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262189\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cuarteto-en-el-malecon-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cuarteto-en-el-malecon-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cuarteto-en-el-malecon-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cuarteto-en-el-malecon-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cuarteto-en-el-malecon-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><b> The brainstormer<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of taking this photo, the power went out on the Malec\u00f3n. To do a long exposure you have to convince people not to move. When we went to talk to him, he asked us if we were artists and we answered that more or less. He asked us if we knew Yanpier, that he is a great artist. He told us, whispering, that all of Yanpier\u2019s ideas are actually his, but that he gladly gives them away because that way he sees them flourish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we had taken the photo and were leaving, he called us and said: \u201cDo you want me to give you any of my ideas? I have 3 gigabytes of recorded street vendor cries. Cries from all times and about anything. Those of before and those of now. I\u2019ve been collecting them for years.\u201d We don\u2019t know who Yanpier is; but, even if the public lighting goes out, in a corner of the Malec\u00f3n there is a strange genie who shines with his own light.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262190\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vendedor-ambulante-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262190\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vendedor-ambulante-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vendedor-ambulante-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vendedor-ambulante-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vendedor-ambulante-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vendedor-ambulante-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><b> Fanatics<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This picket agrees to wear basketball jerseys, with the National Baseball Series, with the Elite League or with the Soccer World Cup. Those who don\u2019t have it on is because they put it on yesterday and they only have that one. One is for the Milwaukee Bucks and one for the Warriors. There is a girl who knows nothing about basketball, but she is a fan of LeBron James. Another likes NBA gossip, and another <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Dance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> series changed his life. The downside is that sometimes the clothes they get don\u2019t match their preferences and one has to bear the shame of wearing a Celtics jersey when his heart is with the Lakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262191\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adolescentes-en-el-muro-del-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262191\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adolescentes-en-el-muro-del-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adolescentes-en-el-muro-del-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adolescentes-en-el-muro-del-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adolescentes-en-el-muro-del-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adolescentes-en-el-muro-del-malecon-de-la-habana-foto-jorge-ricardo-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><b> Queen of the night<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chic\u2019s night with elegant handbags. The queen of the Malec\u00f3n that night with her serene companion. Her hands, her poses, her wardrobe and her seductive look are joy of living, they are theory and political praxis.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262192\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pareja-queer-en-el-malecon-foto-jorge-ricardo-799x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262192\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pareja-queer-en-el-malecon-foto-jorge-ricardo-799x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pareja-queer-en-el-malecon-foto-jorge-ricardo-799x1024-1.jpg 799w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pareja-queer-en-el-malecon-foto-jorge-ricardo-799x1024-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pareja-queer-en-el-malecon-foto-jorge-ricardo-799x1024-1-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pareja-queer-en-el-malecon-foto-jorge-ricardo-799x1024-1-750x961.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><b> Fishing performance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Night fishermen are the eternal rivals of day fishermen. They go fishing at night defying the blackness of the waters and catch the most bohemian fish with elegance and dexterity. They have their secret rituals, their tricks and their gestures, which turn survival into dance. And they do everything with pleasure, with contained emotion as if, from the wall, anonymous spectators were enjoying their performative aesthetics.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262193\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pescadores-nocturnos-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262193\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pescadores-nocturnos-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pescadores-nocturnos-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pescadores-nocturnos-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pescadores-nocturnos-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pescadores-nocturnos-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-jorge-ricardo-2022-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jorge Ricardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><b> Loss<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is perhaps the most inspiring romantic scene we have seen on the wall. She, lying on his lap and he reading to her the most beautiful poems by Wichy Nogueras. \u201cYesterday I wrote a magnificent poem\u201d he read aloud, while she scratched her knee, \u201cit\u2019s a pity \/ I lost it I don\u2019t know where \/ now I can\u2019t remember \/ but it was wonderful\u2026.\u201d All of that was going on right behind these kids who got in the way. We lost the romantic photo, like the Wichy the read hair\u2019s poem, we don\u2019t know where. We never found out if those who got in the way were coming or going from the party. Maybe it was a traveling party.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262194\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/adolescentes-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262194\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/adolescentes-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/adolescentes-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-2022-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/adolescentes-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-2022-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/adolescentes-en-el-malecon-de-la-habana-2022-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, 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