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Augsburg Now: Experiencing Cuba
Cuba
Photo Gallery
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Cuban woman makes cigars by hand in the factory at Piñar del Rio.
Travelers to Cuba on a state department license (like this class) are allowed
to bring 25 Cuban cigars back to the U.S. |
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Luisa
Campos, director of the National Literacy Museum, the only such museum in
the world, tells of Fidel's sending 100,000 young people into the countryside
to teach Cubans to read and write. |
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| Economist
Gladys Hernandez stands in front of the Martin Luther King Center in Havana,
a partner with the Center for Global Education where the class stayed. |
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Professor
Cass Dalglish says good-bye at an orphanage for special needs children in
Havana. |
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| Kellen
Bredesen ’03 visited the Niceto Perez Cooperative Farm, about an hour
outside of Havana and spoke with Carlos Enrique Gonzalez, the head of production
(photo by Barbara Cummard). |
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"Those
who say educate also say love." Students at the School of the Arts
are now corresponding with students at Adams School in St. Paul. |
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| Desman
Oakley ’01 visits the prehistoric mural in Viñales Valley, designed
by Leovigildo Gonzalez, a Cuban artist who was a pupil of Diego Rivera.
In 1959, Cuban farmers hanging from parachute harnesses eight hours a day
completed the painting of the mural. The mural depicts the "pre-history"
of Cuba. |
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Jill
Mintz ’01 joins the musicians in a square in Old Havana. |
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by Camilo Power ’03
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