Havana without Makeup

Havana without Makeup
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Havana without Makeup is the ultimate insider’s view of Havana, a wide-ranging exploration of its complex facets as seen by few. Its aim is to capture the soul of a city and a society that have evolved on their own terms at the moment before they face inevitable transformations. Opening on the eve of the announcement of reconciliation between the U.S. and Cuba, the book then looks back at the cultural, political, economic, and religious influences that led up to this historic moment and beyond. Readers are led by a brilliant renaissance man and writer who has been at the vanguard of the city’s struggles for more than twenty years. Portocarero’s anti-tourist guide to Havana examines the built environment of “the most sensual ruin on the planet”: why are large parts of the city so neglected, and what changes may we see over the coming years? Examining all things Cubania–racial issues, la revolución, baseball, Hemingway, communism, synagogues, Santeria, Cimarron culture, and much more–Portocarero overturns every stone in his endeavor to bring us inside the city he loves. Illustrated with original photographs, this is a unique and essential account of Havana’s history, its present, and what its future may hold. Herman Portocarero is a Belgian-born writer and diplomat of Spanish and Portuguese descent. He has published more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the Hercule Poirot Prize-winning crime novel New Yorkse Nachten (New York Nights). He is presently the European Union ambassador to Cuba.

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Herman Portocarero. Havana without Makeup

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¿Qué quedaría de aquella ciudad castigada y envejecida que llevaba en el corazón . . . ?

Posiblemente nada . . . Quedaría, si acaso, la memoria, sí, la memoria . . .

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Large sections of the city are elegant ruins. For the purpose of tourism and the preservation of historical heritage, parts of Habana Vieja – the colonial city – have been and are still being beautifully restored. Much respect is due to city historian Eusebio Leal, who has overseen this restoration since the 1980s, masterfully blending history with the present, and who has skillfully avoided turning the old city into a sterile theme park, maintaining a living city while catering to the demands and expectations of foreign visitors. No place on earth has been more soulfully preserved and brought back to life than Habana Vieja.

But follow me now into some ordinary outlying neighborhoods, cutting through the decidedly un-touristy barrios of Centro Habana, Diez de Octubre, Luyano, La Víbora, Lacret, Lawton, Santos Suárez . . . Everywhere, even in the remote suburbs, you will see the same once-grand buildings with their galleries and sculptured terraces, transformed into improvised multifamily dwellings of often astonishing complexity, lived in by the liveliest and most quick-eyed of inhabitants, ready to seize the moment and the fleeting happiness of music and a bottle of rum, alongside the philosophical beggar and the staunch communist unwilling to concede defeat.

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