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Downtown Pinar del Rio at dusk

The glow of a Cuban sunset illuminates the elaborate columned buildings lining the city of Pinar del Rio’s main street. Just getting off work, dozens of Cubans line up on both sides of the road, awaiting transportation—mostly on flat-bed trucks rather than buses—to return to their homes in nearby rural towns. City of Pinar del Rio, November 2011.