The "13 De Marzo" Incident

When I photographed this little one from the docks of "la lancha de Regla" all I could think of was those innocent children...

"... until the suspicious deaths of the innocent are clarified, there will be no light in our country, or in our justice... There is no excuse for silence, silence cannot be forgiven. Nothing justifies crime, even [if it is carried out] in the name of the Revolution. That reminds us of when people have been killed in the name of God... We are waiting for justice to act."

This is quoted from a letter sent to the Cuban Minister of Justice and the Attorney General from several Cuban attorneys. More can be read in the official Amnesty International report on this sad incident.

The Sinking of the "13 de Marzo" Tugboat on 13 July 1994

Vamos a jugar domino!

Walk the streets of Cuba late in the afternoon and you will eventually run into a game of dominoes. So many times I would encounter a game, document the experience and be disappointed with the results...but with this image I knew that it captured the game that I had so many times witnessed.

Walking in Regla, a town across the bay from La Habana, I came across another "juego" and lamented in my head the perfect image that would express the game. A little voice inside my head told me to look up and there was this little "viejita" looking down on the game and me. I expressed an interest to see the game from her balcony and she invited me up.

What you see is what I saw...un juego de domino!