Imagine if time stood still in a whole country while the rest of the world was moving at lightspeed with technological advances compounding on each other. People can't live without HDTV, blackberries, Iphones, gmail and myspace.

In Cuba not all that much has changed. I bet Castro has a cell phone AND satellite tv, while the rest of Cuba struggles to put food in their bellies, bath with fresh water and maybe get a couple of hours of night time electricity. Yea, that Castro is a man of the people, if by people you mean his own wallet.

This is a video of Habana (La Habana if you want to get technical, Havana with a "v" if you get all spanglish on me!). It was shot in 1999, but I doubt very much it has changed since then. It is one of the greatest cities in the world. It hasn't changed since New Year's Eve 1959.

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