Havana, Oct 4, 2024 (AFP) - Keeping the lights on in Cuban homes emptied by emigration

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2024-10-04
Once a week, Alfredo Garcia crosses the street to his neighbor's house in the Cuban capital Havana to open the windows, sweep the floors and water the plants. Before she left for Spain, the owner asked 58-year-old Garcia to keep the lights on in her home in the upmarket neighborhood of Playa and make it look lived in, to ward off robbers. That was six months ago and there is no sign of her returning, nor any of the other people to have joined the......
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