Esmerido Lives next to my friend Pablo …https://wp.me/p4fUlX-1mC … and survives on a monthly pension of about 12 dollars.
It’s a cozy looking little apartment that he keeps clean and organized.
The problem is that, like so many other buildings in old Havana, this one is falling down around him. Two years ago a fire that started on the ground floor in the rear of the building caused extensive damage. A portion of the roof was lost and floors and walls collapsed in that area. Now rain water accumulates causing an abundance of mold and mildew to grow unchecked. The air is so thick with the odor of decay that it almost seems possible to cut it with a knife.
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