Profile: A stroll along Havana's Malecon

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ROBERT SIEGEL, MICHELE NORRIS
All Things Considered (NPR)
10-11-2005
Profile: A stroll along Havana's Malecon

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And I'm Michele Norris.

In Havana, one feature of the city eclipses all others: a miles-long seawall called the Malecon. Hundreds of people gather there at all hours of the day and night. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro took a walk down the Malecon talking with Cubans about life and love.

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO reporting:

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