Frozen in time: Cuba's powerful journey to enter the modern world

Cuba remains a country frozen in time.

Beyond the vibrant cars and faded glamour of its capital, lies a nation crippled by embargos and desperate to enter the modern world.

It is like a time capsule from the 1950s: its streets filled with classic American cars and buildings that look like they haven’t seen a lick of paint in 50 years.

In perhaps the biggest throwback to the country’s communist roots, propaganda posters are still strewn across the capital, Havana.

The country remains cut off from the rest of the world, predominantly the result of trade embargos actioned by the United States in the wake of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Despite this, after decades of dictatorship, this may be the dawn of a new era for Cuba.

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