Cuban author Pedro Juan Gutierrez has spent three decades watching -- and writing about -- the streets of what he calls Central Havana's "dirty" reality.
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He is both acclaimed and criticized for his work revealing the secrets of Havana's poorest. He says, "I write about people surviving on the limits."
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A Fidel Castro poster is on the door but nearby alcoholics look for a fix of rum.
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Gutierrez watches street life from his top floor apartment where the small roof terrace is now his own observation platform.
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Life on the streets of Central Havana is never easy.
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Gutierrez says the poverty and hardships are generational with people re-living the hardships of their parents and grandparents.
