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Dnica Coto

RARE PHOTOS: Havana boasts its first two modular homes as cuba s capital disintegrates | Rare Historical Photos

Cuba Modular Homes - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Cuba has unveiled Havana’s first two modular homes using repurposed shipping containers, a critical step in a capital where once-majestic residences are collapsing.

Government officials including President Miguel Díaz-Canel gathered this weekend in front of the homes awarded to two single mothers: one had spent more than a dozen years living in a shelter and the other dwelled in a single room with two teenage children, according to state media.

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