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Photographer Dotan Saguy visited Cuba expecting to find resentment toward Americans, but he says that, instead, “Every Cuban I met was warm and welcoming despite me being an American”. Here: A retired man stands at the window of his one-bedroom apartment on Seaport Avenue in Old Havana, Cuba, May 2, 2016. He proudly displays U.S. and Cuban flags side by side to welcome visitors from the first American cruise ship to enter the port of Old Havana in decades. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

Photographer Dotan Saguy visited Cuba expecting to find resentment toward Americans, but he says that, instead, “Every Cuban I met was warm and welcoming despite me being an American”. Here: A retired man stands at the window of his one-bedroom apartment on Seaport Avenue in Old Havana, Cuba, May 2, 2016. He proudly displays U.S. and Cuban flags side by side to welcome visitors from the first American cruise ship to enter the port of Old Havana in decades. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



Saguy says that while portraits of Fidel Castro are still found everywhere, they coexist with plenty of foreign brands on subtle display: from Apple logo decals affixed to 1950s Chevys to young people wearing Adidas T-shirts and Converse shoes. Here: Several groups of locals relax on the Malecon in Old Havana, Cuba May 1, 2016. Some chat and drink rum while others dive into the warm Caribbean Sea. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

Saguy says that while portraits of Fidel Castro are still found everywhere, they coexist with plenty of foreign brands on subtle display: from Apple logo decals affixed to 1950s Chevys to young people wearing Adidas T-shirts and Converse shoes. Here: Several groups of locals relax on the Malecon in Old Havana, Cuba May 1, 2016. Some chat and drink rum while others dive into the warm Caribbean Sea. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A young boy cools down after an intense boxing lesson on a hot afternoon at the world famous Rafael Trejo Boxing Gym in Old Havana, Cuba, May 6, 2016. Lunch boxes hanging on the fence display symbols of American consumerism that would have been frowned upon not so long ago. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A young boy cools down after an intense boxing lesson on a hot afternoon at the world famous Rafael Trejo Boxing Gym in Old Havana, Cuba, May 6, 2016. Lunch boxes hanging on the fence display symbols of American consumerism that would have been frowned upon not so long ago. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A worker rests against his truck after a delivery as a 1950s Peugeot passes by in a busy street of Old Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016. Saguy writes, “The decal on the back of the classic car is no anomaly; many cars in Cuba proudly display the decals of American brands such as Apple or Monster Energy drinks”. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A worker rests against his truck after a delivery as a 1950s Peugeot passes by in a busy street of Old Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016. Saguy writes, “The decal on the back of the classic car is no anomaly; many cars in Cuba proudly display the decals of American brands such as Apple or Monster Energy drinks”. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A little girl dressed in a bright Minnie Mouse outfit and matching hairdo hangs out on her doorstep in Old Havana, Cuba, May 2, 2016. Saguy writes, “American brands, shunned until recently as symbols of rampant consumerism, are now omnipresent in Cuban clothing”. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A little girl dressed in a bright Minnie Mouse outfit and matching hairdo hangs out on her doorstep in Old Havana, Cuba, May 2, 2016. Saguy writes, “American brands, shunned until recently as symbols of rampant consumerism, are now omnipresent in Cuban clothing”. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



Cuban policemen guard a large area fenced off for the filming of “Fast & Furious 8” in Old Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

Cuban policemen guard a large area fenced off for the filming of “Fast & Furious 8” in Old Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A man holds a live rooster in Old Havana, Cuba, May 2, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A man holds a live rooster in Old Havana, Cuba, May 2, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A local mother hugs her son goodbye before he leaves for school in Old Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A local mother hugs her son goodbye before he leaves for school in Old Havana, Cuba, May 3, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A man washes a series of 1950s Chevy taxis parked in the old port of Old Havana in the early morning of May 2, 2016. A few hours later, the first American cruise ship in decades entered the port. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A man washes a series of 1950s Chevy taxis parked in the old port of Old Havana in the early morning of May 2, 2016. A few hours later, the first American cruise ship in decades entered the port. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A woman dressed in white buys flowers while her companion holds a live pigeon and a coconut in preparation for a Santeria animal sacrifice ceremony May 2, 2016, in Old Havana, Cuba. Popular in Cuba, Santeria is an African-Caribbean religion with some Roman Catholic elements. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A woman dressed in white buys flowers while her companion holds a live pigeon and a coconut in preparation for a Santeria animal sacrifice ceremony May 2, 2016, in Old Havana, Cuba. Popular in Cuba, Santeria is an African-Caribbean religion with some Roman Catholic elements. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



A 1955 Chevy Bel Air taxi driver cruises the colorful streets of Old Havana on the late afternoon of May 2, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

A 1955 Chevy Bel Air taxi driver cruises the colorful streets of Old Havana on the late afternoon of May 2, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



Young men play a heated game of soccer in an urban soccer field in the middle of Old Havana, May 6, 2016. Baseball was traditionally the national sport, but the popularity of soccer is on the rise, particularly with young people. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

Young men play a heated game of soccer in an urban soccer field in the middle of Old Havana, May 6, 2016. Baseball was traditionally the national sport, but the popularity of soccer is on the rise, particularly with young people. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)



Street musicians play for change at sunset on the Malecon in Old Havana on the evening of May 5, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)

Street musicians play for change at sunset on the Malecon in Old Havana on the evening of May 5, 2016. (Photo by Dotan Saguy)
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