Wizards at handling scarcity in Cuba: residents turn to coal-powered cars and rainwater toilets

Wizards at handling scarcity in Cuba: residents turn to coal-powered cars and rainwater toilets



It’s two in the afternoon in Aguacate. A handful of residents of this small Cuban town sit in chairs that are lined up on the sidewalk; others go to the corner store to buy a drink to beat the heat. Some sell spare hardware, or they hang their laundry on rooftops. It’s just another day in the neighborhood. That is, until Juan Carlos Pino drives by.

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Aurelio shows how he receives electricity from a car battery during a blackout in Havana, on March 18.