👞 Limpiabotas en La Habana🇨🇺

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Michel, un joven limpiabotas en La Habana, mantiene vivo un oficio que poco a poco ha ido desapareciendo en Cuba. Trabaja en la esquina de Monte y Cárdenas, donde ofrece sus servicios por 50 pesos para quienes buscan darle un nuevo brillo a sus zapatos. #SOSCuba 🇨🇺 #OficiosDeCuba #CubaEnCrisis #ADNCuba

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00:00The only one in the whole city, and I swear, I think it's the only one in the whole country,

00:25of the few that are left, on the other side there is another, but it is not the same quality, look at this,

00:43there are no cleaners, it is not common for there to be cleaners, how many years have you been cleaning?

00:50Three.

00:51Three? And how do you get the products now? Because they no longer sell anything to clean the boots or shoes.

00:59At the fair.

01:00At the fair?

01:01Yes.

01:02And you pay them a license, a program and everything?

01:05Yes.

01:06And the clientele, how is it?

01:09It's relative.

01:11Does it come a lot or a little?

01:13It's good.

01:15You haven't given it much publicity, because I see that, hey, you've left me shocked, I see that, hey, you really have this very nice.

01:25Look at this, family, it's something exclusive, something that all Cubans came to clean their shoes,

01:36now the Cuban no longer wants to come to clean his shoes, why? Because they prefer to wear tennis shoes,

01:42and shoes that do not have to be cleaned, but the prices are quite modest.

01:52What is the address that you are located here?

01:55Monte y Cárdenas.

01:56Monte y Cárdenas.

01:58And the corner?

01:59Sortida.

02:00And the cost of the shoes?

02:03For everything they are?

02:05For everything they are 50 pesos.

02:07Boots and everything?

02:10Everything, look there.

02:12Look, family, cleaning of boots and shoes, look, it's the truth.

02:22Look, family.

02:29Look, another customer has arrived.

02:39The grandmother also comes to clean her shoes, what is your name?

02:48Michelle.

03:09Michelle.

03:11Who is the Cuban who did not come to clean his shoes?

03:40Tell me, grandmother, who is the Cuban who has never come to clean his shoes?

03:49I don't know, there are so many things that you can't clean.

03:54But throughout history, the Cuban has always come to clean his shoes where the shoe cleaners are.

04:00Always, always, always.

04:02The Cuban has always come to that.

04:05Look, family, very nice, reporting for ADN Cuba, Carlos Milanés, Julio César Góngora.

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