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Cuba/Russia: The Sugar Road

Cuba is still one of the largest world sugar producers. A significant part of its export is still intended to Russia and the ex-USSR countries as in the core years of communism. The photographer Americo MARIANO, has followed this "sugar road", a human focus story, starting from the huge fields of sugar cane in Cuba to the refining in Siberia and distribution in whole Russia.

Photographer
Americo Mariano
Text
Assia Dridi
Country
Cuba, Russia
Published
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Images
61
Reference
278-50051
Sugar cane cutters (machetero) on a hugh plantation of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba. Most Cuban sugarcane is harvested by hand.278_50051_01 Sugar cane cutter (machetero) on a hugh plantation of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba. Most Cuban sugarcane is harvested by hand. Each…278_50051_02 Sugar cane cutter (machetero) on a hugh plantation of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba. Each macheteros earns 812 pesos per mounth.278_50051_03 Sugar cane harvest on the plantation of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba. Most Cuban sugarcane is harvested by hand.278_50051_04 Harvested sugar cane in the province of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba.278_50051_05 Truck driver having a rest during the harvest of sugar cane in the province of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba.278_50051_06 Sugar cane cutter (machetero) having a rest during the harvest season in the province of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba.278_50051_07 Sugar cane cutters (machetero) on a hugh plantation of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba.278_50051_08 Pleasure time for the sugar cane cutters (machetero) in the plantation of Santa Cruz del Norte in Cuba.278_50051_09 Load of harvested sugar cane. Harvest is sometimes charged on carriages drawn by oxen.278_50051_10 The harvest of sugar cane, estimated at nearly 500 tons per day, arrives by train at the refinery Camilo Cienfuegos, one of the 174…278_50051_11 Moment of relaxation for one of the machinist of the sugar refinery Camilo Cienfuegos .278_50051_12 External view of the refinery Camilo Cienfuegos, one of the 174 sugar refineries in Cuba. Founded in 1919, with its 1030 workers, the…278_50051_13 Interior of the sugar refinery Cienfuego in Cuba. Following the embargo of the USA on Cuba, the outdatedness of the machines is such…278_50051_14 Workers at the refinery Cienfuego the sugar in Cuba. The outdatedness of the machines is such that Cuba cannot compete anymore with the…278_50051_15 Engine room of the sugar refinery Cienfuego in Cuba. A workman supervises the various phases of refining the sugar. The outdatedness of…278_50051_16 Warehouse of the sugar refinery of Cienfuego in Cuba where 2000 tons of sugar are stored. The "black" sugar will be exported in Russia.278_50051_17 Warehouse of the sugar refinery of Cienfuego in Cuba where 2000 tons of sugar are stored. The "black" sugar will be exported in Russia.278_50051_18 The laboratory of the sugar refinery of Cienfuego in Cuba. A woman technician checks and analyzes the quality of sugar once refined.278_50051_19 Assembly of the sugar bags by the workers of Cienfuego in Cuba. every day, Hundreds of bags are bent by a team of three people.278_50051_20 In the warehouses of the sugar refinery of Camilo Cienfuegos, the sugar bags of 50 kilos are rigorously stored and aligned.278_50051_21 worker in front of a stock of sugar bags at the refinery Cienfuego in Cuba . Eight working hours per day to pile up bags in the…278_50051_22 The porters of sugar bags in one of the warehouse of the Matanzas harbour. The port of Matanzas is one of the main commercial harbour of…278_50051_23 The porters of sugar bags in one of the warehouse of the Matanzas harbour. The port of Matanzas is one of the main commercial harbour of…278_50051_24 Cleaning of the coaches transporting sugar by workmen of the Matanzas port. Sugar is conveyed by train since the refineries to be…278_50051_25 Routing of sugar in the cargo warehouses of Matanzas. This workman controls the good quality of sugar before his loading on cargo liners…278_50051_26 Truck loaded with Sugar arrives at the cargo warehouses of Matanzas. Each day, tens of those trucks pour their loadings. The port of…278_50051_27 Carriers and dockers leave their work after a long morning of work carried out in the cargo warehouses of Matanzas.278_50051_28 Cargo liner containing 45000 tons of brown sugar at quay in the Matanzas harbour. Five or six boats of this type weekly convey their…278_50051_29 Unloading of a cargo of 45.000 tons sugar coming from Cuba in the commercial harbour of Riga in Latvia. Sight of a crane cockpit.278_50051_30 Unloading of a cargo of 45.000 tons sugar coming from Cuba in the commercial harbour of Riga in Latvia.278_50051_31 Excavator in the compartment of a cargo liner in the port of Riga. Sugar coming from Cuba will be discharged by crane.278_50051_32 A worker seizes sugar in the compartment of a cargo liner in the port of Riga. Sugar coming from Cuba will be discharged by crane.278_50051_33 a workman inspects the almost empty compartment of a cargo liner in the port of Riga. Sugar coming from Cuba is discharged by crane.278_50051_34 Filling of sugar in the coaches of a train in the port of Riga in Latvia. Sugar coming from Cuba is conveyed by boat to be then…278_50051_35 Filling of sugar in the coaches of a train in the port of Riga in Latvia. Sugar coming from Cuba is conveyed by boat to be then…278_50051_36 Arrival of the train transporting sugar coming from Cuba via the port of Riga in the deposit of the refinery of Raevsky.278_50051_37 A worker hammers the walls of the coaches to take off sugar. This sugar loading coming from Cuba via the port of Riga runs out directly…278_50051_38 This sugar loading coming from Cuba via the port of Riga runs out directly from the coaches to the cellars of the sugar refinery.278_50051_39 Cleaning of a coach of the train having transported a sugar cargo coming from Cuba to the refinery of Raevsky.278_50051_40 the sugar, arrived by train at Raevsky, is immediately forwarded to one of the deposit of the refinery of Raevsky. It will be then…278_50051_41 Workers of the sugar refinery of Raevsky. Sugar has been just discharged from the coaches of the train coming from Riga.278_50051_42 A worker of the refinery of Raevsky examines with the magnifying glass the quality of the brown sugar. Sugar will be then tested in…278_50051_43 Sugar refinery of Raevsky near Ufa. The quality of sugar is checked every hour with a glass during the treatment.278_50051_44 A worker of the sugar refinery of Raevsky show the metal quills in which the sugar solution will be tested 45 times per day in the…278_50051_45 Engineer of the laboratory of the sugar refinery of Raevsky making test.278_50051_46 Portrait of a women worker of the sugar refinery of Raevsky.278_50051_47 A women worker of the sugar refinery of Raevsky.278_50051_48 Sugar refinery of Raevsky near Ufa. Filtering System for the refined sugar.278_50051_49 Put out of bag of white sugar by workers of the refinery of Raevsky. Hundreds of sugar bags are bent by a team of ten to twelve people,…278_50051_50 Bagging of white sugar by workers of the sugar refinery of Raevsky. The bags will be weighed and then closed. The labour is primarily…278_50051_51 A women worker at the sugar refinery of Raevsky.278_50051_52 Sugar coming from Cuba and refined in Russia is then forwarded to the deposits of Omsk and Kranoyarsk in Siberia.278_50051_53 Loading of the sugar bags on train coming from the deposits of Omsk and Kranoyarsk in Siberia. Sugar will be distributed on all the…278_50051_54 Omsk and Kranoyarsk sugar deposits in Siberia. From there, the sugar will be distributed on all the Russian territory.278_50051_55 Map of the Krasnoyarsk area alonside a road. Sugar will be distributed on all the Russian territory.278_50051_56 A man sells his stock of sugar to a motorist alongside a road in the southern suburbs of Krasnoyarsk. This sugar coming from Cuba…278_50051_57 A young woman sells her bags of sugar to the motorists on the edge of a road in the area of Omsk. This sugar coming from Cuba sometimes…278_50051_58 In Moscow, one can directly buy of large quantity of sugar directly from the trucks.278_50051_59 Saleswoman of a grocer in Moscow holding small bags of sugar.278_50051_60 Sugar Bags in the deposits of Omsk and Kranoyarsk in Siberia.278_50051_61
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