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Working at the Limit
Verónica Vega
Writer
Havana, Cuba

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dolfo Cabrera (Fito) and Miriam Real
(Mirita) have a few things in common: in
addition to a marriage and son, there is
also their lengthy experience with Cuban
alternative art. In a context in which censorship
strategies include everything from underhanded
obstruction of rap concerts to the expulsion—

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with help from the police—of a multidisciplinary
art group (OMNIZONAFRANCA) from a Casa
Cultura (government-run cultural institution), the
couple has managed to continue producing independent hip-hop audiovisuals and events.
They live and work in Alamar, a community to
the east of Havana that was created with a lot of