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Homeless Octogenarians
Marcia Cairo
Havana Cuba

T

eresa Rodríguez and Jesús Pino are a retired couple. They were left homeless since
2011 after a partial collapse of the building where they lived with their eldest daughter
and her husband. Since that time they are living with relatives.

Teresa and Jesús
MC: What exactly happened on 11-11,
2011?
TR: It was something terrible, it seems like
the hand of fate. My husband and I were at
my daughter’s house, because a short time

before I had fractured my hip and she was
taking care of me. My husband was staying
a few days too, since he missed me; just
imagine, we have been married for more
than sixty years. That afternoon there was a

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