Cuba

Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes is a book about the elements – hurricanes and rain the sea and the earth. About a fishing port on the north coast of Cuba which has seen better days: Caibarién where Hurricane Irma – one of the most powerful ever to sweep the Caribbean – made landfall on 9th September 2017. About the effects of climate across the centuries in a Caribbean island sucked into global markets for its commodity crops – tobacco coffee and above all sugar. How sugar changed the landscape through deforestation and soil exhaustion. About the collapse of sugar and the encroachment of a new commodity market – tourism. About the growing threat from climate change and the move towards reforestation ecotourism and sustainable farming. This book is based on the film of the same name (2019 dir. Michael Chanan www.livingbetweenhurricanes.org) and tells the stories through the voices of those who were interviewed.