Well above street level, Cuba's women reckon they have a right to choose.

ECONOMIST: Brother Fidel and the women of Cuba

Dressed in white, the women march in silence in the Cuban capital, Havana, every Sunday, defying Cuba's ban on organised opposition and street demonstrations.

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And the Catholic church has enjoyed slightly more freedom, most notably in being allowed to take out a street procession for the festival of Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, on September 8th, for the first time in 38 years.

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