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  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3105
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A crowd of supporters listens to Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who goes by the nom de guerre Prachanda, as he speaks at a campaign rally in Kirtipur on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on 6 April, 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3105
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A crowd of supporters listens to Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who goes by the nom de guerre Prachanda, as he speaks at a campaign rally in Kirtipur on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on 6 April, 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3106
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3106
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3107
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Riot police detain a protester from among a crowd that was attempting to gain access to the royal palace the day after an elected assembly abolished the monarchy and declared Nepal a federal republic in Kathmandu on 29 May, 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3107
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Riot police detain a protester from among a crowd that was attempting to gain access to the royal palace the day after an elected assembly abolished the monarchy and declared Nepal a federal republic in Kathmandu on 29 May, 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3108
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A police officer communicates on his walkie-talkie radio in front of a polling station for Constituent Assembly elections in Panauti, Nepal on 10 April, 2008. The Maoist political party won the vote, leading to the abolition of the monarchy and Maoist chief Prachanda being installed as Prime Minister.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3108
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A police officer communicates on his walkie-talkie radio in front of a polling station for Constituent Assembly elections in Panauti, Nepal on 10 April, 2008. The Maoist political party won the vote, leading to the abolition of the monarchy and Maoist chief Prachanda being installed as Prime Minister.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3109
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Maoists celebrate the abolition of the monarchy and the declaration of Nepal as a federal republic by lighting candles in the shape of a hammer and sickle in Kathmandu on 29 May, 2008. The Maoists started their revolution against the Shah dynasty in 1996 and fought for a decade to topple the monarchy by force. In 2006 they reached an agreement with other political parties to remove the monarchy through a combination of street protests and eventually elections.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3109
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Maoists celebrate the abolition of the monarchy and the declaration of Nepal as a federal republic by lighting candles in the shape of a hammer and sickle in Kathmandu on 29 May, 2008. The Maoists started their revolution against the Shah dynasty in 1996 and fought for a decade to topple the monarchy by force. In 2006 they reached an agreement with other political parties to remove the monarchy through a combination of street protests and eventually elections.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3110
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A North Korean woman loads a pistol for firing practice in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 18 August, 2007.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3110
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A North Korean woman loads a pistol for firing practice in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 18 August, 2007.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3111
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A North Korean soldier points out the DMZ, the de-militarized zone that serves as the border between North and South Korea on a scale model of the Korean peninsula in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 24 August, 2007.
    Le paradis des ouvriers / Corée du Nord
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3111
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A North Korean soldier points out the DMZ, the de-militarized zone that serves as the border between North and South Korea on a scale model of the Korean peninsula in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 24 August, 2007.
    Le paradis des ouvriers / Corée du Nord
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A Korean factory worker looks up at a crane inside a metal fabrication factory on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 29 February 2008.
    Le paradis des ouvriers / Corée du Nord
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3112
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A Korean factory worker looks up at a crane inside a metal fabrication factory on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 29 February 2008.
    Le paradis des ouvriers / Corée du Nord
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3113
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Korean women walk along the road carrying shovels on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 29 February 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3113
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Korean women walk along the road carrying shovels on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 29 February 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3114
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A Korean woman carries a bouquet of yellow flowers down the escalator into the Pyongyang metro subway, North Korea (DPRK) on 24 February 2008.
    Le paradis des ouvriers / Corée du Nord
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3114
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A Korean woman carries a bouquet of yellow flowers down the escalator into the Pyongyang metro subway, North Korea (DPRK) on 24 February 2008.
    Le paradis des ouvriers / Corée du Nord
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3115
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    An attendant stands near the tracks as a metro train arrives in the station in the subway of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 20 August 2007.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3115
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    An attendant stands near the tracks as a metro train arrives in the station in the subway of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 20 August 2007.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3116
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man is illuminated by the headlights of a car while he walks through the snow at night in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 25 February 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3116
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man is illuminated by the headlights of a car while he walks through the snow at night in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 25 February 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3117
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A worker inside a beer brewery walks through a cloud of steam on 2 November 2009 in Nanjie village, Henan province, China. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but there is no private property.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3117
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A worker inside a beer brewery walks through a cloud of steam on 2 November 2009 in Nanjie village, Henan province, China. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but there is no private property.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3118
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A worker inside a beer brewery inspects lables on bottles as they move down the production line on 2 November 2009 in Nanjie village, Henan province, China. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but there is no private property.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3118
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A worker inside a beer brewery inspects lables on bottles as they move down the production line on 2 November 2009 in Nanjie village, Henan province, China. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but there is no private property.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Children attend class at the main school in Nanjie village in Henan province, China on 2 November 2009. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but are only paid token salaries in coupons rather than hard currency.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3119
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Children attend class at the main school in Nanjie village in Henan province, China on 2 November 2009. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but are only paid token salaries in coupons rather than hard currency.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3120
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A member of the hotel staff polishes benches under a giant picture of Chairman Mao Zedong in the hotel lobby on 3 November 2009 in Nanjie village, Henan province, China. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but there is no private property.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3120
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A member of the hotel staff polishes benches under a giant picture of Chairman Mao Zedong in the hotel lobby on 3 November 2009 in Nanjie village, Henan province, China. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but there is no private property.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3121
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    An all girls group of Young Communist League members walks past a statue of Chairman Mao Zedong in front of the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall on 7 November 2009 in Yan'an, China. Yan'an is promoted as the "Revolutionary Holy Land" and offers a number of museums, monuments and other "Red Tourism" sites supported by the Chinese government.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3121
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    An all girls group of Young Communist League members walks past a statue of Chairman Mao Zedong in front of the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall on 7 November 2009 in Yan'an, China. Yan'an is promoted as the "Revolutionary Holy Land" and offers a number of museums, monuments and other "Red Tourism" sites supported by the Chinese government.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3122
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Actors dressed as Maoist revolutionaries take part in a battle re-enactment called the Defence of Yan'an on 8 November 2009 in Yan'an, China . The battle is staged daily for tourists who can pay extra to dress up and take part in the mock fighting between the communist People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) Army. Yan'an is promoted as the "Revolutionary Holy Land" and offers a number of museums, monuments and other "Red Tourism" sites supported by the Chinese government.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3122
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Actors dressed as Maoist revolutionaries take part in a battle re-enactment called the Defence of Yan'an on 8 November 2009 in Yan'an, China . The battle is staged daily for tourists who can pay extra to dress up and take part in the mock fighting between the communist People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) Army. Yan'an is promoted as the "Revolutionary Holy Land" and offers a number of museums, monuments and other "Red Tourism" sites supported by the Chinese government.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3123
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A candidate takes the oral test to become a tour leader at the Yangjialing Assembly Hall, In Yan'an, China on 8 November 2009. In 1945, the Seventh National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held here, naming Mao Zedong the undisputed leader of the Party and enshrining his thought into the Party constitution.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3123
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A candidate takes the oral test to become a tour leader at the Yangjialing Assembly Hall, In Yan'an, China on 8 November 2009. In 1945, the Seventh National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held here, naming Mao Zedong the undisputed leader of the Party and enshrining his thought into the Party constitution.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3124
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man looks at an exhibit behind a red curtain in side the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam on 17 November 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3124
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man looks at an exhibit behind a red curtain in side the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam on 17 November 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3125
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A family grieves at the tomb of a soldier killed during the Vietnam-American War at the Truong Son National Cemetery in the former DMZ area of Vietnam on 23 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3125
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A family grieves at the tomb of a soldier killed during the Vietnam-American War at the Truong Son National Cemetery in the former DMZ area of Vietnam on 23 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3126
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Workers shovel gravel and stones off a barge in Dong Hoi, VIetnam on 23 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3126
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Workers shovel gravel and stones off a barge in Dong Hoi, VIetnam on 23 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3127
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man smokes a cigarette under a bridge over the Perfume river in Hue, Vietnam on 26 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3127
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man smokes a cigarette under a bridge over the Perfume river in Hue, Vietnam on 26 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3128
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man stops in a doorway in a neighborhood built along railroad tracks in Hanoi, VIetnam on 18 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3128
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A man stops in a doorway in a neighborhood built along railroad tracks in Hanoi, VIetnam on 18 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3129
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A shopkeeper is surrounded by busts and images of Ho Chi Minh inside a store in Hue, Vietnam on 26 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3129
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A shopkeeper is surrounded by busts and images of Ho Chi Minh inside a store in Hue, Vietnam on 26 February 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3130
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A truck driver repairs a broken down Soviet truck along the Ho Chi Minh Highway inside the former DMZ on 23 February 2010 in Vietnam.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3130
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A truck driver repairs a broken down Soviet truck along the Ho Chi Minh Highway inside the former DMZ on 23 February 2010 in Vietnam.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3131
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A girl poses behind a cutout of a blond model as part of a promotional event for Cosmopolitan magazine on International Women's Day at the Young Communist League headquarters in Ho CHi Minh CIty (Saigon), Vietnam on 7 March 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3131
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A girl poses behind a cutout of a blond model as part of a promotional event for Cosmopolitan magazine on International Women's Day at the Young Communist League headquarters in Ho CHi Minh CIty (Saigon), Vietnam on 7 March 2010.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3132
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears at their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos and remain regular targets of the Lao People's Army.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3132
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears at their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos and remain regular targets of the Lao People's Army.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3133
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Enemies of the People | Laos
    More than three decades after the Vietnam War, there is still no peace for the ethnic Hmong people who collaborated with the American and French military forces in neighboring Laos. Over 18 000 Hmong men and boys formed Special Guerilla units trained by the CIA to conduct secret battles against Communist troops and rescue American pilots shot down during bombing runs over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. When the U.S. was defeated and the Communists took power in Laos, the CIA sent a plane to airlift out the top Hmong officers and their families. Tens of thousands were left behind; some escaped to refugee camps in Thailand, while others fled into the jungle. The Lao People's Army continues to hunt them to this day. Aging Hmong veterans and their families live as impoverished, desperate groups, eating roots to survive, constantly on the run, targeted by army attacks.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3133
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Enemies of the People | Laos
    More than three decades after the Vietnam War, there is still no peace for the ethnic Hmong people who collaborated with the American and French military forces in neighboring Laos. Over 18 000 Hmong men and boys formed Special Guerilla units trained by the CIA to conduct secret battles against Communist troops and rescue American pilots shot down during bombing runs over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. When the U.S. was defeated and the Communists took power in Laos, the CIA sent a plane to airlift out the top Hmong officers and their families. Tens of thousands were left behind; some escaped to refugee camps in Thailand, while others fled into the jungle. The Lao People's Army continues to hunt them to this day. Aging Hmong veterans and their families live as impoverished, desperate groups, eating roots to survive, constantly on the run, targeted by army attacks.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3134
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears and beg for help after seeing the first Westerners to visit their isolated group of ethnic Hmongs hiding in the jungle for over 30 years in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3134
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears and beg for help after seeing the first Westerners to visit their isolated group of ethnic Hmongs hiding in the jungle for over 30 years in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3135
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War are seen in their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos and are regular targets of the Lao People's Army.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3135
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War are seen in their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos and are regular targets of the Lao People's Army.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3136
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Two women are seen in the streets of Old Havana, Cuba on 13 October 2008.
    Le réalisme cynique / Cuba
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Two women are seen in the streets of Old Havana, Cuba on 13 October 2008.
    Le réalisme cynique / Cuba
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3137
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Young Cuban boys fire pellet guns at a shooting range in Havana, Cuba on 26 October 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3137
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Young Cuban boys fire pellet guns at a shooting range in Havana, Cuba on 26 October 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3138
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A nurse pushes her son's bicycle as he walks along side in Cienfuegos, Cuba on 17 March 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3138
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A nurse pushes her son's bicycle as he walks along side in Cienfuegos, Cuba on 17 March 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3139
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    An elderly man smokes a cigar inside a garage in Old Havana, Cuba on 12 October 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3139
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    An elderly man smokes a cigar inside a garage in Old Havana, Cuba on 12 October 2008.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3140
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Svetlana smokes a cigarette in Tiraspol, Transnistria on 6 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3140
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Svetlana smokes a cigarette in Tiraspol, Transnistria on 6 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3141
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A prisoner with HIV lays in his bed in the medical ward of the Tiraspol prison coloney in Transnistria, Moldova on 10 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3141
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A prisoner with HIV lays in his bed in the medical ward of the Tiraspol prison coloney in Transnistria, Moldova on 10 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A worker inside a wlanut packing factory pauses in Chisinau, Moldova on 27 May 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3142
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A worker inside a wlanut packing factory pauses in Chisinau, Moldova on 27 May 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3143
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A hair stylist lifts a curtain revealing stored wigs inside a dressing room in the Tiraspol Theater in Tiraspol, Transnistria on 11 April 2009.
    © Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3143
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A hair stylist lifts a curtain revealing stored wigs inside a dressing room in the Tiraspol Theater in Tiraspol, Transnistria on 11 April 2009.
    © Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3144
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Two officers wearing the uniform of the Ministry of State Security (the Transnistrian KGB) stand in the middle of a crowd of military officers taking part in a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Tiraspol from Nazi occupation by the Soviet Army in Tiraspol, Transnistria on 12 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3144
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Two officers wearing the uniform of the Ministry of State Security (the Transnistrian KGB) stand in the middle of a crowd of military officers taking part in a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Tiraspol from Nazi occupation by the Soviet Army in Tiraspol, Transnistria on 12 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3145
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Children clean up after lunch in the cafeteria of the Gymnasia-Internat Number 2 boarding school and orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova on 28 May 2009. The school has over 500 children living on the campus. Around 80% are social orphans -- children whose parents are still alive, but were turned over to institutional care by the parents.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3145
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    Children clean up after lunch in the cafeteria of the Gymnasia-Internat Number 2 boarding school and orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova on 28 May 2009. The school has over 500 children living on the campus. Around 80% are social orphans -- children whose parents are still alive, but were turned over to institutional care by the parents.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3146
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    The kitchen table in a farmhouse is set for dinner in the village of Chobruchi, Transnistria on 18 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3146
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    The kitchen table in a farmhouse is set for dinner in the village of Chobruchi, Transnistria on 18 April 2009.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A girl holds flowers on the steps of the damaged presidential building in Chisinau, Moldova on 7 April 2009. Opposition leaders accused the Communists of rigging the elections on 5 April and demanded a recount. Anti-communist rotesters stormed the presidential building, demanding that President Vladimir Voronin announce his resignation and leave Moldova. More than 30 people were injured in the protests.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A girl holds flowers on the steps of the damaged presidential building in Chisinau, Moldova on 7 April 2009. Opposition leaders accused the Communists of rigging the elections on 5 April and demanded a recount. Anti-communist rotesters stormed the presidential building, demanding that President Vladimir Voronin announce his resignation and leave Moldova. More than 30 people were injured in the protests.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor