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/posts/2006-03-10-red/ Stephen Darlington
![Che Guevaras influence shows everywhere, this time in Camag?ay, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/img_0192.jpg?resize=333%2C500 "Che Guevaras influence shows everywhere, this time in Camag?ay, Cuba")
Che Guevaras influence shows everywhere, this time in Camag?ay, Cuba

red
n.

    1. The hue of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue resembles that of blood; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
    2. A pigment or dye having a red hue.
    3. Something that has a red hue.
    1. often Red A Communist
    2. A revolutionary activist

(From dictionary.com.)

I score points for it being in a Communist country (2a) and containing a poster of Che Guevara (2b) if not for the quality of the picture itself.

I like the way the old, colonial building is colourful and well maintained while the Communist-era building looks drab but has the heroic poster adorning it.

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