RealAudio: "The man says, 'Would you like to see my fighting rooster?'

Cuban to the core, the centuries-old custom of cock fighting flourishes, unfazed by decades of Soviet influence. Cock fighting has been illegal in Cuba for years, but the increasing availability of U.S. dollars makes its lure irresistable to many. Police will no sooner shut down one fight site than another will resurface nearby. Before the admiring gaze of a young onlooker, two Baracoa neighbors compare their birds before heading out to the yard for a match.