CUBA-REVOLUTION-50TH ANNIVERSARY-PREPARATIONS

A woman waits at bus stop next to a political propaganda poster in downtown Santiago de Cuba on December 31, 2008 on the eve of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Next January 1st, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, the date in which dictator Fulgencio Batista was forced to flee from Cuba by plane. AFP PHOTO Rodrigo ARANGUA