Over the past 19 years, Leonor Mesille has submitted the paperwork required on three separate occasions to collect a pension, which he says is owed to him for the 56 years he has paid into the social security system. Years of cutting cane have left Mesille with a hunched back.
Here he is pictured on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015 outside his home in Batey Punta Afuera, Dominican Republic.
(Michelle Kanaar/ For the Miami Herald)
Publication Date: Oct. 21, 2015