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Cuba: Dollar Store Lit Up, the other Pitch Dark

The US dollar store at 3rd and 70th in Miramar, Havana, has been crowned the king of all the markets of its kind on the Island.

On February 14, Javier Milei, the eccentric president of Argentina, promoted a new cryptocurrency on his social media account.

It doesn’t seem to matter much that Cuba ended 2024 with fewer foreign visitors; in this battle to earn dollars, no resources are spared.

To help those who may be considering taking (or not) a flight to the island, Havana Times has compiled a list of pros and cons to doing so.

Progress comes at an ecological cost: flying wildlife, particularly birds and bats, face collision risks as wind farms expand.

In Cuba, performing a routine task like withdrawing money from an ATM has become a daily odyssey for thousands of citizens. (14 photos)

The private bakeries are restricting the number of items each customer can purchase while many government bakeries have even less to sell.

Until now, the official narrative insisted on ignoring the problem or attributing it to the US sanctions policy against the island.

A researcher warns of serious consequences if the United States excludes Nicaragua from CAFTA; foreign companies might also leave the country

Kleisy Suarez had medicines sent to him by relatives from the United States and others produced domestically.