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The High Cost of Living in Cuba and Social Justice

Without a safe roof, electricity or running water, people find no other way to protest than to bang on pots and pans during a blackout.

The sale of school uniforms, which officially began on August 1, is already a display of long lines and complaints. Read why…

Now back in my Havana, and recovered from an exhausting trip, I can detail how difficult it was to return from Bayamo, Granma.

Hopes are for more “investments in the Cuban economy,” which remains in a coma despite Cuba’s alliances with Russia, China and Venezuela.

The inability to withdraw money from Cuban banks has become a daily ordeal. People go from place to place, trying their luck at each ATM.

They want to be recognized as workers, obtain visibility for their harsh reality, and escape the unstable economic situation they endure.

Norberto Muñoz was fired from his job as an agricultural worker in Artemisa and had to hand over his cell phone to the Police.

This movement was based on the release of workers needing housing from their workplaces with pay, to join the construction. (25 photos)

Many Cubans live in inhumane conditions, with their homes on the verge of collapse, while the island continues to fill with tourist hotels.

The new measures recently announced at the National Assembly raised doubts and even alarms among private entrepreneurs and the public.