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A Jehovah’s Witnesses Store Appears in Holguin, Cuba

While serving coffee, my aunt began to talk about a new store that had opened, where everybody working there were Jehovah’s Witnesses.

It has been reinforced by the worsening economic crisis in Cuba, rising inflation, and the emergence of the private sector in recent years.

Readers of the official press are divided between those in favor of a heavy hand and those against the government’s measures.

The residents, meanwhile, only hope that the city buildings will benefit from the paraphernalia of the event.

Blaming United States hostility towards Cuba for all the ills afflicting the island has become a manic exercise of the Cuban political elite.

The former favorite of Ernest Hemingway and other international celebrities was restored at great expense in 2007.

In the absence of stevedores, the Cuban authorities summon the population and the Army to help unload the ships.

Odalis, 56, is a seamstress recommended to me for fixing some pants. In her room, there are piles of clothes in the most unexpected places.

The US company is appealing under the Central American Free Trade Agreement for the invasion of its property in Jinotega, Nicaragua.

Not all private businesses on the Island receive the same treatment by the Cuban Government. We feature two cases.