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Cuba: Diaz-Canel’s Speech on His Ex-Friend Alejandro Gil

The president used quotes from Fidel Castro to denigrate the person who was his right-hand man in the government.

Imports of pork, sugar, coffee, grains and animal feed reach record highs despite advance payment required.

Cuban authorities have had to introduce the hated dollar into the official vocabulary, according to them, on a temporary basis.

The drop in tourism in the last five years has led the Government to reduce its investments in that sector, which until now was a priority.

In restaurants, the exchange rate used for prices ranges between 150 and 286 pesos depending on the dishes.

Rural women in Chile have denounced a strong uptick in the use of dangerous pesticides in the large agro-export businesses.

“There is a “pattern” of borrowing from Chinese companies in Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.”

Alejandro Gil was one of the most trusted figures of Miguel Diaz-Canel and one of the public faces of the regime’s failed economic policies.

December should have been Javier’s best month since he began working as a remittance courier. Now, it’s an unknown.

“Travel Off Path” gives extensive reasoning why in general it discourages tourist travel to Cuba except for under certain conditions.