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A Simple Cuban Invention to Have Internet

Makeshift antennas in Cuba are made of aluminum and plastic, and have become the queens of rooftops for home Internet.

The government is not obliged to be accountable for its poor management. In dictatorships, administrative accountability doesn’t exist legally

The first routine of Rolando Godínez’s day is to taste the coffee he will sell and give it his approval. Then he leaves home with his load.

Private businesses, including cooperatives, and self-employed workers affected must liquidate “their inventories and goods in transit”.

Failure to comply with these provisions can result in fines, power outages of up to 72 hours, and other penalties.

The El Nuevo Herald investigation was published just a month and a half before Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency.

The third disconnection in less than two months came at 2:08 a.m. this morning, once again plunging the country into total darkness.

Even with plenty of money in your pocket, it is not so easy to buy a product that has been disappearing from Cuban markets and homes.

“Despite an investment of more than 24 billion dollars, the results show an alarming decline,” says Cuba Siglo 21.

The price of pork meat at Cuban markets has always worked as a thermometer to measure the state of the domestic economy.