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An Olympic Return Trip…

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.

The regime’s proposal to buy food products from farmers did not prosper due to the shortages from low production.

The special parcels distributed to the people consist of two kilos of rice, one of sugar, another of pasta and two cans of sardines.