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Cuba’s Ration Booklet Nightmares: Coffee

It’s been a long time since most Cubans have drunk a good cup of coffee. Of pure coffee, without substitutes, nor it being too watery.

This is one of those times when I wonder what I’m doing here. Why am I wasting my time when I could be doing great things elsewhere?

Despite more hotel rooms than there are tourists to fill them, the Cuban Government continues to bet on growth and building new hotels.

Cuba’s communist regime seems hell-bent on phasing out the use of cash and replacing it with electronic payment platforms…

“This is why the Revolution is advancing,” another commenter said with irony, while most reminded advertisers how much food cost here.

Entrepreneurs in Nicaragua ask: “if the UCA was stolen, who will prevent my business from being taken too?”

Delta and United Airlines request an exemption as of October 29 that will limit the options to travel between the US and the Island.

Alicia didn’t have good transport options to get to work even when the transport situation was “normal”. Today, it’s much worse.

The communists continue to believe that the solution to the lack of food in Cuba can be found without touching the issue of property rights.

The informal market for the purchase of national currency in cash grows, given the discomfort of the authorities.