Business & Economy

This highlights the seriousness of the energy situation that no longer needs to wait for hellish heat to have 12-14 hours of blackouts.

“You have to be clueless to raid that store that is more empty than the freezer in my refrigerator at home,” says one resident.

The collapse at Zulueta 505 and the garbage heaps at the Monte & Egido portals are the workplaces of those known as “piranhas” and “termites”

In Nuevo Vedado, the rice arrived at some ration stores last Friday along with “some chicken”. At others it did not arrive until Saturday.

Without daring to fully enter the subject, Cuba’s official press mentioned in passing the “organized mafias” of the gas stations.

Every morning, hundreds of vendors coincide again on the same street, with their life stories and hopes, and reasons for being there.

These private businesses face numerous challenges in a country with deficient agricultural production, high prices & unhealthy dietary habits

The president affirms that “each measure will be applied when the conditions are created”, although they are all planned for February & March.