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Poverty Also Drives Cuba’s East-West Internal Migration

Without housing, formal employment, and a ration book, these internal migrants are “illegal” in their own country.

We went on a bus rented by the community, along with other neighbors who joined in the plan, which had been spontaneously organized.

The season has arrived for a fruit so cherished by Cuban women: the mango. We eat it in every way possible—juice, sweets, smoothies, raw.

Those receiving the minimum pension of 1,528 pesos (≈ 4 USD at the informal exchange rate), will see their income doubled.

I’m in one of the dirtiest, busiest, most central parts of Havana, where shared taxis depart for far-flung neighborhoods of the capital.

Highs will range from 32 to 33ºC (90 to 91°F) and lows from 22 to 26ºC (72 to 79°F). Sea surface temperatures will be 29ºC (84°F).

Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito tried her best to defend the government’s separate reality regarding life in today’s Cuba.

“We can convert our garbage into proteins, into gold for animals, and the surplus waste into fertilizer,” the retired physician assured.

Experts warn that the rise in poverty and begging reflects the ongoing economic crisis, exacerbated by limited access to basic resources.

When power controls individuals like an unscrupulous machine, disobedience constitutes an act of humanity.