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Cuba’s Scarce Electricity Hobbles the Few Industries Left

The Cuban State press last spoke about the Antillana de Acero steel industry in December 2023. The positive news then turned to silence.

Alcides, 68, drags his jolongo (cloth sack) through the streets where garbage piles remain for weeks without being collected.

If before the wait for a Cuban to obtain permanent residency was four to five years, now it can be said to be highly uncertain.

“They appeared in Cuba a few years before the pandemic. Immediately, the official press warned that they are a dangerous invasive species.”

“This is no longer justice; it’s exemplary punishment,” laments his brother, a lieutenant colonel in the Armed Forces.

As parents, we wish for a box full of surprises, beach trips, ice cream, outings, & laughter. Rest becomes a physical and emotional necessity

Unable to recover to pre-Covid numbers of visitors, is the Cuban tourism industry now about to boom or continue a steady decline?

His podcast will be “anti-fascist, anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, Latin Americanist, Caribbean and Lezamian,” announces Abel Prieto.

Highs will be around 33ºC (91 F) and lows between 22 and 24ºC (72 and 75 F). The sea surface temperature will be 30ºC (86 F).

As Cuban agriculture produces less each year the government hopes that under Vietnamese management the trend can be reversed.