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Cuba’s Pension Increase Lost in Inflation and Devaluation

“I only have 180 pesos left,” says a retiree waiting in line at the bank, but he’ll have to come back because it wasn’t his day to collect.

“If that Cuba is in US dollars, then I can’t go in,” complains an elderly Communist Party member.

My European colleague and I were walking through Centro Habana when he remembered he needed to exchange foreign currency for Cuban pesos.

We currently have 26 contestants participating in our 14th photography contest. There are still three weeks left to submit entries.

Four years after the July 11, 2021, demonstrations most of those arrested remain in prison, while most Cubans seem oblivious to this reality.

Daily power outages continue to define the chaotic situation in Cuba, with almost inhuman impacts, especially outside the capital.

Industrial pollution, fecal contamination, and neglect mark day-to-day life for those who live in “El Fanguito,” beside the Almendares River.

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.