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Cuba’s Currencies: CUP and CUC vs. USD

There are three currencies now in the Cuba economy but only one will get you many of the basic consumer products.

Lynn Cruz writes about the film “Nostalgia” which we post below for viewing.

The traditional model of socialist citizenship include induced fragmentation and civic selectivity, which persist in this new activism.

I once read that a hero is someone just like you and me, the only difference being that they can’t run away from a situation.

“The government lives in a crystal ball where everything in Cuba is better”…

I was surprised because with shortages of cleaning products and water in some parts of the capital, the situation hasn’t been that dire.

Doing up my bathroom is a family necessity right now. It could have been put off before, but no longer.

I have always believed that we each have the choice to choose how we feel. Many Cubans have chosen pessimism.

I want to tell you how the day-to-day is being lived in Cuba at this moment.

Living in the countryside in Cuba and being intelligent seem to be very incompatible.