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Anti-inflationary Policies in Cuba and Inequality

“The wild spike in prices led to distortions and dissatisfaction, especially among those who saw their purchasing power drop.”

Few products, windows almost empty and a discouraged clientele who believed the state business was going to last a little longer…

Immigration prohibits entry of a dozen reporters and photojournalists from international media even though they have met all the requirements.

The writer says she has “absolutely no hope” that the ballots “will alter the situation in Nicaragua” since “they’re fraudulent votes.”

In Central Havana the garbage cans have overflowed again. On the corner of Hospital St., residents complain about the mountain of waste.

Over the past year, authorities have expanded their arsenal of tactics to suppress independent reporting and target individual journalists…

“The use of government employees and infrastructure to run large-scale, cross-platform troll operations is an especially troubling trend

In practice, what’s been happening, for a variety of reasons, is that farmers have to wait a month or more to get paid, the report states.

During her first three days in jail, Yacnara was taken from her cell for interrogation seven times, at different times of the day & night.

“It really is a democratic space. Making decisions often takes hours, as this goes hand-in-hand with the members’ everyday jobs…”