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Lunch or Dinner, the Daily Dilemma for Cubans

Cienfuegos, Cuba resident: “Our diet is terrible, we eat whatever we can get hold of and not what our bodies need.”

Dayron vigorously scrubs the inside of the tank and an orange liquid with a strong chemical smell comes out. The risk of buying a used tank.

Extortion schemes are part of what press watchdog groups describe as an unprecedented government crackdown on the Venezuelan media.

The only vehicles providing a little service in the province are the electric tricycle fleet, which meet only a small fraction of demand.

Gangs armed with knives and pipes wait for cars, and when they slow down, they pounce on them.

Instead of addressing the direct causes of the farm sector’s low productivity, the authorities continue to promote centralized structures.

The official did not say where they could get the inputs they need, but he did recommend that his local subordinates “demand compliance”.

The procession, which a few years ago had a certain festive and merry touch, was this time more introverted and circumspect.

Faced with the decline in visitors from Canada and Europe, the Government tries to attract more Russians and Mexican tourists.

In recent months, we have seen numerous reports about Cuban government officials, or their close relatives, attempting to enter the USA.