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Compared to the rest of the world, getting a divorce in Cuba doesn’t seem to be a difficult task. Everyone knows that you can get a divorce for 100 pesos (4 USD) and it isn’t without reason that Cuba has one of the highest divorce rates.

Due to their capacity, fare (1 peso) and the fragile state of dirt roads when it’s been raining,the “carahatas” (bus-trains) have been not only the best, but also nearly always the only transport option people living in many rural communities in provinces like Las Tunas.

Medicine shortages in Cuba share a common root cause with other areas in the country’s fragile economy: the lack of liquid funds which has made it impossible for them to meet payments to foreign suppliers.

Several new Cuban cook books were presented at the Havana International Book Fair.

Many people were nursing a hope for change in Cuba with the 2018 elections: a passing on of power and the appearance of new faces in national government. However, after the list of candidates for the National Assembly of People’s Power was published, it was confirmed that nothing will change, the same people will continue in power.

In order to not seem crazy, Victor had to be quiet. “The crazy man says what he’s thinking; the sane man, doesn’t.” He learned this before turning 30 years old, when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.