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La Cuevita, Where Capitalism Works in Cuba

The sale of medicines and the purchase of foreign currency, all informal, happen in plain sight of the police.

The Cienfuegos newspaper 5 de Septiembre mentions the figures published in the independent press, without giving credit

“This is the third cook I’ve lost since I opened,” says the woman, who owns a shop specializing in breads, desserts and cookies.

Demographic problems can be alleviated through collaboration with private companies, according to the interview that the newspaper Escambray.

In Luyanó, residents scattered the garbage until it blocked the street; in other areas of Havana they have set fire to the mountains of trash

In Holguin, as in most of the Island, private businesses are rapidly replacing dilapidated state-owned companies infrastructure.

Those who live in Cabaiguán, once one of the most prosperous municipalities of Sancti Spíritus, claim that the town is divided into two.

OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, announced that he will request an urgent meeting of the Permanent Council.

Even some of the gigantic mansions in Havana’s exclusive Siboney that were confiscated after the 1959 Revolution are now up for sale.

Indigenous people, community leaders, and experts share their visions of Nicaragua’s most ancient cultures.