Poor Folks Coffee in Matanzas, Cuba: Scarce, Cold & Bitter
Many retirees would need to invest half of their pension in a simple 284-gram (0.62 lbs.) package of imported coffee.
Read MoreMany retirees would need to invest half of their pension in a simple 284-gram (0.62 lbs.) package of imported coffee.
Read MoreAlex Jimenez, a 21-year-old Cuban, has been running a thriving business that he has decided to call Mangatiny.
Read MoreFrancisco García paid nearly $13,000 to a smuggler to take him to Greece, where he now survives on the streets.
Read MoreWhile many applaud Cuban boxer Andy Cruz’s decision to come back to his homeland to visit family, others attacked him…
Read MoreThe government believes that what matters is not what happens or what people endure to survive, but whether that others find out about it.
Read MoreBefore, the retired doctor and researcher sold wine, says his daughter, because “his retirement isn’t enough for anything.”
Read MoreFor years, the government has acknowledged the hemorrhaging caused by massive emigration, largely of university-trained youth.
Read MoreFor months now, the accumulated garbage on the streets of several Cuban cities has become part of the urban landscape.
Read MoreHow long can a society remain in full collapse without changing—beyond the toxic changes produced by the collapse itself?
Read MoreThese measures, which will begin to take effect within the next 30 days, support the economic embargo against Cuba.
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