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The Hard Life of a Cuban ‘Mule’ to Supply Her Business

Maria travels to Guyana, Russia, Peru, Colombia or Venezuela to buy products as cheaply as possible for her store in Cuba.

“It is blatant cynicism to see the dictator of Nicaragua saying he is breaking off relations because the Vienna Convention was violated.”

Eggs cost 3,500 pesos per carton of 30 on the informal market. Most retirees receive pensions of less that 2,000 pesos a month (under $7 USD)

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

Since the official Cuban TV programs & newspapers have totally ignored the case, nobody seems to know about the news, so let’s remind them.

“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.

I often walk along 5th Avenue, it’s just a few blocks away from where I live. I pass by it if I’m going to catch transportation (23 photos).

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