Recently it was realized that bread was added to the basics that are in short supply in Cuba. Now there is one more problem, the long blackouts that affect the entire country and that in Santiago de Cuba last up to 13 hours a day. Hundreds of people today took to the streets in Santiago […]
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Dollars, euros, pesos and MLC: the puzzle of currencies in Cuba
What can I pay with here?” This is the question that Cubans ask themselves when they enter a storea restaurant or a gas station, on an island where four currencies and multiple exchange rates coexist. “That is tortuous, where am I going to buy, how is the exchange rate, if it is convenient for me […]
Flour, crisis and prices: bread is added this March to the basics that are in short supply in Cuba
Five elderly people improvise a gathering while waiting in line in front of a state bakery in Havana. Everyone has been waiting for more than five hours for the product, highly valued in these days of crisis, to finally arrive. “That’s how it always is: we see each other in line every Thursday. This bakery […]
Celac calls to end the economic blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) This Friday, they unanimously approved a joint declaration in which they called for the end of the economic and commercial blockade, which has been imposed for more than six decades. USA against Cubahitting its population above all. On the occasion of the VIII Celac Summit held […]
Cuba asks the WFP for help for the first time due to a lack of milk for children under 7 years of age
The government of Cuba requested help for the first time through an official communication to the management of the World Food Program (WFP) due to the country’s difficulties in being able to continue delivering milk to those under 7 years of age. As confirmed by the WFP, the executive management of this arm of United […]
Cuba will suffer simultaneous blackouts in up to a third of the island
Cuba will suffer simultaneous blackouts in up to 29.6% of the country this Saturday due to the combination of breakdowns in some infrastructure and the “unavailability” of fuel, official sources explained. The island has thus spent more than a week with daily impact rates – the percentage of maximum demand that generation is not able […]
Getting sanitary towels, a monthly headache for Cuban women
Ensuring enough feminine sanitary pads for the menstrual period has become a real headache for Cuban women in recent months. With the persistent crisis that plagues the country, more than three million Cuban women have to “invent” every month due to the shortage of this essential product, which has disappeared from state pharmacies and is […]
Cuba receives the first group of irregular migrants returned from the US in 2024
Cuba received this Tuesday the first return of migrants irregularities of 2024, with the delivery of 56 nationals by the authorities of USA that had reached the territory of that country, official media reported. The majority of the members of the new group are Cubans residing in the province of Matanzas (west) who had participated […]
Cuba: Raúl Castro comes out in defense of Cuban leaders and their economic adjustment plan
After closing a year with negative economic results and after the announcement of an adjustment program that would raise the price of fuel and make changes to food subsidies, among other things, the former president and leader Cuban Raúl Castro came out on Monday in an unusual speech to defend the measures and the direction […]
Cuba will raise fuel prices and end the universal subsidy for the basic basket
He cuban government announced this Wednesday an economic shock plan for 2024 with increases in fuel prices, the electricity, he water and other services, as well as the end of the universal subsidy for the basic food basket. The Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero, advanced this plan when speaking on the first day of the […]