HAVANA — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed her family over the holidays. “With the money my daughter earns and my pension, we’re trying to buy what we can, but it’s extremely hard.” In October, the Cuban government reported …
Julia Sardiñas awoke early so she could reach a grocery store in Cuba’s capital by 6 a.m. After seven hours in line, she achieved her goal: the purchase of two plastic 1 liter bottles of cooking oil for which she paid 48 Cuban pesos — $2 — each. “It’s impossible to maintain my family on my salary,” complained Marcia Ochoa, …
Protesters across Cuba shouted ‘freedom’ and ‘we are not afraid’ at rare protests on Sunday. The protesters shouted “Libertad” – freedom – and “Patria y Vida”, fatherland and life, a play on revolutionary slogan Patria o Muerte, which states the revolutionaries’ willingness to die for one’s homeland. Surrounded by heavy security, he had appeared on the streets of St Antonio …
