Inflation Takes Center Stage in Cuba’s Economic Crisis
“Food is incredibly expensive: fruits, vegetables, rice, cooking oil, meat—the price of everything just keeps going up and up.”
“Food is incredibly expensive: fruits, vegetables, rice, cooking oil, meat—the price of everything just keeps going up and up.”
The library’s Special Collections & Archives Division recently acquired a historically significant photographic album of Cuba dating to 1925.
In a country where the State no longer provides electricity, water, medicine, or bread, every family is trying to save itself however it can.
There is something profoundly Cuban about offering coffee even when there is very little left. It is about sharing what you have.
The relevant judicial authorities now have a legal deadline of 72 hours to issue a response, Cubalex says.
In the Miramar neighborhood, in Havana’s Playa municipality where I live, private businesses have multiplied in recent years. (14 photos)
Leonel Gonzalez was in Camajuani, the town where he has lived all his life, when his son Miguel arrived with news that seemed impossible.
Highs will range between 32 and 34°C (90–93°F), while lows between 25 and 26°C (77–79°F). The sea surface temperatures will be 29°C (84°F).
For nearly a hundred years, Neptuno Street in Havana was one of Cuba’s most important shopping avenues. (29 photos)
The island has now suffered five total National Electric System collapses in 2026 and ten in less than two years.