Daily Archives: April 2, 2014
Potatoes, Food and Condoms: The Shortages Diversify
Potatoes, Food and Condoms: The Shortages Diversify Posted on April 1, 2014 Chronic shortages in Cuba are extending their tentacles with renewed vigor. The cycles of absence of numerous products are ever more frequent, even in the markets that trade “in hard currency.” Lately toilet paper has disappeared (for the umpteenth time in recent months), […] Continue reading
Potatoes, Food and Condoms: The Shortages Diversify
Potatoes, Food and Condoms: The Shortages Diversify Posted on April 1, 2014 Chronic shortages in Cuba are extending their tentacles with renewed vigor. The cycles of absence of numerous products are ever more frequent, even in the markets that trade “in hard currency.” Lately toilet paper has disappeared (for the umpteenth time in recent months), […] Continue reading
Our Potato Who Art in Heaven
Our Potato Who Art in Heaven / Orlando Freire Santana Posted on April 1, 2014 HAVANA, Cuba — Prices of agricultural products have increased between 15 and 25 percent in recent months. An unsustainable burden if we take into account the population’s salaries. The price increase coincides with new forms of marketing. It turns out […] Continue reading
Our Potato Who Art in Heaven
Our Potato Who Art in Heaven / Orlando Freire Santana Posted on April 1, 2014 HAVANA, Cuba — Prices of agricultural products have increased between 15 and 25 percent in recent months. An unsustainable burden if we take into account the population’s salaries. The price increase coincides with new forms of marketing. It turns out […] Continue reading
La ley que no es
Inversiones, Cambios, Economía La ley que no es Lo de que el gobierno cubano no busca inversiones en Miami no es enteramente cierto Alejandro Armengol, Miami | 01/04/2014 11:02 pm Lo curioso de la nueva ley de inversiones extranjeras en Cuba es el interés mostrado en la prensa oficial de la Isla por enseñar lo […] Continue reading