In its desperation to remain in power, the communist Castro dictatorship has unleashed a new barrage of economic policies that batter an already beleaguered population. On top of the scarcity and shortages the Cuban people must endure, the regime is raising prices on the little there is, as much as 500%. The new policies have
One of the most basic food items, bread, has been in short supply in Cuba for years. What little bread Cubans get through their ration books is often stale, has a terrible taste, and sometimes includes cockroaches worms baked right in. 64 years ago, Cuba's socialist revolution promised milk and bread, housing, medical care, and
What's it like to live under Cuba's utopian socialist revolution? Some Cubans on the island let us know. Via Martí Noticias (my translation): 'There's a lot of misery, a lot of hunger, and prices go up every week' Cubans living in various provinces on the island who were interviewed by Martí Noticias are holding the