This Saturday, April 26, 2025, the US dollar (USD) is holding a rate of 365 Cuban pesos (CUP) on the informal exchange market ...

A heart-wrenching video shared on Instagram by the profile @vismark_break_free44 captures the stark reality faced by an ...

Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness ...

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There are also "collectors" and "bankers" who handle daily bets amounting to millions of Cuban pesos (tens of thousands of ...

EVERY day, as he has done for the past 20 years, Carlos makes the rounds collecting bets in central Havana for "la bolita" – a clandestine national lottery that provides a sliver of hope for Cubans ...

That leaves the country divided between the haves, who can purchase plentiful goods in dollar-payment stores, and the have-nots like Michael, who is paid in Cuban pesos -- which he then converts ...

There are also "collectors" and "bankers" who handle daily bets amounting to millions of Cuban pesos (tens of thousands of dollars) nationally and disburse the winnings neighborhood by ...