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12 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.01
There are images that do not need many words because they describe with surgical precision the pulse of an era. The cartoon shared on social media is a clear example of this: an authentic "Price Race" where food runs at full speed and the common cit...
11 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.01
This story was not taken from a science fiction movie, much less a comedy; this story is real, where only extreme necessity and Cuban ingenuity came together. If someone told you that a group of people crossed the Florida Straits aboard a classic Am...
10 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.01
Bad times, good face..." It is a very well-known popular saying throughout Latin America, but in Cuba, it acquires a completely different dimension, almost of a philosophical or survival category. Among ourselves, squeezed by the circumstances and wi...
10 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.06
There are economic crises that are measured in inflation, exchange rates, or shortages in markets, but there are others that get so deep into everyday life that they end up becoming viral jokes or, rather, exact x-rays of our daily tragedy. Osval's...
7 Oct 2026 2 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.02
When we read or hear the word "slavery," common sense almost immediately leads us to associate it with something from the past, a dark chapter of history that the history books have already closed. However, unfortunately, slavery is still very much a...
6 Oct 2026 2 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.02
There are phrases that become so common they lose their dramatic edge, turning instead into the soundtrack of everyday life. In Cuba, "this is no way to live" is not a passing complaint; it is a daily diagnosis. It is uttered while staring at an empt...
5 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.03
Living in Cuba today requires a masterclass in financial adaptation. Between inflation, severe cash shortages at ATMs, and a complex currency system, Cubans have had to invent their own economic infrastructure to survive day-to-day life. Far from tr...
4 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.02
For decades, two iconic giants of Soviet engineering have shared the asphalt and dirt tracks of Cuba. On one side stands the stylish Lada 2106, the undisputed ruler of city streets and daily urban commuting. On the other, the unstoppable UAZ 469, a...
3 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments EL Yosua $0.03
A Typical Dawn in Eastern Cuba The sun in Moa, Holguín province, usually rises over the red dust of the mining lands and the constant hum of industry. For Ramón Gresequi, affectionately known to everyone as "Ramoncito", mornings began with the stead...
3 Oct 2026 1 minute read 1 comment EL Yosua $0.01
There is a saying in Havana: "If you can fix a Lada with a piece of wire and a screwdriver, you are officially a mechanic." When the Soviet Union began exporting the Lada 2106 (originally known as the Zhiguli 2106) in the late 1970s, nobody expected...
