Osniel Carmona Breijo
Stories by the Author
No Fast Exit for Educated Cubans
Easier emigration rules don’t apply to graduates, who will have to wait five years in a move designed to slow brain drain.
30 Nov 12
Cuban Street Traders Pay Off Officials to Survive
Informal “fines” form part of wider pattern of state corruption.
26 Oct 12
Havana Street Party Ends in Fistfight
Alcohol and shortage of “ideological fervour” ruin festivities staged by neighbourhood watch body.
23 Oct 12
Dengue Outbreak Tests Havana Hospitals
Parents remove children from unsanitary wards as staff struggle to cope.
17 Oct 12
Sanitary Towel Shortage in Cuba
Availability of basic items limited by cumbersome state rationing and distribution system.
17 Oct 12
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