Cuba

Cuban Taxi Drivers Seek Alternative Fuels

Vintage cars adapted to run on cheaper stuff than petrol.

5 Jul 13

Illegal satellite dishes and cable networks make for more entertaining viewing than Cuban state TV.

3 Jul 13

Viewers doubt new technology will improve content of state-controlled media.

3 Jul 13

They say they were forced out by intimidation and false promises.

26 Jun 13

An hour of surfing is worth a week's wages, but authorities promise to cut prices at a later date.

21 Jun 13

Problems remain despite government efforts to restore public transport to former efficiency.

11 Jun 13

Cashiers check paid-in money carefully, as they’ll have to replace any counterfeits out of their own pockets.

7 Jun 13

Drainage system crumbling after years of underinvestment.

6 Jun 13

Government has six months to respond on nearly 300 points.

5 Jun 13

Homeless Cubans squat in disused state properties.

22 May 13

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