Cuba Faces Deficit of Rationed Rice, Beans, Oil, Sugar & Salt
In an attempt to soften the news to Cuban consumers, the government media blamed the situation on “late deliveries” and “import delays.”
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In Cuba Even Salt Is a Problem
A product as basic and elemental as salt is has become yet another of problem for the island’s authorities.
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Climate Change and a Salty Dilemma
As the threat of water scarcity increasingly grows, many have turned to the Earth’s plentiful oceans for a solution. However, this has created a new risk threatening public and environmental health: brine. Across 177 countries, there are now 16,000 desalination plants.
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Cuba Imports Salt from Spain to make up for National Deficit
Some hard-currency retail stores in Havana are selling Auchan-brand (supermarket) salt imported from Spain. A one kilo bag sells for 0.60 Convertible Pesos (CUC). This is the best product of its kind that the Cuban population have access to, who have been suffering salt shortages in regular Cuban pesos
Read MoreCuban Musician Diego Gutierrez’s “A Taste of Salt”
Diego Gutierrez belongs to a group of Cuban folk musicians that some refer to as the “lost generation.” So called, perhaps, because of the unfair neglect of the media or the consequences of internal situations decided by the country’s cultural policies, their music, undeniably rewarding, has nevertheless treated us to some of the most important moments in recent Cuban music history.
Read MoreCubans and the Salt Cure
We got a clear picture of what we Cubans are made of last year, when a gas station in Santiago de Cuba blew up. That was perhaps one of the most painful confirmations that Cubans are made of a spineless slime: those people splashing about over the spilt gasoline, as though it were a puddle of water…for God’s sake…
Read MoreCuba to Sell Salt on Open Market
Beginning on Thursday, a resolution came into force from the Ministry of Domestic Trade allowing the unrestricted sale of salt at stores on the island.
Read MoreSalt Residue and Whatever Happens (Part 3)
Alexander’s story of coming to the Capital from another city to prostitute himself is not an isolated account. Neither is it atypical that Alexander does not consider himself a homosexual, despite his wide menu of bedroom offerings.
Read MoreSalt Residue and Whatever Happens (Part 2)
Two hours were enough to erode the absurd innocence in which I had been living for so long and the blindness that prevented me from seeing the numerous errors we commit every day and the idiotic way we spend our energy avoiding or hiding.
Read MoreMalecon: Salt Residue and Whatever Happens
There are days when a long walk near the sea is the best medicine against anything, above all against things that have a bearing on the soul. A little salt residue penetrating the pores, the nearly hypnotic sound of the waves and even the sun opening lines in the skin is an ideal remedy.
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