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Article: Christmas-less in Cuba: INSIDE CASTRO'S LOST PARADISE
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- January 26, 1995
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Lestrino C. Baquiran
Filipino Reporter
01-26-1995
Christmas-less in Cuba: INSIDE CASTRO'S LOST PARADISE.
There are very, very few Christmas lights and decorations in Havana. Instead, there are "los paganes," daily blackouts, rationing of gas and other necessities, a thriving blackmarket, inevitable when the official exchange rate is an unrealistic, 1 peso to a dollar where it actually is 50 pesos to a dollar, in even harder times 120 pesos to a dollar and a two tiered economy where those with dollars can buy imported and superior goods easily and those with pesos (more than 90% of the population) have to line up for many hours to buy inferior and limited goods. Bring pens and toilet paper, ...