US oil blockade on Cuba is a significant blow to small family firms struggling with power outages and fuel shortages.
The US oil blockade on Cuba is a significant blow to small family firms struggling with power outages and fuel shortages.
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Havana, Cuba – On a Friday last month, every table outside Oishi’s food booth in Pabellon Cuba, an exhibition venue in the heart of Havana, was packed with customers eating burgers and pizzas.
While the stand looked like an oasis of plenty, its owner, 46-year-old Miguel Salva, phone glued to his ear, looked like a broker in the middle of a collapse.
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