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In the Midst of the Oil Blockade, Cubans “Invent” Them to Survive

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Sitting in a bank in the Trillo Park, one of the few green spaces in the Havana labor district of Cayo Hueso, Humberto García and his wife, Marlene Rodríguez, talked and drank beer in the light of the evening, while watching their grandchildren play. But in Cuba, a daily and happy scene like this can be misleading. “We are hungry. We have many needs,” García told the Center for Investigative Journalism in April when he talked about daily life in…
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Sitting in a bank in the Trillo Park, one of the few green spaces in the Havana labor district of Cayo Hueso, Humberto García and his wife, Marlene Rodríguez, talked and drank beer in the light of the evening, while watching their grandchildren play. But in Cuba, a daily and happy scene like this can be misleading. “We are hungry. We have many needs,” García told the Center for Investigative Journalism in April when he talked about daily life in…

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Read in Spanish Sitting on a bench in Trillo Park, one of the few green spaces in Cayo Hueso, a working-class nearby of central Havana, Humberto García and his wife Marlene Rodríguez were chatting and enjoying being while watching their grandchildren play nearby, in the fading daylight of a balmy Thursday afternoon. But in Cuba, such a scene of simple joy may not tell the whole story. “We’re hungry. We have many needs”, grumbled García, his good…

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Centro de Periodismo Investigativo broke the news on Sunday, July 12, 2026.
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