18 Dec FEATURE-Hard currency elusive in Havana as monetary reform looms
“I’m buying dollars, I’m buying
euros,” Roly, 28, whispers furtively to tourists outside a hotel
in Havana.
Roly, who declined to disclose his last name for fear of
reprisals, works as a “mule”, traveling abroad to buy goods to
sell back in Communist-run Cuba where the black market booms due
to shortages and high prices in the state-run economy.
But like many Cubans, he says that he is struggling to
acquire the hard currency he needs as
euros,” Roly, 28, whispers furtively to tourists outside a hotel
in Havana.
Roly, who declined to disclose his last name for fear of
reprisals, works as a “mule”, traveling abroad to buy goods to
sell back in Communist-run Cuba where the black market booms due
to shortages and high prices in the state-run economy.
But like many Cubans, he says that he is struggling to
acquire the hard currency he needs as
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