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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Apr 28, 2024, 03:09 PM Apr 28

Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash

HAVANA (AP) — Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but when it was almost his turn, the cash ran out.

He angrily hopped on his electric tricycle and traveled several kilometers to another branch where he finally managed to withdraw some money after wasting the entire morning.

“It shouldn’t be so difficult to get the money you earn by working,” the 23-year-old Fonseca told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

Fonseca is one of an increasing number of frustrated Cubans who have to grapple with yet another hurdle while navigating the island’s already complicated monetary system — a shortage of cash.

https://apnews.com/article/cuba-economy-cash-shortage-1bb0c49c286495c66a94e32feffc042d

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Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 28 OP
An American success story. Starving Cubans into submission. Marcus IM Apr 28 #1
IDK, I've had to seek out another ATM at which one could make a withdrawal Backseat Driver Apr 28 #2

Backseat Driver

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2. IDK, I've had to seek out another ATM at which one could make a withdrawal
Sun Apr 28, 2024, 03:27 PM
Apr 28

because the local one had run out of cash at the one closest to me. Maybe I live on the wrong side of town and TPTB are trying to starve me out of this burb. IDK, for everything else, I suppose there's plastic and apps. or I could just wait until the contractors (did they call off?) come to fill up the machine again.

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