coalition aircraft launch airstrikes on the empty city of data data has just to teach it clearly important seaport which is the main entry point for most of the country's thirty eight u.s. federal judges deciding whether the trumpet ministration is in contempt of court missing a deadline to reunite hundreds of migrant families over two thousand five hundred children were separated from their parents at the us mexico border as part of the hard line immigration policy and as of friday more than seven hundred remain separated opposition parties are accusing the greek government of failing to do enough to save lives and protect people from the wildfires the broke out on monday because fishel suspect the fires were caused by arson those are your current headlines up next is a visit to the cuban capital will be back in just under half an hour's time see them.

ivanna the capital of communist cuba with this revolutionary past the city has often spoken office though frozen in time and associate it with toxic objects but the father is the throes of a revolution the relaxation of state control is transforming the economy people's ability to make money but that their access to fresh. food a myriad of society it brings us together traces of divergent histories and open

some you futurists. i'm on a journey to meet food lovers around the world and get the inside track of the best cities through the food they love. the people of on a narrow scope on living in the moment of opportunity. since president raul castro introduced a new set of reforms in twenty love and tourism is growing and private enterprise becoming easier. one outcome has been a boon impala doris the name given to small restaurants owned by individuals. carlos crystal ball marcus ball desk opened his restaurant some crystal ball in his home. louis moose apologia start out.

being poor and there are either of us run away let us leave them. a. p.c. by. the eye on the side and. they run away. why is this. your i see this is. the door there on. me when i say. look we thought he said we thought. so you live here as well yes. i live here. i say go say on your way we will be. on your a. he. is a. brain cell you have to be able to tell the.

recession this until. he go under the never let me know. their policy around for. a long day and if you get around if they want to. train those on your. and your a good deal they will. only mommy and gary want. and

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an influx of tourism. from the country as within cuba people don't have easy access. many people connect with. free. than ever before. the aim of the revolution was to ensure equality and most cubans work for the state

and in about twenty dollars a month across the board. how cubans live on that as a recurring part of their story. today i need to allow. the author of the blog a taste of cuba which chronicles the food of his country. allotted. really good to meet you fellow. you've got the clothing memo yes we are full blower so we're used to uniform no. here is a market oh ok. going to show you this first mark. goldman support mark all right so there is

a big different market. for market prices down the alders right you will see the other one big difference it's quite small actually yes that's the problem this is not the free market you know this is not. markets. you would see next so if a cuban came every day is it the same thinks it does it change. what it is in the season you know all. the supply guys with trucks coming in. you need to get it you are not true to more and you have it right here we have the basics. basics but you don't go hungry you know what is this this is the paste what do you make with it. we have this or this or will we call it. you miss this is the slice of this wall of pizza she's. really

nice i remember this is one of my memories because since i was a boy in this. line took me to a commercial market nearby so i could see the difference. what is considered cheap affordable this is cheap. there's a special kind of paper what we call it. this is very important to make beans and you make of being soup this you are not doing. real human beings to disagree. we use it. means maybe.

this is more expensive here. woman mark of. market you come right. along. the way. to people.

on my blog one. in one you are. for me. now. i'm trying. to root. back to the roots. that we've experienced the internet in this country. we have more. easily. we do have a broader view.

although the small money to be made in key treat of foreignness someone to produce a building a solid business providing pilot doris for a cuban budget. these are places locals can afford on the move regular basis with food while similar to home cooking . you did last summer. when is the este one of the f. . smells good you'd eat burial runs a one woman show dinah from the cozy apartment in old town. how long have you been cooking for the people around here when all jojo was in a lot of a fall off that is that although the. ethical thing out there but i gotta say boil free the. moderated theone i had already. deal with

the one of those oh my god look at all simply that one long name. only are you polio that of the i said of the i ego in my mental why don't they all know already along with. who your customers the king and them male zone law of law there was a little problem. well to see. it all always of a little in the mailrooms new for the families of. the phone rings continually with some for delivery of this to reserve a meal you do charges just over a dollar for a complete lunch oh and. that i don't like fast still my head down there. melissa morgan and honestly i think i have nothing. the sole dining table can't accommodate all of you discussed miss at once but nobody seems to mind lunch is

served with good company and they say it's part of the cuban. has always been home for poet ricardo al back to paris and his writing brings to life the particularities and the chilly air to east of the country he loves. so good to meet you man of your work here in this program. you've lived through some really interesting periods throughout cuba's history and of course. that's the special period which some people call the skimming period right after the fall of the u.s.s.r. what was that like well. but i'll let. you all of us are going to get on the ball i got of knowing. the medal otari are let

them go see it on my past. what. we call. it put up a cell phone book or so. they told. you look at a local scene but it's only. oh yeah. go. back only a time they feasted i could eat esau the dog on the set on the boat to see if you. pick out in this job yes oh man but. what do you think about the changes i have found in. the sort of oil on an innocent doing. for carbon and global one thing over the.

west and to get. mean to be a nanny i want to. set up at a later they don't. influence him to do it but. they'd save the boys from all over us on the street. thank you so much. but. if anybody knows how to get by it's the cubans the combination of low salaries and the long running embargo that the united states put in treat with cuba has made them immensely resourceful. when they can't afford fish they head to the water with a pull. when they can't import machines they built them from scratch this kind of ingenuity has helped sustain cottage industries such as the don pedro factory.

own. it and it was a time of the media there was one of. our own identity of any own saniel. so.

much of life is in the open with spectator. opportunity. hospitality. the eyes of the neighborhood committees for the defense of the revolution.

of several city blogs where he plays the role of big brother. well of monumental real. again it's really shown on a year what it could be seen as a lead in the cafe. and minutes into the sentiment go to say dammit he did climb down the line and says he done carrying it by just then not going in such a wonderful janaya interrupt a little who had it and those that at dallas yosemite. only have a more than old head as he made up for the other an imbecile but even holla.

president a little so they did but i got your unlawful she'll. tell me what is this. at the rally read the authors a million dollars apple. will fill and i will guess i will. now go into and out of all of you all among. the course like a simple old and there's a site here but i want to cross it slowly brought enough for everyone. like us or get done with i mean like a single dollar a little better noble there's a lot of talk now that they're going to start logging is that a good thing or a good bye. no selfish in the bum and the l a real the world will be in a limited you know that they will show me. but i get the dollar settlement and everything at that i m b well manned and lower leave it at the voice.

or what i said i'm way down in that one level john bowman where one will at the end the unit about i get it but they all mean that. the libretto is both cherished and chided in cuba. whilst many will complain about how its value has reduced from the which workers and retirees having access to the russian booklet is the difference between subsistence and stomping should. be. as the government moves away from its centralized planned economy some cuban expatriates are returning to the best in the country. alberto gonzales michelin

stars a chef in italy and has moved back home after fifteen. he's now chosen and an orthodox. is nice and taking up the rolling pin. instead of a fine dining restaurant. and so on and. it's really what is it. one of. the. old.

oh. and by you know. the romeo. rose. and got to know me. every indian the white kid. and poor. to get a value only. need a nickel said to enter the tournament. and . simply i mean. in a water moment is it easy to run your own business in cuba. if you see them.

saying oh no my auditor there and i. see what i want to. hear but i think i mean to impose the lamont and wilson but oh well i guess. you've chosen central ghana which is you know as we know it's a poor neighborhood why do you come here a minute ago but i'd like. to do. in iraq but they might. in riga. but they'd eat. it ok it may hold a sane role. they honestly don't live there without asking for trouble. so you're back and you've got from. the same place. the pain that i won't. be loopy. well.

i mean. i don't gamble at the moment. for them. to launch with all went my way. so it's a fascinating time here this change afoot for sure and seeing people's energy determination and the military to find a solution for every challenge has been inspiring but it's clear that it's still book decades of trade embargo and chronic shortage just translated into monotonous food in cuba but today's a van that is emerging as a hotspot for those seeking a taste of its preserved past the future of this possibility played by plate chefs and. helping to mold havana into one didn't finish this city till next

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