By Juan Diego Rodríguez and Juan Izquierdo (14ymedio)
HAVANA TIMES – The night begins to cool off in Santa Clara and, after having a bite to eat, the coleros [people standing in line for others, for pay] cross Vidal Park on their way to the currency exchange (Cadeca). The custom is new but the method is as common as poverty and underdevelopment on the island: hold on all night to guarantee one of the first places in line.
The booty: the hundred dollars “per head” for 120 pesos each that the Government promises to sell to anyone who has a place. Like an anthill, the people of Santa Clara hunkered down during the early hours last Friday at the junction of Cuba and Trista streets. On the street those same dollars cost 150 pesos.
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