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A surge of American visitors since the restoration of diplomatic ties is testing the limits of Cuba's tourism industry. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Havana, Jul 5 (EFE).- Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall just after midday on Monday at a spot on Cuba's Zapata Peninsula, on the southern coast of the western province of Matanzas, the Meteorology Institute (Insmet) reported.Elsa is moving at 22 kilometers (13.5 miles) per hour with maximum sustained winds of 100 kph ((62 mph) and is predicted to remain over Cuban territory for about eight hours dumping heavy rain on the island's western and central zones.Forecasts indicate that the storm will leave Cuba Monday evening heading northwest after passing over the provinces of Artemisa, La Habana and Mayabeque, where a weather "alarm" has been declared by the Cuban Civil Defense authorities. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF HAVANA, CUBA.
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Havana, Jul 20 (EFE).- For the first time in months, select supermarkets in Cuba opened Monday with their shelves fully stocked, offering a dizzying array of usually hard-to-find items. But this cornucopia is available only to people with dollars or other hard currency.The controversial initiative is aimed above all at replenishing the Cuban government's much-diminished reserves, which have taken a further battering amid the loss of tourism revenue due to Covid-19 and the intensification of the US economic embargo.Maylin, a 45-year-old housewife, stood in line for three hours to shop at the largest store in Havana's Miramar neighborhood, now designated as one of the 72 freely convertible currency (MLC) establishments across the island. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO). SHOT LIST: SHOPPERS AT A HARD-CURRENCY SUPERMARKET IN HAVANA, CUBA.SOUND BITE: MAYLIN, A 45-YEAR-OLD HOUSEWIFE (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: Cheese, cleaning products, things I haven't been able to buy for this entire time of pandemic. (1:07-1:14).
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