Spectacular private Land Rover surprises in Holguín

A spectacular private Land Rover surprised the inhabitants of the city of Holguín, unaccustomed to seeing such types of vehicles on their streets.

The user ofFacebook Anghelo Alfredo shared two photos in the group "DIPLOMATIC CARS IN CUBA".

"This is in Las Flores Park, Holguín," he said, without giving information about the owner of the car.

The publication generated a multitude of comments of all kinds. While some praised the quality and majesty of the automobile, others questioned whether in this time of crisis there are Cubans whose source of income is such that they can indulge in such pleasures, while the majority of the population is increasingly poor.

"That's iron. That's deathless and it's the perfect car to have in Cuba," said a Houston resident.

"Another one who has to remain silent in the face of a dictatorship or I will take away everything you have," said one from Miami.

"That car belongs to the government, they bought it with the money they steal from the people and then they say that it is the owners of MSMEs who buy them," said a Havana resident.

"Diplomats, nothing! The new millionaires in Cuba at the expense of legal resellers," said another.

Land Rover is an English brand of off-road vehicles, predominantly with four-wheel drive, owned by the manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, a subsidiary of the Indian brand Tata Motors. They are currently manufactured in Brazil, China, India, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.

According toweb According to the firm, a new Land Rover Defender can cost about $120.

In recent months, Cuban streets have witnessed the proliferation ofimported private cars, some high-end such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or a Range Rover Velar, which sparks the astonishment of people who ask where the "blockade" that the regime speaks of is, given the number of American-made vehicles that circulate on the Island.

Car buyers in Cuba belong mostly to the sector of newly created micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), some of which already import trucks from the United States, such as one of the International Trucks brand that was seen in Havana.

In 2023,Cars of various modalities were exported to Cuba from the United States worth almost 10 million dollars.

According to the US-Cuba Economic and Trade Council (USCTEC), new cars worth $357,442, second-hand cars ($4,385,612) and motorhomes ($186,500), as well as used tractors, passengers, ambulances, hearses and trucks.

Last April, the Treasury DepartmentThe United States granted licenses to Miami businessmen to ship cars, trucks, tractors and even trailers to self-employed workers in Cuba.