Retirees

Price hike of bread in Havana sparks criticism due to its impact on impoverished individuals and families

The new minimum wage in Cuba is now in effect, but no one will receive a peso until August

The regime will recognize up to 10 years of family caregiving as work time for retirement

The banked Cuba that the government promised is sinking while cash fuels the informal market

"This is private": sale of bread denied to retired journalist who tried to pay with 5-peso bills

Cuban grandfather, 70 years old: "How can I eat for an entire month with 4,000 pesos?"

Chequera uncovers the "real" usefulness of magnetic cards in Cuba

"It's shameful": Gigantic line of retirees waiting to withdraw money at a bank in Santiago de Cuba

"Where in the country is that?": Bandec says that retirees are their priority

Three days to access 40% of the salary: citizen reports collapse in money management in Cuba

"With the humble and for the humble? The generation that made the most sacrifices feels abandoned by the reforms in Cuba."

Cubans bury the official triumphalism over the announced increase in the minimum wage: "What can you afford with that?"

What can you buy in Cuba with the new minimum wage? Not even a carton of eggs

Foreign franchises, wholesale markets, and fewer subsidies: this is how Cuban commerce will change

The regime wants private companies to help support retirees, the elderly, and social cafeterias

Díaz-Canel: The basic basket will be reserved only for retirees and vulnerable individuals

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delivers blocked pensions to 44 Cubans after nearly 65 years

The Granma government admits that it does not have enough money to pay more than 111,000 retirees

Bank robbed in Havana during a blackout hours before pension payments

Prices in Bayamo: a carton of eggs for 4,000 pesos, a pound of sugar for 400, and oil for 1,500

"Everything feels like a curfew": Cuban woman denounces shortages and exorbitant prices at a fair

How much does a pension for a retiree in Cuba yield? Influencer conducts an experiment

ATMs are deactivated so that people don't "bother," and chaos erupts outside the Banco Metropolitano in Havana

More than three million pesos intended for retirees were stolen from a post office in Pinar del Río

Amid deficits and budgetary mismanagement, the PCC in Havana calls to correct "negative trends" in the economy

Cuban journalist Santiago Ramírez Frías passes away, voice of Cárdenas radio for over five decades

Forced Financial Inclusion: Central Bank of Cuba Insists on Digitalizing Payments in a Country Without Cash or Stable Connectivity

Cash crisis forces the government to rely on small and medium-sized enterprises to pay pensions in Holguín

Retirees in Holguín continue to be condemned to humiliating lines to cash their meager checks

The average salary in Cuba loses more than 20% of its value in a year despite official increases

Neither glasses nor spoons, and for food, just peas and boiled spaghetti: that’s how an asylum is in Cuba

The monthly postcard from Cuba: elderly people in long lines to collect their pensions

How many days does a Cuban's retirement money last?: "That money runs out in five, six, or seven days."

Help from the U.S. makes a new home for grandparents in Santiago de Cuba possible

First nursing home within a workplace in Cuba opens in Villa Clara

Grandparents' home within a company in Villa Clara, "band-aids" from the regime for the sad situation of the elderly

Salaries and pensions under pressure: pizza and malt combo reignites debate on the cost of living in Cuba

What a Cuban could buy on the island with the money from their first pension: "This is what they paid me."

“Maybe I can buy food today, but how many people can't?”: Food in Cuba, an increasingly unattainable luxury

An elderly man who had been missing in Santiago de Cuba has been found deceased

Cuban retiree to the regime: "Fewer and fewer people are being swayed by Castro's clowns."

Retirees in Havana are grateful for the "miracle" of being able to receive their meager pensions

Elderly person reported missing in Santiago de Cuba

Shoving and chaos at a bank in Havana as retirees and workers attempt to withdraw their money

Cuban helps an elderly woman who was asking for money on the streets of Bayamo and makes a statement to the regime

40 years of work for 7 dollars: the harsh reality of a retiree in Cuba

Gerardo Hernández praises the small business for bringing cash checks to retirees, while Cubans question: What is it enough for?

How the collapse of the Cuban social assistance system abandoned an entire generation of the elderly?

Neighbors of Cacocum express gratitude for donations from a solidarity project amidst blackouts and extreme poverty

Solidarity project delivers donations to elderly man living on a pension of 1,500 pesos in Holguín

Crisis in Cuba: Collecting pensions is a torment for the elderly

Julio Simoneau, a legend of Cuban cinema photography, has passed away

An 89-year-old Cuban teacher wishes to return to the times of "such dedication to work and to the revolution."

A postal employee sentenced to four years in prison for stealing pensions and money orders in Ciego de Ávila

Returning to Cuba to retire? A Cuban in the U.S. explains why she is considering going back to the island after retiring

Retired man dies after being assaulted in a bank queue in Cárdenas

"I worked for 57 years and I have nothing": The moving testimony of an 83-year-old Cuban grandmother

Cuban regime promises to guarantee pensions despite the crisis: “It is a priority of the budget.”

Andy Vargas returns to Cuba to see his Industriales win

Cuban regime authorizes extra payments using savings from the salary fund