Cuban Retirement: Paradise or Poverty?

It's not an easy life, but 65+ year-old Cubans have figured out some surprisingly creative ways to make it work.

Depending on your politics, Cuba is either a repressive dictatorship or a benevolent support system. Either way, unless you have are independently wealthy, Cuba is not an easy place to retire.
Pensions are just a few dollars a month, so if you don’t have relatives to care for you or a secondary income, it can be hard to make ends meet. Many elderly Cubans have turned to the black market or are selling newspapers or collecting cans.

• Where do you turn in your aluminum cans and what do you get for them (hint: it’s not cash)?
• How much do you make a day selling one of Cuba’s two national newspapers?

The Cubans have managed, with their usual combination of patience, pride, and resignation, to find happiness no matter what their situation.

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