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A year after protests, Cuba struggles to emerge from crisis

A woman selling avocados waits for customers in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 9, 2022. The inflation that followed the elimination of the country's old dual-currency system — a long-discussed reform that finally arrived in the midst of other crises, has been a hard blow for many Cubans. While the newly unified peso officially trades at 24 to the dollar, prices on the street run at 100 to 1. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Tourists walk past a parking lot full of classic American cars waiting for customers, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Hotels and air routes closed for more than a year due to the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic have been reopening, something crucial for a country that depends heavily on foreign tourism for the hard currency needed to import food and other crucial goods. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) People walk past a vendor's cartful of fruit in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 9, 2022. The overall economy in Cuba remains dire, with long lines and rapidly rising prices for limited goods. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Residents wait their turn to shop at a government store in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 9, 2022. A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba's single-party government, the economic and political factors that caused them largely remain. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Emilio Roman shows a photo of his 26-year-old son Yosney, a construction worker, and 24-year-old daughter Mackyanis, a housewife, who were sentenced to 10 years on sedition charges for taking part in the July 2021 protests, in his home in the La Guinera neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 1, 2022. "They haven't committed a crime so serious that it warrants that punishment," said Roman. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A woman who sells plastic shopping bags, waits for customers in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 9, 2022. A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba's single-party government, the economic and political factors that caused them largely remain. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)