HAVANA (Reuters) - Luis Abel Bango spent seven years searching for his dream car, a 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He finally found it on Cuba's far western tip, buying it off the original owner for $7,000. "I ...
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Cuba feels more in flux now than it has in decades. Fidel Castro's death, the repeal of the "wet foot, dry foot" policy and eased restrictions on capitalism mean rapid changes for a country distinctly ...
While most analysts expected Cuba's lift of a decades-long ban on the sale of new cars to come with an asterisk or five, few could have predicted that the internationally hailed move would immediately ...
The Biden administration has allowed a U.S. company to sell electric cars to Cuba in a bet to help the island’s private sector, but the days American-made Teslas will be rolling on Havana streets are ...
One could hardly blame Cuban consumers for suffering from a bout of ‘sticker shock’ when new car shopping this week – after all, they haven’t had the opportunity since 1959. But it isn’t just a ...
Cuba is known as a nation that loves its cars. After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the government made it nearly impossible to obtain a new vehicle. So Cuban drivers kept their ’50s classics on the road ...
Back when Motorworld was a thing and TV still ruled everything media based, the famous British car enthusiast Jeremy Clarkson thought it would be a good idea to visit Cuba. His idea – find a car story ...
HAVANA, - Cuba's cash-strapped government on Tuesday began selling used cars for dollars at a single Havana outlet, a first for the Communist-run state and a further step toward the dollarization of a ...