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associations, and employees of local,
state and federal government delegations
travel to Cuba to get to know her first
hand. Complete normalization, which
requires that both Havana and
Washington do their part, will take time.
If the Cuban government does not speed
up the pace of reforms in Cuba,
everyday Cubans will not be able to
improve the daily lives of their families.
Those who are self-employed or who
rent rooms in their homes to tourists or
other foreigners, for example, essentially
live using convertible pesos. CUCs
allow them to satisfy their basic needs in
well-stocked stores. Yet, the vast
majority of Cubans are paid i