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COUNTRY PROFILE

ulio, an entrepreneur in Trinidad – a touristy, colonial-era city 335 kilometres east of Havana – told me a few years ago: ‘It’s making me nervous – the government hasn’t made any changes for a while.’ Cubans have seen some momentous ones over the past 10 years, but the familiar pattern is of a long-awaited lurch forward followed by a crunch into reverse.

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