No Mail for You

But, but, how will I receive my dollars from the States?

HAVANA, November 15 (José Antonio Fornaris, Cuba Verdad / www.cubanet.org) - The post office in the Altahabana subdivision of Havana lost electrical power in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley last August and no one seems to know when needed repairs will be performed.

Employees have kept some level of service going, selling stamps and handling mail, and, until Thursday, handling requests for money orders and telegrams. Those they gave up on because, one explained, they "had to go to another station and ask that they let us do the work, but we have been doing it for too long and the problem here is not getting solved."

An employee said the provincial office has told them the repairs will not be performed because the cost, over two thousand dollars, is not warranted and will have to wait a more thorough remodeling of the building.

"But they do neither one nor the other," said the employee.

I guess the whole island is in the dark, metaphorically and literally.

Posted by Val Prieto at November 17, 2004 07:44 AM