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“Hago hornillas para el carbón; como están las cosas, eso resuelve un gran problema a la población”, comentó a la AP Vázquez, que cobra por cada artefacto el equivalente de 18 dólares al cambio informal. “La situación va cada día más tensa, hay que tratar de buscar la solución y escapar por aquí y por allá", agregó.Para el experto Piñón, la solución a la crisis “tomaría tiempo, tres, cinco años y mucho dinero, entre 5.000 y 8.000 millones de dólares”.

Mientras tanto, los cubanos esperan con reserva el verano. “Esto está difícil. Va a llegar un momento en el que las ideas se nos van a acabar”, reflexionó Rodríguez.Siga a Andrea Rodríguez en X:BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Wednesday urged Western backers to speed up deliveries of air defense systems to counter Russian missile strikes and to help boost weapons production.

The emphasis should be on U.S.-made Patriot systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskky told a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels.“These are the most effective way to force Russia to stop its missile strikes and terror,” he said via video link, urging representatives of around 50 countries to make good on past pledges.

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since the forum for organizing Ukraine’sThe United Nations, which operates a longstanding aid system that can deliver to hundreds of locations across the territory, denies there has been any systematic diversion of aid by Hamas, saying it has mechanisms to prevent that.

The U.N. has refused to take part in the new system, saying it violates humanitarian principles by allowing Israel to control who gets aid and by forcing Palestinians to travel to just three distribution hubs, two of which are in the southernmost city of Rafah.“The world is watching, day after day, horrifying scenes of Palestinians being shot, wounded or killed in Gaza while simply trying to eat,” U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said in a statement. He called for a flood of aid to be let in and for the world body to be the one delivering it.

Israel imposed a complete ban on food and other imports for 2 1/2 months before easing the restrictions in May. U.N. agencies say lingering restrictions, the breakdown of law and order inside Gaza, and widespread looting have made it difficult to deliver assistance.Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)