Ma nā alanui o Havana, hāʻawi nā mea kūʻai alahele i nā makaaniani Lacoste, nā sneakers Adidas a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe he nui - he nui nā mea i loaʻa mai nā malihini mai Miami e lawe ana i nā waiwai i loko o kā lākou mau ukana e ʻōlelo ana he makana lākou no nā ʻohana.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka huakaʻi, ke kālā a me nā ʻāpana i hoʻoholo ʻia e Pelekikena Bush i ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻokumu i kahi ʻoihana hale malu o nā mulas - miula, ka inoa inoa no nā ʻelele ʻae ʻole e lawe i ke kālā a me nā waiwai ma mua o nā palena kānāwai.
Hoʻopau kekahi o nā mea i nā mea kūʻai alanui ma ke kapikala Cuban a me nā kūlanakauhale mokupuni ʻē aʻe.
Akā ke hele nei paha ka ʻoihana miula.
ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka hoʻomalu ʻo Obama i ka huakaʻi a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i ke kālā a me nā pūʻolo i Cuba e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻemi i ka ʻoihana miula. E like me ka pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻae ʻia ka poʻe pio e hele i Cuba i kēlā me kēia manawa a lākou e makemake ai, e hoʻouna i nā kālā palena ʻole i nā ʻohana a hoʻouna i kahi ākea ākea o nā mea kūʻai aku, e like me nā kiʻi kamepiula a me nā kamepiula pilikino.
Akā i kēia manawa, ke holomua nei ka ʻoihana miula. ʻOiai ke ʻōlelo pinepine nei ka poʻe huakaʻi i Cuba ua hoʻopiha ʻia kā lākou mau ukana me nā lole, nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā meaʻai no nā ʻohana, ʻo kekahi o nā mea i kekahi manawa e hoʻopau ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau mea kūʻai alanui ma Cuba, kahi e ʻae ʻia ai kahi mākeke ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele i nā mea kūʻai aku i lawe ʻia mai.
HE HANA HANA
ʻO Pedro, 28, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Havana, ʻōlelo ʻo ia kokoke i nā mea a pau e makemake ai e loaʻa ma ka mākeke ʻeleʻele.
ʻO ke kāʻei ʻana i nā pōkole ukana, nā kāmaʻa tennis Adidas a me nā maka aniani Lacoste, ua hōʻole ʻo Pedro e hāʻawi i kona inoa hope, akā ua ʻae ʻo ia e kūkākūkā pehea i loaʻa ai iā ia kāna lole hoʻolālā.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kāna mau aniani, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pedro ua lawe kekahi hoaaloha i hoʻi mai Miami mai he 40 mau paʻa a kūʻai aku iā ia i ʻelua no $12 - ma kahi o $50 ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke kumu kūʻai maʻamau ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
"Ua loaʻa iaʻu iā ia e haʻi mai iaʻu i ka nui o kāna uku no lākou," wahi a Pedro. “ʻElua kālā pākahi. I kēia manawa he ʻoihana kēlā.
ʻO kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe, nona nā makaaniani ʻeleʻele a lawe i kahi koʻokoʻo hele wāwae keʻokeʻo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o kona lima, noho ʻo ia ma kahi alahele o ke kaona ʻo Havana i mua o kahi pahu i piha i nā ʻeke kāʻei i uhi ʻia me ka rhinestone a me nā kakini o nā aniani hoʻolālā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Oldemar Fortuna, 32, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i nā mea kūʻai kūʻai hewa ʻole ma kahi o 14 mau makahiki - ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopaʻa iā ia i ka hale paʻahao. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea kūpono ia no ka mea kūʻai aku hoʻokahi o nā makaaniani ma kahi o $12 - ʻoi aku ma mua o ka uku haʻahaʻa no ka mahina holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole makapō ʻo Fortuna, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia e kōkua ana kāna huna ʻana i ke aloha mai nā mākaʻi ke hele mai lākou e ʻimi e hoʻopaʻa iā ia i loko o ka hale paʻahao, e hao i kāna waiwai a i ʻole e kauoha iā ia e haʻalele.
ʻO Fortuna a me nā mea kūʻai alanui ʻē aʻe Cuban e kūʻai aku ana i nā mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e loaʻa i kā lākou mau mea kūʻai mai nā miula e like me nā kāne ʻelua i ninaninau hou ʻia ma Miami International Airport i ko lākou kali ʻana e kau i kahi mokulele Havana. Ua ʻōlelo lāua ʻelua e hele lākou i Cuba i hoʻokahi mahina e lawe ana i ke kālā a me nā mea pilikino i nā ʻohana o nā pio ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻae lākou e ninaninau ʻia no ke pai ʻole ʻana i ko lākou mau inoa.
"Ke lawe nei au i nā leka a me nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a kekahi o nā kāne, me ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā luna dute Cuban ke kaupaona wale nei i nā ʻeke kaumaha a hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke iā lākou ma hope o ka uku ʻana o nā huakaʻi i nā ʻauhau a me nā uku.
Ua ʻōlelo nā kāne e uku nā miula i nā mea kūʻai aku ma South Florida i nā komisina a i ʻole nā pakeneka, ma muli o ka nui o ke kālā a i ʻole nā mea kūʻai i lawe ʻia.
NA ELELE REMITTANCE
Lawe pinepine ka poʻe ʻelele i ke kālā ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā hale hoʻouna kālā ʻole ma South Florida e makemake ana e hoʻouna ʻoi aku ma mua o ka palena o $300.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina ʻokoʻa hou e pili ana ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā hoʻokuʻu makahiki i Cuba mai $389 miliona a i $1 biliona - a ʻo ia ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā palena hoʻouna.
Akā ua ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe loea e emi ana nā hoʻouna ʻana ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
"ʻO ka hoʻokele waiwai hohonu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka helu hana ʻole, ua hoʻopilikia nui paha i ka hiki kālā o ke kaiāulu e hoʻokuʻu," wahi a José Azel, ka hui noiʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ke Kulanui o Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.
Ua alakaʻi hou ʻo Azel i kahi noiʻi e pili ana i nā hoʻouna ʻana mai Cuba no Western Union i ʻike ai ʻo ka poʻe mahuka Cuban i hōʻea i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma hope o 1990 e hoʻouna hou aku i ke kālā i ka mokupuni ma mua o ka poʻe i hōʻea ma mua o 1990.
Hoʻouna ka poʻe mahuka ma hope o ka makahiki 1990 ma kahi o $307.6 miliona i ka makahiki i nā ʻohana mokupuni, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka helu $389.9 miliona i hoʻokahi makahiki i hōʻike ʻia ma ka noiʻi.
