The Havana Genius Bar

[Nino]

Just as their fathers learned to fix obsolete Detroit cars, Andy and Roberto have learned to make a living with Palo Alto technology to which they have no official access.

The healthy cell-phone repair market here is the latest example of Cuban ingenuity that locals call sobreviviendo. It's small-scale capitalism working around a 50-year embargo and an anemic, centrally planned economy.

Two months later my phone works perfectly. The next time an Apple Genius tells you there's no hope, consider it an excuse to visit Havana.

The entire article :

http://thecubanecono...-and-high-tech/

[Ken Gargett]

saw this when it came out and sent it to a few mates. they loved it. says heaps about the place.

tho it makes me wonder how a nation that can be so incredibly innovative and resourceful in such matters, is so hopeless when it comes to food. you'd think with their history and culture, it would be ideal for amazing food. instead, almost always stodge. rice, beans, chicken done 88 different ways.