The Washington Post, January 24, 1995:

Staid and rundown Havana, which once eschewed advertising and blatant bids for customers, has opened its first experiment in fast food since the economic "Special Period" began in 1989....

"There is nothing fast about this," grumbled a student named Graciela, who had been waiting 20 minutes in a slow-moving line to buy a 25-cent bag of popcorn. Asked why she did not leave, she looked surprised. "Where else is there to go?" she said.

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