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0:00I'm Ben Thomas with an AP News Minute. As Cuba's economy struggles, Jennifer King reports more than 25 percent of the population's over 60 years old. The revolutionary spirit of elderly Cubans is being tested by the deepening economic crisis, retired chemical engineer Carmen Casado visits a church in Old Havana three times a week for meals. She calls it a lifeline, saying her pension at about 2,000 Cuban pesos does not buy enough at the state-run bodegas to survive. In their 70s and 80s, who lived through the first days of the Castro regime are among the hardest hit by the current crisis, dealing with the shortage of medicines, cuts to subsidize groceries, and loneliness as younger people emigrate. Despite the hardships, Casado remains loyal to the Cuban government and blames the United States for the country's woes. Here we're doing what we can to move the country forward, she says, but we have a very powerful enemy, and he's very close. I'm Jennifer King, and I'm Ben Thomas. Here comes from wise, the smart way to move the currencies you need around the globe.

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