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Relenting on Car Sales, Cuba Turns Notorious Clunkers Into Gold

Jose Goitia for The New York Times

 

A classic American car drove along the Havana oceanfront in July.

HAVANA — Until a few weeks ago, Erik González’s decrepit car did little more than devour his tiny income. He spent hundreds of dollars fixing the car, a 30-year-old Moskvich that his grandfather passed down to him in 2000. Even when it worked, Mr. González could rarely afford to buy gas.