By Lien Estrada
HAVANA TIMES – After being in line since very early to withdraw my mother and my aunt’s pensions, and some money I had on my card, the ATMs ran out of money around 10:00 in the morning. These lines are huge at all hours if they have bills to dispense.
These human masses in waiting share the same fears: connection failure, running out of money, or a power outage. Any of these can happen at any moment.
Comments from others in the line are no less alarming, such as what happened at the bank on Martí Street where, after waiting for the money to be deposited in the ATM, only four people could withdraw money because the deposit was very small.
I then decided to try my luck at other banks with ATMs. I ended up at the one on Maceo Street, in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood. There was already a small line. Most people arrive, mark their place, and then leave after giving their spot to the last