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...permitted to work for themselves. But the July 1993 legalization of dollar holdings was a two-edged sword. It brought much needed hard currency into Cuba, but also split what had been a largely egalitarian society into two classes: the haves, who had access to dollars earned in the tourist industry or sent by relatives in the U.S.; and dollarless have-nots, who could not shop in the new hard-currency stores...
...wrong. A 40-hour workweek, even at double the minimum wage of $4.25 an hour, does not necessarily buy you shelter anymore -- especially in America's tourist boomtowns. Life for the working class in resort areas has always been short on personal amenities, but the situation is now reaching crisis proportions because of stagnating wages and escalating real estate prices. From snow-and-arts resorts like Breckenridge, Colorado, to country- music Meccas like Branson, Missouri, America's playlands are producing a booming class of unfortunates: the hardworking homeless. To step off the main drag of a glistening little jewel like...
...situation in tourist towns is an extreme version of the trend that affects the rest of America -- the dearth of working-class jobs that pay enough to support a life with even the bare necessities. Much of the job growth in the boomtowns is in the so-called hospitality business, where workers typically start as waiters, maids and bartenders at about $6 an hour. In the five counties that account for most Colorado tourism, 45% of all births in 1992 were to low-income families, according to local health departments. In Pitkin County, where Aspen is situated, the number...
...were hijacked by Cubans hoping to reach Florida. Police and civilian militia patrolled the docks, and all around the bay shipping companies had taken on armed guards to keep their vessels from being stolen. At Hemingway Marina, which plays host to the annual Hemingway deep-sea fishing tournament, the tourist boats were under guard by police...
Wednesday's jetliner crash on a South Korean tourist island -- the one in which all 160 people aboard miraculously escaped -- turns out to be pilot error. Police in Seoul say that as the plane neared the runway, the Canadian pilot accused the South Korean co-pilot of trying to manipulate the joystick, since the two disagreed on exactly where to land. Interested parties will have to wait for a police analysis of the cockpit's voice recorder to see if the squabbling may have caused the accident...