Cuba's '1-percenters': They aren't bankers - NBCNews.com (blog)

Cuba's '1-percenters': They aren't bankers NBCNews.com (blog) Two quirks of fate have led to an explosion of well-paid artists on the island: an exception to the U.S. embargo on Cuban goods that allows Americans to spend money on Cuban art, and an accident of Cuban history that lets artists keep the money they earn.

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