Money is in short supply in Cuba, like everything else. Hyperinflation has caused a shortage of paper currency on the island prison, but Castro, Inc. doesn’t have the funds it needs to print new bills with higher denominations.

In sum, Castro, Inc. is so bankrupt, literally, that it can’t come up with money to print money. In fact, the dictatorship’s economic collapse and hyperinflation have created a situation in which the cost of printing new bills will be higher than the value of the bills being printed.

Vamos bien! Requetebien. Time to whip out the seashells and snail shells used by the islands natives long ago, and to change the name of the national currency from Pesos to Caracoles.