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When I suggested that this may be a good idea it was condemend as evil and i was a pimp for capitalism.. that I did not understand the cuban political system... Well it seems that neither does my cousin... He implimented my postulation...
Cuba to open up the retail sector
Cuba will open up more of the country’s retail services to the private sector next year, allowing Cubans to operate various services such as appliance and watch repair, and locksmith and carpentry shops.
The measures are the latest by President Raul Castro in his attempt to reinvigorate Cuba’s struggling Soviet-style economy by reducing the role of the state and encouraging more private initiative.
The new reforms are to take effect on January 1.
Earlier this year, the Cuban government turned over some 1,500 state barber shops and beauty parlors to employees.
Shortly after Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, all businesses in Cuba were taken over by the state.
But since the former leader handed power to his brother in 2008, the policy has been openly criticized as a mistake.
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