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FROM
CUBA
Woman selling artificial flowers for Mother's
Day fined
HAVANA, Cuba - May 10 (Amarilis C. Rey,
Cuba Verdad / www.cubanet.org) - A 55-year-old
nurse trying to supplement her income by
selling artificial flowers for Mother's
Day said police and government inspectors
fined her 100 pesos and confiscated her
merchandise.
The woman said she was detained on board
a bus for several hours and noted she saw
items such as pork, garlic, and other merchandise
presumably also confiscated from other street
vendors.
The woman, who earns 425 pesos a month
(approximately 18 dollars), said she had
made the investment in materials hoping
to clear about 1,000 pesos she needs to
buy building materials to repair her home.
After her arrest, the woman said "They
took everything I had except hope."
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