CAMAGÜEY, January 29 (Yoel Blanco, CPIC / www.cubanet.org) - Used
clothing donated to Cuba from abroad is sold in the "Variedades"
dollar store, in Florida municipality, Camagüey province.
"It's shameful that the government sells these old rags at such high
prices when the people who are going to buy them earn only Cuban pesos which are
not even enough to eat properly," said one resident.
"In spite of the poor quality, for example, pants are sold at 5.50
dollars each," said the man. This would amount to 143 pesos at the current
exchange rate, or more than half the average salary of 234 pesos a month.
Other stores in the city sell poorer quality used clothing in pesos, at
prices between 20 and 100 pesos depending on the garment.
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