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FROM
CUBA
Matches
disappearing from Cuban markets
HAVANA, September 2 (www.cubanet.org) - Matches
have not been available in Havana quota stores
in the last four months and the prices in the
black market are going up.
"There are no matches in the dollar markets,
either," said an employee of a grocery store
in the Havana municipality of 10 de Octubre.
Prices in the black market have gone up from
about one peso to 1.50 pesos in the last few days.
The matches available through the rationing system
had been cut back previously, from one box per
person to one box per household. The price had
remained steady at 5 cents (peso).
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