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FROM
CUBA
Cuban tourism worker barred from English
lessons
HAVANA, Cuba, December 8 (Richard Roselló
/ www.cubanet.org) - Education authorities
in Cienfuegos, a city on the southern coast
of central Cuba, have barred a tourism industry
worker from taking English lessons, alleging
that she does not belong to government-sponsored
political organizations.
Tarahaumara Medina, 21, is a graduate of
the hotel and tourism program offered by
the government, and is on a waiting list
for a job in the industry. Jobs in the tourist
sector are usually considered a plum in
Cuba, primarily because the workers get
tips in hard currencies and other small
benefits.
Medina is not a member of the Committees
for the Defense of the Revolution, the neighborhood
watch organization, or of the Cuban Federation
of Women.
Her father, Juan de Dios Medina, once served
time in prison for "disobedience"
and attempting an "illegal exit from
the country," both charges considered
political here. He said he has also been
denied a job as a custodian.
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