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FROM
CUBA
Food scarcity worsens as a result of raids
against self-employed in Cuba
PLACETAS, Cuba, November 9 (María
Elena Alpízar Ariosa, Grupo Decoro
/ www.cubanet.org) - Residents of Placetas,
in Villa Clara province, seem to feel the
series of police raids begun October 25
and aimed at self-employed street vendors
has made the average Cuban's efforts to
acquire food more difficult, according to
an informal survey of the population.
People in the streets point out, for instance,
that potatoes have only been available from
street vendors for some time. Malanga, another
tuber that's a staple of the Cuban diet,
is now only available on Sundays at the
agricultural fairs.
Several residents mentioned that milk,
eggs, fish, shellfish, and other meats,
are easier to obtain in the underground
market because they are usually available
and because their prices are lower, than
in the government-run markets.
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