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FROM
CUBA
Authorities crack down on self-employed
in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, November 24 (www.cubanet.org)
- A dissident union leader says the government
this week launched a campaign against self-employed
merchants in the capital, seizing their
merchandize and their permission to operate.
William Toledo Terrero, secretary general
of the Central Sindical Cristiana, said
fines of up to 1,500 pesos were levied for
allegedly increasing the prices of non-authorized
products.
Police cars and a school bus were used
to take the self-employed to the police
station at Zanja and Dragones streets.
At the same time, the police stopped pedicab
drivers who were required to show their
licenses and proof that they were up to
date in their taxes and had permission to
operate in the area.
"This harassment takes place now and
then to intimate the self-employed,"
said Toledo Terrero.
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