HAVANA, August 30 (Manuel David Orrio, CPI) – Employment in Cuba shows a downward trend for the last five years, according to official statistics published in the government press.

In 1995, there were 4,131,000 employed, decreasing to 3,753,600 in 1998 and to 3,273,200 at present.

The government has created a multitude of jobs, mainly in the eastern provinces, but has not been able to buck the downward trend in the employment figures for three reasons, say some economists who have looked at the problem: many of the jobs that have been created are seasonal, workers who retire are not being replaced, and there is massive disinterest on the part of the population for the jobs created.

An approximate calculation from the statistics provided puts the unemployment rate at 14 percent.

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