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FROM
CUBA
Crisis climate in Cuba becomes more acute
HAVANA, May 16 (Anna Rosa Veitía
/ www.cubanet.org) - A week after the government
decreed changes in the way dollar stores,
in many ways the lifeline of Cuban consumers,
operate, the prevailing mood is still uncertainty.
The heavy police presence at the stores
and the slowly-cruising patrol cars reinforce
the feeling of a city under siege.
An employee at the Ultra store, in Central
Havana, acknowledged that they don't know
when they will reopen, and added that they
have been ordered to remove all alcoholic
beverages and cigarettes from the shelves.
At the same time, Western Union offices,
through which many here get their remittances
of dollars from abroad, have been closed
these last few days.
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