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FROM
CUBA
Authorities cannot stop pilferage at cigarette
factory
RANCHUELO, Cuba, January 14 ( Félix
Reyes Gutiérrez, Cubanacán
Press / www.cubanet.org) - Authorities seem
to be powerless to stop the pilferage of
raw materials at the Ramiro Lavandero Cruz
cigarette factory in Ranchuelo. In a recent
move, they decreed the security detail assigned
to the factory will be limited to patrolling
the outside of the facility.
Factory workers are subject to rigorous
controls; many are strip-searched at the
end of their work shift. Administrative
personnel and visitors are the only ones
who are not searched as they enter and leave
by the door in the director's office.
There are many in Cuba who produce cigarettes
and cigars at home to supplement their meager
incomes, and for that end they use raw materials
stolen from State enterprises. Generally,
cigars are sold to tourists, and cigarettes
end up in the local black market, where
they are known as "tupamaros."
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