Cuba moves political prisoners ‘closer to home’
(AFP) As projected by officials of the Catholic Church last week, today the Cuban government began moving dissident prisoners to facilities closer to their homes in a gesture of humanitarian regard for the connection of families. The Archbishop of Havana announced that six prisoners have been transferred thus far. The government reportedly also agreed to move very ill prisoners to hospitals, but no announcement has been made to confirm whether that is yet occurring.
Cuba’s quiet revolution
(CNN) In May, Cuban Minister of the Economy Marino Murillo announced that private farmers would now be allowed to purchase goods directly from suppliers—a great and welcome change from the centralized system, in which a massive, inefficient, bureaucratic national distribution machine often held up farms from receiving necessary supplies in reasonable time. And it should have a direct positive effect on Cuba’s economy, as private farmers produce 70% of the food grown in Cuba while using only 40% of the island’s farmland.
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