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Crackdown on illegal vendors
The City of Havana provincial court has punished 85 persons so far this year for illegally selling goods and food on the street.
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The City of Havana provincial court has punished 85 persons so far this year for illegally selling goods and food on the street.
The government has eliminated potatoes from from the subsidized basket of food purchased under the ration card in the capital.
Frustrated passengers protested last week at the local bus terminal when a departure was canceled because of mechanical problems with a bus and the fares weren’t returned.
Former political prisoner Ángel Frómeta was ordered to appear in court Monday to prove that the 125 acres he inherited from his father legally belong to him.
The request of dissident Carlos Manuel Pupo for 3.5 hectares (8.75 acres) of unused farmland has been rejected by the government.
Twenty-eight people showed up Tuesday for the inauguraion of the Bloggers Academy of Cuba, held in the home of internationally known blogger Yoani Sánchez.
Polls conducted by two independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) show that 69 percent disapprove of president Raúl Castro.
Independent journalist Julio Beltrán was detained by police last week as he was about to pray for the freedom of political prisoners at Friday mass at Our Lady of Carmen church.
Dissident Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina says political police prevented him from leaving his home in Baracoa.
Dissident Alexander Cala Reyes says he and a group of others were taken under guard to Santiago de Cuba because the police had said they were living illegally in Havana.