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Cuban Punished for Filming and Posting a Potato Theft

Norberto Muñoz was fired from his job as an agricultural worker in Artemisa and had to hand over his cell phone to the Police.

This movement was based on the release of workers needing housing from their workplaces with pay, to join the construction. (25 photos)

Many Cubans live in inhumane conditions, with their homes on the verge of collapse, while the island continues to fill with tourist hotels.

The new measures recently announced at the National Assembly raised doubts and even alarms among private entrepreneurs and the public.

The regime’s proposal to buy food products from farmers did not prosper due to the shortages from low production.

The special parcels distributed to the people consist of two kilos of rice, one of sugar, another of pasta and two cans of sardines.

“A pound is so expensive I haven’t given myself that luxury in a long time” They used to sell 10 ounces a month on the ration cards.

“Sales have been greatly affected. Just a few years ago, up to ten buses with tourists stopped here every day, and we catered to them.”

Cuban president Diaz-Canel says that private businesses in Cuba “do not have” the Government’s confidence.

With former minister Alejandro Gil, all the reports were hopeful, the future was promising, now his replacement has thrown cold water on us.