HAVANA TIMES — The vice president of the Cuba’s Council of Ministers, Marino Murillo, advocated before parliament on Monday the creation of new non-agricultural cooperatives as part of the process of “updating” the country’s economic system.
The official announced the creation of 222 cooperatives – from restaurants, to farmers markets, technical and personal services, sports fishing, shrimp farming, water services and other enterprises.
Cooperatives will have lower tax burdens than “self-employed” operations because of the degree of collectivization of labor and ownership involved, which are being prioritized in relation to private initiatives.
Although the Ley General de Cooperativas (the General Law on Cooperatives) has not yet been finalized, Murillo said that the new forms of workforce organization will enjoy non-discriminatory conditions, will see their legal autonomy respected and will be able to sell their products and services to state-run enterprises and individuals.
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