Cuba’s government approves small and medium-sized enterprises
All the while it is still cracking down on protesters
ON AUGUST 6TH the Cuban council of state approved a long-awaited law authorising the creation of small and medium-sized enterprises. The announcement came less than a month after thousands of Cubans took to the streets calling for freedom and an end to the Communist dictatorship. After a brutal crackdown, around 380 protesters are now in prison awaiting trial on charges such as “delinquency”.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “A small step away from socialism”
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