In a previous post I talked about how Raul Castro had lifted the band on cells thus allowing all Cuban citizens to own one. Castro has now allowed Cubans to stay in tourist hotels and buy microwaves, DVD players and personal computers. Even though Cubans are allowed to have all of these new luxuries the majority of them do not have the money to buy a night at a hotel or a luxury appliance like a microwave. Despite this financial restraint, Cubans are still happy with the change in the laws. Georgina Garcia, a citizen of Cuba, remarked that she does not have the money to stay in a hotel but still happy that she has the right to go for now she feels the same as the tourists who go to Cuba. When talking about computers Garcia continues to say that it will be nice to be able to buy a compter and not be forced to overpay. Nor does she have to worry about hiding it when people come to her house for fear of going to jail if they found it. Though all of these new products are available to Cuban citizens with the average Cuban making only $20 a month, they will be hard to buy.
For more information go to:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/02/cuba.freedoms/index.html?iref=newssearch
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