Cubans Warily Test Their New Freedom To Criticize

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MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
11-10-2009
Cubans Warily Test Their New Freedom To Criticize

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Cuba's state-run economy has been in crisis mode for years, but it's facing some especially sobering arithmetic now. Trade is falling. Debt is stacking up and President Raul Castro has warned Cubans that the island's socialist system must change. He's asking them for something they're not used to giving in ...

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