Cuba’s push for growth amid rationing and slow change
In Havana, Cuban workers face a 44 hour week and frequent quotas as the regime pushes agriculture, education, and industry. Citizens note growth yet complain of shortages and unequal distribution, with shortages in meat and milk and widespread voluntary labor to supplement production.
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Guest Worker Given Honor in Germany and Idaho Mines
In Munich a 19 year old Yugoslav named Vera Rimski is celebrated as the two millionth Gastarbeiter in West Germany. The ceremony recalls the 1956 start of foreign labor under a Germany Italy accord, with workers from Yugoslavia Spain Greece Turkey and others joining. In Boise Idaho the state boasts leaders in silver production tied to Coeur d Alene mining and high ranks in antimony lead cobalt garnet phosphate rock vanadium zinc and mercury decades after the initial strike.
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