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Cuba considers ending ration books in political shift
In Havana analysts and officials debate ending Cuba’s ration booklet code named libreta which has long underpinned the socialist economy. The Granma editorialist argues the system impedes reform while others worry about food access for low income Cubans as wages remain very low and subsidies pervasive.
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Havana
Cuba
Lazaro Barredo Medina
Communist Party
Granma
Barredo
Silvia Alvarez
Jorge
U.S
Raul Castro
Fidel