More Cubans will be allowed to work for themselves and hire their own workers, the country's president has said, while ruling out wholesale reform of the communist economy.
Raśl Castro, who was speaking to parliament at the opening of its biannual session, said the steps were aimed at creating jobs as the government seeks to cut jobs from the public sector over the next five years.
About 95% of all Cubans work for the government and Castro suggested that as many as one in five state employees were redundant in what he called a "bloated" state sector.
the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...rivate-working
This is great news for the Cubans who live on the island, since now they won't go to jail for selling stuff or having their own little businesses. It's bad news for the ones outside the country waiting for the government to collapse, since this will inject new money into the national economy.
Personally I think it's great. I'm pro-freedom and would LOVE to see Cuba become a state of the Union, but I'm also pro-everyone-has-the-right-to-eat, and these new laws will allow Cubans to feed themselves and their families.