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FROM
CUBA
Farmers
markets shut down in eastern Cuba r6vc
HAVANA, Cuba, November 7 (cubanet.sergipeconectado.com)
- Farmers markets in three neighborhoods
in the eastern city of Holgun were
shut down after police raids, labor activists
said, making area residents travel longer
distances to obtain their produce at what
some complained were higher prices.
Authorities have not given an explanation
for shutting down the markets, said Csar
Romn, an activist with the Independent
Labor Confederation, adding that there is
an ongoing wave of repressive raids directed
against the self-employed of every description.
Pedicab and horse-drawn cart drivers have
been bearing the brunt of the raids, said
Romn. Typically, they are fined
500 to 1,500 pesos, and sometimes they end
up having their vehicles confiscated.
Romn pointed out that the most
irksome scene to the townspeople is watching
police dump a load of milk onto the street
whenever they inspect what they consider
an illegal milk vendor.
Milk has been in short supply on the island
for years.
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