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Cuba loosens control of its private sector in a struggle with a mounting humanitarian crisis

Headline from WSVN Miami

HAVANA (AP) — In an effort to fend off a mounting humanitarian crisis, Cuba on Wednesday eased up on longtime restrictions on private vendors and imports, opening...

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Crisis-hit Cuba opens pharmacies, gas stations to private firms (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Cuba moved to open crisis-ravaged parts of the state-run economy to private firms Wednesday, as the communist government struggles to ease acute shortages resulting from a US energy blockade.

  2. WSVN Miami

    Cuba loosens control of its private sector in a struggle with a mounting humanitarian crisis (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    HAVANA (AP) — In an effort to fend off a mounting humanitarian crisis, Cuba on Wednesday eased up on longtime restrictions on private vendors and imports, opening...

  3. Semafor

    Cuba loosens private sector controls to fend off humanitarian crisis (opens Semafor)

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    Semafor's feed description

    Living conditions in the Caribbean island have deteriorated sharply since Washington tightened its energy embargo on the country.

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