Online shopping highlights Cuba's inequality in time of coronavirus

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Online shopping highlights Cuba's inequality in time of coronavirus
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HAVANA: The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting growth in inequality in Communist Cuba as worsening shortages force most citizens to spend hours ...

HAVANA: The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting growth in inequality in Communist Cuba as worsening shortages force most citizens to spend hours in line to purchase basic goods while the better-off are shopping online.

Moreover, 40per cent of the population does not have cellphone service, let alone the internet, according to the government. Authorities have added some scarce goods onto Cuba's World War Two-style ration system and imposed price controls and purchase limits on many agricultural and other products. Cuba developed international tourism, opened up to foreign investment, approved some small business and encouraged Cubans abroad to visit and send money to relatives.

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