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Massive Cuba Layoffs to Continue April 27, 2012 <http://www.havanatimes.org/?attachment_id=68621> Cuban workers will once again march in support of the government on May 1st. The only union federation, the CTC, supports the plan to continue massive layoffs. Photo: Bill Hackwell HAVANA TIMES, April 27 The Cuban government projects to lay off 170,000 workers this year as part of a reorganization plan aimed at updating the islands socio-economic system, according to a news report on national television on Thursday. The current process is more realistic than the one launched last year, said outspoken journalist Ariel Terrero, who specializes in economic issues. He was speaking on his weekly news magazine program Buenos Dias. During his report, it was learned that more than 370,000 Cubans have turned to non-state forms of employment since the beginning of this drive by the government in October 2010. It is expected that by the end of the year, that year this figure will reach 600,000. Large scale layoffs are a keystone of the governments attempt to rescue the depressed economy. The only labor union federation, the CTC, fully supports the layoff program. - Reuters<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-23/news/sns-rt-us-cuba-economybre83m19y-20120423_1_communist-party-cooperatives-shift>: A Cuban official says that nearly half Cubas economic output will shift to the non-state sector in the next four to five years. Earlier, *the finance minister forecast<http://cubantriangle.blogspot.com/2010/12/minister-18-million-to-join-non-state.html>that also within five years, the private sector is expected to grow by 1.8 million workers, which would put two in five workers in the private sector. * - Granma <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2012/04/26/nacional/artic06.html>: In the first three months of 2012, there were 2,730 sales and 10,660 donations of homes, and 8,390 sales and 6,780 donations of cars. - Cuban authorities arrested a British subject who was resident in Havana and directed Coral Capital, a business involved in major investment projects on the island. Cuba Standard<http://www.cubastandard.com/2012/04/23/cuba-arrests-second-coral-capital-executive/>broke the news, and the Herald<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/26/2767953/cuban-authorities-arrest-british.html>added some details. - *AFP*<http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/internacional/noticias/3925884/04/12/Inedita-critica-en-TV-cubana-a-poca-transparencia-en-despidos-en-el-Estado.html> *: Cuban economics commentator Ariel Terrero chided the labor ministry for handling layoffs without sufficient transparency, leaving Cubans wondering precisely how many were laid off last year, and their characteristics. As the layoffs proceed, he calls on the government to conduct a broader discussion. * - A strange story: the Herald<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/24/2765920/cuba-complains-that-guns-in-luggage.html>discovers that Cuba has complained about several cases of firearms arriving in checked luggage from Miami. - From the Cuban Triangle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
