http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/04/us-cuba-economy-reforms-idUSBRE8430K320120504
Longish read.
REUTER's new lead man in La Habana...Jeff Franks...updates the slow evolution of the Cuban economy under Raul Castro's reforms since 2010...with some tales of the new cuenta propistas/self-employed...in a special report.
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