Cuba drops subsidies on hygiene products like soap

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BBC:

Shoppers in Cuba are stocking up on soap, toothpaste and detergent ahead of a price jump on Saturday.

From 1 January, the items will no longer be state-subsidised.

The Cuban government said on Wednesday that it would drop personal hygiene products from the monthly ration allocated to citizens since the Cuban revolution.

The move is part of a series of reforms to reduce state debt in the communist country's struggling economy.

Sugar, beans, meat, rice, eggs, bread and other basic products remain subsidised.

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Why do they need a subsidy for sugar? That seems to be one of the few products they can produce in quantity. This is just another indication of the failure of the communist command economy in Cuba. It does not work and the sooner they revery to the market economy on everything the sooner they can recover from the mess made by the Castro brothers.
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