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"In Cuba it is illegal to change jobs, to change houses, to travel abroad, and to read books or magazines without the express approval of the state.(The Week ...)(Brief article)

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"In Cuba it is illegal to change jobs, to change houses, to travel abroad, and to read books or magazines without the express approval of the state. It is against the law for more than three Cubans to meet without permission.... Clinics for ordinary Cubans suffer from chronic shortages in medicine and equipment. Many Cubans are forced to turn to the black market to feed their families.... [Cuba's rulers have] jailed and beaten journalists, raided their homes, and seized their paper, ink, and fax machines." All true, though you read it only in conservative outlets, or perhaps in local ...

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