Computers go on sale to Cuban public
HAVANA (AP) - May 2, 2008 Computers went on sale to the general public on the communist
island on Friday and potential consumers were lining up outside
store windows to gawk and consider buying.
President Raul Castro's government had authorized the sale of
personal computers to average Cubans more than a month ago, but
they were not made available until Friday.
Computer sales are the latest of a series of measures Castro has
taken to make life easier for ordinary Cubans.
The new government also has erased bans on cell phones and
luxury hotel room rentals, and has made it easier for state workers
to own homes they once rented as part of their jobs. It also is
letting more private farmers and cooperatives take a crack at
putting fallow government land to better use.
