Oct 31, 2012

Cuban Street Traders Pay Off Officials to Survive

Cuban Street Traders Pay Off Officials to Survive:
Informal “fines” form part of wider pattern of state corruption.

  • Street traders are part of Cuba's highly restricted private sector. (Photo: Cheeses/Flickr)

Street traders in Cuba operate on the margins of an overwhelmingly state-run economy, and because their survival depends on government permits, they are easy targets for extortion.
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