Now you would figure with the Hollywood Elite spending so much time on the island, this should not be a problem. Also, considering the incredible relationship with Chavez it strikes one as rather odd. Maybe, that is what the Russian subs off the East coast of the U.S. are doing, delivering toilet paper to Cuba. It’s a humanitarian mission that the Russians have embarked upon. (Why be so suspicious?) It was inevitable that the Cuba/Russia alliance would re-emerge, like lovers in a spy film torn between ideology and lust, forgiving past betrayal for the chance to once again share the passion of … I digress. Besides it is quite apparent that The Castros can’t wipe their ass without them.
Cuba, in the grip of a serious economic crisis, is running short of toilet paper and may not get sufficient supplies until the end of the year, officials with state-run companies said on Friday.
Officials said they were lowering the prices of 24 basic goods to help Cubans get through the difficulties provoked in part by the global financial crisis and three destructive hurricanes that struck the island last year.
Cuba’s financial reserves have been depleted by increased spending for imports and reduced export income, which has forced the communist-led government to take extraordinary measures to keep the economy afloat.
“The corporation has taken all the steps so that at the end of the year there will be an important importation of toilet paper,” an official with state conglomerate Cimex said on state-run Radio Rebelde.
The shipment will enable the state-run company “to supply this demand that today is presenting problems,” he said.
via Cash-strapped Cuba says toilet paper running short – Yahoo! News.
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