Workers paradise my ass…
Pressure cookers and rice steamers, essential tools of the Cuban kitchen, are the new weapons in Fidel Castro’s latest battle to reassert control over the nation’s economy… During a 5 hour speech broadcast on state TV, Castro said 100,000 pressure cookers would be made available each month an announcement that underscored the communist country’s continued retreat toward greater political and economic centralism…. Cuba now can consider raising some government salaries, which Castro said now average about 300 Cuban pesos a month, or about $11. He also said there are plans to build 100,000 new homes this year.
Castro announces widespread distribution of pressure cookers in move to reassert control