Saturday, November 19, 2011

Amid economic reforms, Cuba goes after corruption


HAVANA (AP/Google) Green-clad security agents swoop down on an upscale business complex to shutter the offices of a Canadian car dealership. Top executives at Cuba's famed cigar monopoly find themselves behind bars. A former government minister trades his seat in power for a jail cell and a 15-year term.
... A dozen executives at cigar maker Habanos SA also have been jailed since 2010, including company vice president Manuel Garcia, according to three sources close to the company, a joint venture between the Cuban government and a subsidiary of England's Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. Continued

Photo: Raul Castro (Some rights reserved by Trinidad-News.com)

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