POR: CAPITOL HILL CUBANS
In the Global Post, Nick Miroff writes ("Cuba's Creeping Anxiety") about the Cuban people's anxiety due to a bankrupt economy, government firings and uncertainty about self-employment.
We'd add stifling repression -- but it's worth a read.
Two concerning issues stand out.
First, the Castro regime announced that it was going to dismiss 500,000 government workers.
Meanwhile, the regime announced that it will issue only 250,000 self-employment licenses "in the coming months." These licenses are limited to 178 fields, which include doll makers and birthday clowns.
But no licenses have been issued yet, nor is there a clear criteria of who will get one.
So what happens to the other 250,000? Not to mention the millions of other Cubans.
That goes to the most concerning issue, which Miroff closes with, but doesn't elaborate upon:
Some 23,000 Cuban security guards are being laid off, according to Reuters, but many are being offered new jobs in the prison system and as police officers.
Not very comforting.
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