Cubaverdad

Subsidized potatoes dropped from ration book
CUBANET

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 4 (Leafar Pérez, www.cubanet.org) – The government
has eliminated potatoes from from the subsidized basket of food
purchased under the ration card in the capital.

Before the change, effective Nov. 1, residents could buy four pounds of
subsidized potatoes. Now, they cost 150 percent more than they did before.

The government has given signs that it would like to eventually
eliminate the ration card.

Subsidized potatoes dropped from ration book – Cuba Dissidents –
MiamiHerald.com (4 November 2009)
http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1315554.html