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Caribbean & Central America - 25 May 2004
CUBA: Government blames US for belt-tightening measures
On 10 May the government announced another round of economic stringency measures designed to shore up the economy. The government is blaming the US, which announced a tightening of its embargo on 6 May, for having to impose the 15 measures. The measures led to an immediate increase in the price of staple foods.
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