Residents praise peddlers

Residents praise peddlers

RANCHUELO, Cuba, November 27 (Félix Reyes Gutiérrez, Cubanacán Press /
www.cubanet.org) - Residents of Ranchuelo praised street peddlers in the
municipality for supplying potatoes to consumers where the official
distribution system fails.

The peddlers, who are self-employed and thus illegal, transport the
potatoes in from Cienfuegos and Havana, and peddle them daily on top of
hand carts in the streets. They typically pack the potatoes in
different-sized containers priced at five, eight, and ten pesos.

The official food supply system has only offered for sale two pounds of
potatoes per person since the beginning of the year.

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