Free market reforms require crackdown, say Cuba officials
(NEWSER) - Cuba is in the midst of one of its biggest anti-corruption crackdowns in years, with Raul Castro jailing foreigners and kicking out scores of small companies even as he institutes free market reforms. But many are wondering if the crackdown will cure or kill the patient, reports the AP . "It's like an earthquake," said one non-Cuban business consultant. "It is a time of opportunity, but also great risk because of what is happening: the arrests, the closures." More»
