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Caribbean-Latin America
Cuba will use May Day to advertise New-And Improved Socialism
2004-05-01
EFL - from Cubanet.
In an interview with the Communist Party daily Granma, Pedro Ross Leal criticized the United States for meddling in Cuban affairs by creating its own plan for the island’s conversion to democracy "such as that installed in Iraq." "The principal motivation of the patriotic and forcible demonstration by our people this coming May 1 will be to answer to the Yankees that there will be a transition to more and better Socialism 9.0 socialism," said Ross Leal, the head of the Confederation of Cuban Workers. Hundreds of thousands of workers usually participate in the communist government’s annual May Day celebration, which includes a traditional march in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution.Ross Leal said that Cuba’s socialist system respects workers by providing them good jobs, education for their children, and health care. The United States’ version of democracy, on the other hand, "violates all workers’ rights and only values money," he said.
Will Ben AFLAK attend?
In a report released February, the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor acknowledged Cuba’s advances in health and education but said state-issued salaries were way too low to provide a decent standard of living for Cuban workers.
Increase your minimum wage you fools.
Cubans make an average of 400 pesos, about US$15, a month. But the salary is relative, as Cubans also receive free education and medical care. They also enjoy essential goods and services such as housing, transportation, utilities and some food that are extremely inexpensive because of heavy government subsidies.
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