4/12/10

On tv today there was a question: what hip hop artist recently performed in Havana with an audience of 500 thousand. Wow. I guess there were 500 thousand people at the Calle 13 concert.

4/12/10 just watched the BBC world news- they had a short story about Cuba privatizing hair salons. Evidently the economy is stagnant, and the privatization is beginning, first in some small private farmlands, and now hair salons. Even the communist china has privatized businesses. Very interesting.


** later note after discussion in class-
This is not the first privatization to occur in Cuba, nor, likely, will it be the last. BUT it should not be suggested that a 'series of privatization' is beginning. Cuba is not undergoing dramatic reformations from nationalized to 'private enterprised'.