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Cuba Doesn't Have a Square to Spare

Posted by samzenpus on from the things-are-about-to-get-messy dept.

Cuba has suffered through many shortages through the years but is now faced with the worst possible scenario. If the government doesn't get some kind of help, Cubans will run out of toilet paper and have no way of getting more until the end of the year. Cuba makes some of its own paper but lacks sufficient natural resources to meet its own demand. In addition to the lack of resources, the government has had to reduce imports by 20% because of the poor financial climate. It sounds like the Cubans are going to end up with quite a mess on their hands.

4 comments

  1. Wow by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Who would have ever guessed that this would be the thing that set off the Revolution?

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    1. Re:Wow by Ouchie · · Score: 1

      I think the Government may start passing out banana leaves.

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    2. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who would have ever guessed that this would be the thing that set off the Revolution?

      no my friend, the revolution starts at the other end

      when people can't eat, that's when they're willing to risk their lives. as long as the government keeps food going in the mouth, the people will figure out what to do at the other end, however messy

      Oblig: in Communist Cuba, toilet paper wipes _you_

      which in this case is still a win

  2. Time for all Freedom-loving 'Merkins to ... by RockDoctor · · Score: 1

    ... start sending copies of the New York Post and Washington Times (to name two random US newspapers) to their friends across the water. "Pour encourager les autres" (to misquote Voltaire and to annoy the recent poster who wanted all "foreign" messages to be filtered.)

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