Posted AT 12:56 PM EDT on 02/05/08
Cubans able to shop for PCs
HAVANA — Personal computers have gone on sale to the general public in Cuba for the first time.
President Raul Castro's government authorized the sale of computers to average Cubans more than a month ago, but they are only now arriving on store shelves.
Personnel computers are the latest in a growing list of measures the younger brother of long time leader Fidel Castro has taken to make life easier for ordinary Cubans.
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