CUBA - in the grip of a deep economic crisis - is running low on toilet paper and may not get more until the end of the year, officials have announced.
The Government is lowering the price of 24 basic goods to help Cubans get through the crisi provoked by the global financial crisis and three hurricanes that hit the island last year.
Cuba's cash reserves have been depleted by increased spending for imports and reduced export income, forcing the Communist-led government to take extraordinary measures to keep the economy afloat.
"The corporation has taken all the steps so that at the end of the year there will be an important importation of toilet paper," an official said.
Cuba both imports toilet paper and produces its own, but does not have enough raw materials to make it at the moment, he said.
One of the measures to address the cash crunch is a 20% cut in imports, leading to a reduction of goods in state-run stores.
Cuba imports about 60% of its food. Despite shortages, prices will be cut between 5% and 27% for some food, drugs and personal hygiene products, officials said.
....i can't stop saying "Really ?"
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Is toilet paper really a life or death scenario? i mean. People survived for millions of years with out Two-ply... They have tobacco leaves, don't they? Maybe Castro needs his two-ply 8)