Cuba says it's launching first official classified ads

Cuba says it's launching first official classified ads
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
04/07/2015 7:33 PM 04/07/2015 7:34 PM

HAVANA
The Cuban government says it will start publishing classified ads in
print and online, entering a vibrant informal marketplace where Cubans
can find everything from houses to pirated U.S. television programs.

Cubans frustrated by their ability to obtain high-quality products from
state-run businesses at affordable prices frequently consult a range of
new websites and privately run pamphlets used by licensed and
black-market entrepreneurs to sell a startling variety of goods and
services.

Most of the publications have started in the last five years as
government reforms have permitted the growth of a small private sector
on the communist-governed island.

The state-run National Information Agency said Thursday that a website
called Ofertas, or Offers, and a 16-page color magazine with an initial
run of 60,000 copies will be available next month.

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