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Stores hint at change under New Castro
Jun 4 2008, Jatinder Khanna

There they were, piled up one atop another, Chinese-made rice makers selling for $70 each. Beside them, sleek DVD players. Across the well-stocked electronics store were computers and televisions and other household appliances that President Raúl...

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