Cuban Minister wants less state intervention

Cuba\'s Economy Minister Marino Murillo is calling for less state intervention in the country\'s affairs.



Sources within the island\'s Communist Party say Mr Murillo has also stated that the government can no longer afford its all-encompassing control and paternalism.



Earlier this year Mr Murillo told armed forces and interior ministry officials that the paternalistic state can no longer be, because there is no longer any way to maintain it.



The government in Havana was forced to cut imports by 37 per cent last year, because of the effects of the global financial crisis.