Cuba tough on high prices

The authorities in Cuba are reportedly getting tough on price gouging and other post-hurricane crimes.



Cuban judges have reportedly sentenced nearly one quarter of the people arrested so far, to jail sentences.



The daily state media has reported that tribunals are imposing maximum fines and sentences for people caught stealing government materials or trying to set prices above new government limits after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.



In late September, Cuba froze prices on some basic products sold at supply-and-demand farmers’ markets.