Word: risquet
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...regulations have been introduced against el vago, the loafer. Cuban men from 17 to 60 who are chronically absent from work face up to two years on state farms. Women, however, are exempt. "Our people would not understand if we treated men and women alike," explains Labor Minister Jorge Risquet. Meanwhile Castro is weeding his Cabinet of those who, as he puts it, "have worn themselves out" in the revolution. Ominously, each change seems to bring more army officers into civilian Ministries. Of 20 Ministries, eleven are now run by captains and majors...