<p style="text-align: justify;">By Patricia Grogg. HAVANA, Sep 26, 2011 (IPS) - The number of officially registered self-employed people – known in Cuba as "cuentapropistas" – climbed from 157,000 in September 2010 to just over 333,000 in August 2011.Deputy minister of finance Meisi Bolaños, quoted by the Cuban press, said the growth in one year was higher than projected.But according to specialised sources, around 25 percent of self-employment permits had actually been returned as of July.
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