Cuban Law Association, Translator: Unstated
By Lic. Yanelis Ramírez Cruz
The right to private property is pending matter in Cuban society.
The means of production are State owned, so there is no initiative for
individual productivity. Productive activity is in the hands of the
State, which establishes the working conditions, remuneration or any
issue related to the employment relationship, as independent trade
unions or any similar associations are banned.
The State's monopoly of productive activity is a very strong tool, and
every citizen who opposes this could lose their livelihood, and even
political opposition can be used as an argument that you are working for
a foreign power, which may imply some criminal penalty.
Economic freedom, the possibility of undertaking productive enterprises
or businesses, to obtain and dispose of the fruits of your labor, is one
of the most effective ways to achieve independence and individual
prosperity.
Totalitarian regimes know that this independence becomes incompatible
with absolute power. Hence the obsession with maintaining strict control
of the economy, and the contempt for that sector of society that is
striving for improvement and advancement.
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