For a decade or so, scores of privately run stalls have peddled sandwiches, pizzas, sweets, milkshakes and the like outside hospitals, universities and other busy spots in Havana, Cuba's capital. They provided tasty snacks with a smile. This month, Fidel Castro's Communist government closed the stalls down, saying a state body will offer a snack service instead. Customers now expect unappetising bites, served with a scowl. Even regime loyalists grumble about the change.
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