Cuba: Things brown? Bush's fault

Shops selling goods in dollars have re-opened in Cuba, two weeks after most were abruptly closed by the island's Communist government.

In the intervening period, prices on most goods have gone up by up to 25%.

Havana says the closure and the price rises are a necessary reaction to US moves to tighten its embargo on Cuba.

Washington's measures - earlier in May - included a reduction in the amount of money Cuban Americans are allowed to take to their families on the island.
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Shoes have been marked up about 10%; a bottle of beer is about 15% more expensive.

The government squarely blames the price rises on US President George W Bush.

I wonder if it's GWB's fault that Cuban jails are cesspits of brutality and torture for dissidents and journalists?