many cubans is to offer something that others want and barter for something that others have lent indomie on our own for example breeds rabbits and poultry and. there are people here that sometimes buy oil but they can't buy meat and the only thing i can do for them is to make it easier for them to get me how by bartering it's the only thing we can do well we're doing the one and only woman. trading oil for meat batteries for disinfectant that's the way the bartering works on the streets they ply their wares on a bicycle or from a large bag no one dares get caught for years authorities a fail to improve the quality of products available in official stores but they see the self-reliance of bartering cubans as a thorn in their side. there are several reports here of people reselling wares on the streets and hoarders that are selling shamelessly you have to take action against all of them nobody here can be taking part in illicit activities nobody here is authorized to sell a resell anything on the street. still many cubans find ways to keep up the barter trade rabbits for example or bread a