pound of sugar removed from the basic basket

[El Presidente]

 

 

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The Cuban government has promised that 2023 will be better but, with less than three months to go until the end of the year, the situation in Cuba is not improving, but worse, as shown by the decisions taken in recent days.

To the replacing milk for children and the sick with “syrup” y the reduction of one third of the weight of the ration bread added today stealing one pound of sugar per consumer.

Of the four pounds that Cubans receive for the basic basket, in September, October and November they will only receive three, as explained by the Minister of Internal Trade (MINCIN). Betsy Diaz Velazquezinvited to Round table.

The minister did not explain the reason for the reduction of a quarter of the regulated sugar ration per consumer, although he recalled the words of the Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil Fernandez in a previous program, where he said “the economy is in a complicated situation“and admits that the lack of foreign currency makes it difficult to buy basic foods.

“The deputy prime minister recently explained how much this basket depends on imports and the cost of fuel today,” said Díaz Velázquez, referring to the arrival on September 29 of the first ship of rice for the month of October.

Those who have electricity in their home and see the minister at the Round Table, will know that too Cuba no longer produces seeds. “Now we are completely dependent on imports,” Díaz Velázquez acknowledged, saying that it is a problem to import fertilizers.

“Many programs are served by MINCIN, but the regulated basic family basket has daily monitoring, from different control mechanisms,” said the owner. “Every week there is a permanent review by the highest leadership of the Government about which product we insure and if we don’t, amid supply limitations.”

In addition, he talked about “a fragmented distribution of the rice product,” where “all wineries in the country have a minimum level.” He talked about “the completion of the oil product, which affects two months (July and August).” And he celebrated that “the product of the compote has stabilized, with many effects at the beginning of the year.”

As for the “coffee product” we have to keep waiting. And about the “milk product” he said that they “prioritize children from zero to six months, those from six tables to one year.” He also said that “children’s milk is guaranteed” (up to one year), but it is impossible to guarantee “pregnant women’s diet.”

“Proteins” continue to be “the most complex products in the basket,” confirmed the minister, according to Cuban debate. “We give chickens corresponding to the months of July and August. Havana receives the August rooster in the month of September.

“Now, alternatives are being sought in terms of what can be done locally, but so far we have not had an answer,” he said. As for the egg, he said that its distribution is “guaranteed in the month of October.” He also talked about rice, but in geostrategic terms.

“Gentleman, relax, 300 pesos for a bottle of honey. Currently they provide two bees per nucleus“, joked the comedian at the end of November this year Limay Blanco.

At the end of September, MINCIN denied the rumors about the removal of some products in the monthly basket, but did not clarify that there would be a reduction in the amount distributed by it.

“Well, they eliminated one pound of sugar, don’t say nothing was eliminated. And, from what they said, in October they will also give three pounds. Until when?”, reacted one Cuban, as quoted by independent media 14 intervene.

Cuba needs between 600,000 and 700,000 tons of sugar annually for its internal consumption. However, over the years, these numbers have not been achieved the worst sugar harvest in memory.

In the former “Sugar Factory of the World”, sugar is now imported for domestic consumption and Cubans do not find “raspaduras” even in spiritual places, that cloying sweet that costs pennies. before dictator Fidel Castro ordered in 2002 to dismantle 120 of the 165 operating at the time.