Cuba fires its ministers of economy and agriculture

[El Presidente]

Cuba fires its ministers of economy and agriculture amid prolonged economic crisis

BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES FEBRUARY 02, 2024 4:13 PM

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel (left) and the minister of economy, Alejandro Gil during a parliament session in 2019. Gil was one of two top ministers fired Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. GRANMA The Cuban government suddenly fired its ministers of economy and agriculture on Friday, after days of angry public response to an austerity plan rolled out last month that, among other things, planned to hike the price of gas five-fold in the midst of the island’s most severe economic crisis in decades. Without going into much detail, Granma, the Communist Party newspaper, reported that Economy Minister Alejandro Gil, who also served as the country’s first vice prime minister, and who implemented a failed currency reform that fueled galloping inflation in the past two years, was “released from his duties.” Also dismissed: Manuel Santiago Sobrino Martínez, the top agriculture official.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article285013962.html

[NSXCIGAR]

Well, that should fix things. 

[ha_banos]

Meanwhile behind closed doors...

[Nevrknow]

I love how it's NEVR the people at the top. Always some other scapegoat.

[NSXCIGAR]

In related news they tried to reach out to the men for comment but their families have not seen them for days. 

[Corylax18]

17 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

Well, that should fix things. 

Yup! Problems Solved! Haha

[BoliDan]

I'm actually shocked they fire leadership. I thought it was a boys club.

[NSXCIGAR]

5 hours ago, BoliDan said:

I'm actually shocked they fire leadership. I thought it was a boys club.

It's whatever Raul wants it to be. Firing cabinet members is pretty standard communist party practice for appearances. No one in leadership thinks this is a solution. Blame the old guy, bring in the new guy, try his "novel" ideas, rinse, repeat. These guys are simply cannon fodder to insulate Diaz-Canel and Raul. 

Of course no one thinks to blame the ones who give these supposedly incompetent people the job in the first place.