Half Ton of Potatoes Disappear in Havana

[El Presidente]

 

https://havanatimes.org/features/over-a-half-ton-of-potatoes-disappear-in-havana/

Vendors unloading potatoes at the produce market on 17th and K streets in Havana’s Vedado district / 14ymedio

The administrator of the ‘agro’ market at 17 and K in Havana’s Vedado district was arrested and taken to the Zapata and C station

By 14ymedio

HAVANA TIMES – Local leaders and police officers sprang into action after receiving anguished calls from residents of the Rampa neighborhood in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution district on Wednesday. The cause: the theft of 1,293 pounds of potatoes intended for roughly 431 residents — a rate of three pounds per person — who suddenly found themselves without access to the product.

https://havanatimes.org/features/over-a-half-ton-of-potatoes-disappear-in-havana/

 

[NSXCIGAR]

Council President Pedro Lizardo Garcés Escalona, went to investigate...“You shouldn’t play around with the public’s food supply, much less profit from it in the midst of a complicated situation like the country is experiencing,” said Garcés Escalona.

I'd be looking into this guy. 

[Chas.Alpha]

“Did anyone witness the theft?” 🤔

[Fugu]

You know that something is awfully wrong when a missing half-ton of potatoes is worth a mention.

[KCCubano]

1 hour ago, Fugu said:

You know that something is awfully wrong when a missing half-ton of potatoes is worth a mention.

Slow news day at Havana Times when Mr Potato Head is the top story. 

[SCgarman]

10 hours ago, Fugu said:

You know that something is awfully wrong when a missing half-ton of potatoes is worth a mention.

Exactly. Borderline famine there. Potatoes are worth more than gold there. Anything edible for that matter.