The crisis does not distinguish species
October 05 of 2022
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Argarita is a 72-year-old lady residing in the municipality
San Cristóbal, in the Artemisa province. 15 years ago he was diagnosed with diabetes, news that came along with his retirement from work and the well-known violation of his economic income. Margarita lives with her grandson, a pre-university student, in the so-called cuarterías in front of the municipal park. The total income of the household does not greatly exceed Margarita's retirement, the result of her entire economic life's work in a sugar mill.
In San Cristóbal it has been more than two years since the stores in national currency disappeared and it has been approximately a year since the municipality of Artemisa did not receive the special diet of milk and meat for people with diabetes. In this way, Margarita and her grandson feed on the products available through the supply book and the sporadic sales of chicken or hash in national currency, which is done at least once a month in San Cristóbal.
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[1] Ver “Alertan sobre el ‘modus operandi’ de los grupos de solidaridad con Cuba en la FILBo”, Semana, en: https://www.semana.com/politica/articulo/alertan-sobre-el-modus-operandi-de-los-grupos-de-solidaridad-con-cuba-en-la-filbo, 27.04.2023
[2] https://www.foodmonitorprogram.org/ Ver más sobre sus estudios en “Food Monitor Program: en Cuba hay un hambre oculta”, Hypermedia Magazine, en: https://hypermediamagazine.com/entrevistas/food-monitor-program-en-cuba-hay-un-hambre-oculta/, 19.04.2023.
[3] Ver: Claudia González Marrero. “Violencia y responsabilidad política en Cuba”. Astrolabio: revista internacional de filosofia, 2022, Núm. 25, p. 5-22, en: https://raco.cat/index.php/Astrolabio/article/view/402873.
[5] Ver más al respecto en: Elaine Acosta (2021). Panorama general de las brigadas médicas comunistas de Cuba en América Latina. Evolución, dinámicas y desafíos. Universidad Internacional de Florida, en: https://cri.fiu.edu/news/2021/new-report-general-panorama-of-cuba-medical-brigades-in-latin-america y Maria C. Werlau (2023) La “colaboración” médica internacional de Cuba: un gigantesco negocio de tráfico laboral con fachada altruista. Los mitos de la Revolución cubana, pp. 77-117.
[6] https://www.dw.com/es/qu%C3%A9-se-sabe-de-la-ayuda-humanitaria-de-estados-unidos-a-cuba/a-63498502
[7] https://periodismodebarrio.org/2021/02/que-hace-open-society-foundations-en-cuba/
[8] Ver el caso de censura del cineasta Miguel Coyula en el informe realizado por el Observatorio de Derechos Culturales, en: https://www.4metrica.org/observatorio-de-derechos-culturales-informe-n-4
[10] Ahmed, F. (2012). The Perils of Unearned Foreign Income: Aid, Remittances, and Government Survival. American Political Science Review, 106(1), 146-165. doi:10.1017/S0003055411000475