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El problema de alimentación en Cuba no obedece a un asunto de falta de alimentos, o de insumos agrícolas, o de problemas de producción... The abundance of scarcity For: German Quintero January 04, 2022 00:00 / 05:56 precariousness for the Cuban population. For December 31 of last year, the government distributed rum and cigarettes to the entire population, assuming that rum and cigarettes would alleviate the situation of discontent. The government did not take into account that an important part of the population, not only children and pregnant mothers, does not consume rum or cigarettes, either because they are not part of their consumption habits, or simply because the products are of poor quality. . These state courtesies, obtained in the warehouse through the Booklet, were resold at more than five times the value established by the regime. Last week, independent media denounced the fines imposed on citizens who wanted to resell products that they did not consume in order to complement a fragile basic basket, lacking eggs and milk, but full of cigarettes and poor quality rum. The year 2021 will be remembered as one of the most difficult for Cuban citizens in terms of consumption, after the Special Period. Tourism income and remittances were strongly affected by the tightening of some of the embargo measures, of the health measures to mitigate the pandemic and, above all, by the spectacular failure of the regime's administrative management, which since the implementation of the Ordering Task at the beginning of that year, where in addition to not promoting domestic production, unifying the Cuban peso with the CUC, promoting the MLC and ignoring the situation of the international market, it was unable to meet the import quota and implemented sufficient measures to maintain or increase internal production. Cuba's economic crisis and the scarcity of goods is largely due to this implementation, which also had the misfortune of coinciding with the rise in international prices of consumer goods and a spiral of prices that shot up and moved away out of reach many foods that were obtained in foreign currency. For the sample, a button: the levels of fishing -affirmed government officials- would not return to those of three decades ago . The fishing laws of 1996 and the most recent of 2020 still do not have the necessary tools to be able to bring fish to the tables of Cubans. How is it possible that on an island, which has not only the sea but also important river sources, it is not easy to procure fish? How is it explained that there is an overexploitation of fishing resources on the island, but there is a shortage of this food? According to official sources, the annual per capita consumption of fish was 16 kg; today it barely reaches 3.8 kg. In short, following official data, each person in Cuba eats about 300 grams of fish per month. This year's forecast is no better than 2021: Going into 2022, essential foods continue to be in short supply and the prices of inputs such as beef, pork, rice, milk, butter and beans are rising. The concern among the population is widespread: some people seek solutions through the rituals of "feeding the land" of the Santeros, while others prepare social mobilizations that echo the cries of "we are hungry" and "freedom" of the 11J demonstrations. Added to this is the massive migration of many of the political dissidents who have been forced to leave the country due to the pressures to which the political regime has subjected them. The panorama of economic crisis in Cuba and the consequent food crisis will be one of the greatest challenges to be faced for this year. The 13% drop in the Gross Domestic Product during 2020 and 2021, as well as the reduction in tourism issues, will be important burdens that will make a dent in the food supply. For now, ordinary Cubans will continue to have to trade rum and cigarettes for basic necessities. AND AND he year 2021 has ended with a situation of extreme Read all of German Quintero's columns on the Food Monitor Program HERE

Nota de PRENSA Nota de prensa N° 3- Food Monitor Program Nota de prensa: La FAO y Cuba se reúnen para celebrar sus avances en materia seguridad alimentaria 04 de abril de 2023 Versión en español English Version La Habana, Cuba: El pasado 27 de marzo, el presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, publicó en su cuenta oficial de Twitter un tuit que destaca la colaboración entre la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el gobierno cubano. Díaz-Canel resalta la importancia de la cooperación y agradece a la organización por su apoyo en el fortalecimiento de la seguridad alimentaria en la nación caribeña. Desde hace años, la FAO ha estado trabajando en conjunto con el gobierno cubano en diversas iniciativas que buscan mejorar la producción agrícola, la sostenibilidad y la resiliencia al cambio climático en el país. Estos esfuerzos incluyen el apoyo a la agricultura familiar, la promoción de prácticas agrícolas sostenibles y la implementación de tecnologías innovadoras en el sector agroalimentario. Sin embargo, en la realidad, el trabajo de la FAO en la isla se traduce en entregar asistencia técnica y financiera para la elaboración de políticas y estrategias con el objetivo de garantizar la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de la población. Esta ayuda se convierte en el fortalecimiento de cuadros locales para la implementación de planes de producción agrícola a pequeña escala. En otras palabras, la FAO funge como un organismo internacional que legitima la situación de inseguridad alimentaria en Cuba. La implementación de cooperación en materia de seguridad alimentaria se soporta sobre la base de los informes oficiales que reciben del régimen cubano, es decir, de una imagen deliberadamente distorsionada de la realidad. Sobre estos informes, la FAO construye sus recomendaciones y programas para aliviar la crisis de inseguridad alimentaria que debería estar solucionándose dado que, según la información de la FAO en Cuba esta situación ha mejorado en los últimos años. Aunque la potencialidad de la producción de alimentos en Cuba es alta, las decisiones de producción, abastecimiento y asequibilidad en los mercados dependen, en una economía cerrada, del gobierno. Las ineficiencias en la no importación de materias primas, el retraso en los pagos a productores, la no recepción de cosechas, la falta de combustible para el acopio, el tope no concensuado de los precios, y los problemas en la transportación de la mercancía a los mercados han sido algunas de las ineficiencias mayores por parte de la administración cubana. Aún así, y con el hecho constatable de que la isla importa entre el 70 y el 80% de sus alimentos con aranceles de hasta 120% sobre su costo, la FAO continúa celebrando supuestos avances en materia de alimentación. Lejos de ser ese vergel de abundancia, prometido por Fidel Castro en la década de los sesenta, Cuba sufre una de sus peores crisis alimentarias, hídricas y energéticas en la coyuntura actual. La población depende del abastecimiento de bienes mediante el uso de un mercado ilícito en el que participa de manera indirecta el propio Estado cubano. La implementación de la Ley de Soberanía Alimentaria y Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SSAN) dista de ser una solución real de los problemas, en primer lugar, porque su diseño está sustentado en una información de consumo de alimentos que se aleja de la realidad y, en segundo lugar, porque no cuenta con la viabilidad fiscal necesaria para llevarse a cabo, además de la narrativa idealista que acompaña la ley, se describen pocos instrumentos reales para empoderar al consumidos, al tiempo que deja recaer gran parte de la responsabilidad del Estado de proveer, sobre sus propios ciudadanos. Food Monitor Program denuncia el uso de este tipo de eventos como plataformas para legitimar las acciones estatales en escenarios internacionales, a manera de instrumentos de control de la situación de inseguridad alimentaria en el país. Food Monitor hace un llamado a la comunidad internacional a enviar veedores e investigadores independientes que puedan contrastar la información oficial presentada ante la FAO y evaluar la real situación alimentaria en la isla.

Referirse a los Sistemas de Protección de Derechos Humanos en contextos como el cubano resulta una tarea de gran complejidad... The crisis does not distinguish species For: Nastassja Rojas January 25, 2022 00:00 / 06:01 It is a titanic task, considering that the needs and suffering are innumerable. And we are not only talking about crises sustained over time, such as those that occur in contexts with depressed economies such as the misnamed "Special Period in times of war" in Cuba in the 1990s, but also health crises with economic and social impacts such as the COVID-19 in the year 2020 in almost every country in the world. But crises are not experienced the same in all countries and even more so if one takes into account that the pandemic arrived in contexts where structural difficulties were already being experienced, in such a way that a "crisis within the crisis" was experienced. A fact that led to truly dramatic situations for the population of countries like Cuba, which, forced by circumstances, had to ration food, even more than what they had been rationing for years, but what about other species? especially in a context of isolation in which they become emotional support and main company. And it is that in contexts where the scarcity of products is common, human beings are not the only ones who suffer the ravages of the lack of food and medicines, but other sentient beings also live this situation in a really dramatic way. If the animals in the midst of crises ate the leftovers from the house; what are they going to eat when there are no leftovers and when food is limited even for humans. Certainly, their place goes into the background and therefore their food and health situation is even more critical. Even so, in the midst of the difficulties in which Cuba lives, there are many who assume these other species as members of the family, and therefore seek to feed them at the expense of their own well-being. But when the situation reaches extremes, some find it necessary to let them go out to look for their food or to abandon them to reduce the mouths of the house, which exposes them to being collected by the State and that in accordance with the provisions for "control of street populations" can be sacrificed. In addition to this, several cases have been documented about the sacrifice of animals or their use for rituals, so this outing, in addition to being critical, is dramatic. This is how animal supporters in Cuba have understood it, who have faced the inaction of the regime and the recalcitrant positions of an anachronistic party, which privileges the interests of the political class and fails to identify true progressivism in the defense of the rights of animals and equality of species. The surreptitious approval of the Animal Welfare Decree-Law published by the Council of State on April 10, 2021 is not enough, if one takes into account that the advances continue to maintain the businesses of the party bosses and justice is selective with those who do not agree with the regime. Although fines are established there "for animal welfare violations", animal activists have stated that State security has poisoned their animals as an inhuman action of reprimand and no person has received any type of sanction, in addition, the Law itself is insufficient because it excludes the rites associated with the cultural heritage of Cuba from what is punishable within violence against animals. In this sense, a context of crisis in which the Law is selective and fails to authentically guarantee the rights of all species, their lack of protection is total and their vulnerability grows with the needs of the population. It is difficult to blame or point a finger at a family for not feeding their animals, while children or older adults must also suffer from serious limitations and often have to skip meals to be able to eat. Here the responsibility lies with an indolent regimen that puts a choice between the members of a family, regardless of species, who should be fed. P P prioritize problems and the population in the midst of crises Read all the columns of Nastassja Rojas in Food Monitor Program HERE

Aunque ha existido cierta estabilidad en esa oferta racionada, la calidad del producto ha disminuido considerablemente y eso se debe a las carencias de materias primas para elaborar el pan y a los incontables casos de malversación, que han sido sistemáticamente denunciados por la población sin que se logre cambiar la situación para beneficio del consumidor... The abundance of scarcity For: German Quintero January 04, 2022 precariousness for the Cuban population. For December 31 of last year, the government distributed rum and cigarettes to the entire population, assuming that rum and cigarettes would alleviate the situation of discontent. The government did not take into account that an important part of the population, not only children and pregnant mothers, does not consume rum or cigarettes, either because they are not part of their consumption habits, or simply because the products are of poor quality. . These state courtesies, obtained in the warehouse through the Booklet, were resold at more than five times the value established by the regime. Last week, independent media denounced the fines imposed on citizens who wanted to resell products that they did not consume in order to complement a fragile basic basket, lacking eggs and milk, but full of cigarettes and poor quality rum. The year 2021 will be remembered as one of the most difficult for Cuban citizens in terms of consumption, after the Special Period. Tourism income and remittances were strongly affected by the tightening of some of the embargo measures, of the health measures to mitigate the pandemic and, above all, by the spectacular failure of the regime's administrative management, which since the implementation of the Ordering Task at the beginning of that year, where in addition to not promoting domestic production, unifying the Cuban peso with the CUC, promoting the MLC and ignoring the situation of the international market, it was unable to meet the import quota and implemented sufficient measures to maintain or increase internal production. Cuba's economic crisis and the scarcity of goods is largely due to this implementation, which also had the misfortune of coinciding with the rise in international prices of consumer goods and a spiral of prices that shot up and moved away out of reach many foods that were obtained in foreign currency. For the sample, a button: the levels of fishing -affirmed government officials- would not return to those of three decades ago . The fishing laws of 1996 and the most recent of 2020 still do not have the necessary tools to be able to bring fish to the tables of Cubans. How is it possible that on an island, which has not only the sea but also important river sources, it is not easy to procure fish? How is it explained that there is an overexploitation of fishing resources on the island, but there is a shortage of this food? According to official sources, the annual per capita consumption of fish was 16 kg; today it barely reaches 3.8 kg. In short, following official data, each person in Cuba eats about 300 grams of fish per month. This year's forecast is no better than 2021: Going into 2022, essential foods continue to be in short supply and the prices of inputs such as beef, pork, rice, milk, butter and beans are rising. The concern among the population is widespread: some people seek solutions through the rituals of "feeding the land" of the Santeros, while others prepare social mobilizations that echo the cries of "we are hungry" and "freedom" of the 11J demonstrations. Added to this is the massive migration of many of the political dissidents who have been forced to leave the country due to the pressures to which the political regime has subjected them. The panorama of economic crisis in Cuba and the consequent food crisis will be one of the greatest challenges to be faced for this year. The 13% drop in the Gross Domestic Product during 2020 and 2021, as well as the reduction in tourism issues, will be important burdens that will make a dent in the food supply. For now, ordinary Cubans will continue to have to trade rum and cigarettes for basic necessities. AND AND he year 2021 has ended with a situation of extreme 1/1 The article only came to make "official" a reality that  was already evident at the popular level, months ago self-employed workers have had difficulty accessing the purchase of wheat flour, for what bread and other derivatives  have become luxury products.  One of the main issues aired in street debates is the difficulty of mothers to provide their children  at least two loaves a day, one at breakfast  and another at snack time, an equation that is complicated for those who have more than one child at school age.  These  families, who usually supplemented the scarce supply of standardized bread, with what they could purchase through the network of state or private bakeries, have been limited  by the price increase. Today a bag of eight or ten loaves oscillates  between 180 and 350 cups without the supply remaining stable. Although the price in state bakeries is lower, the stability of the product is subject to scheduled power cuts and the supply of flour. In addition, the lines to buy this product   can reach up to five hours, an unthinkable time for people who have to comply with work hours. Teresa is an 80-year-old retiree, lives alone and ensures that her diet basically consists of bread and milk, two products that are currently difficult to access. Until recently, he bought bread at the bakery near his home, but  according to him, the queues have become  unbearable and some end up with the intervention of the police due to to violent fights. On some occasions, he waited for the resellers and bought the same bread for a slightly higher price, still affordable to his checkbook, however, with the shortages of the last few days and the inspectors' stalking, the price has skyrocketed and now he barely survives with the bread from the cellar. 1/1 One loaf a day was the minimum food that low-income people on the island could aspire to. It was also the rationality to which each member of the family nucleus “had the right”, which is popularly “played by the winery”. Since the monetary rearrangement policy, regulated bread ceased to be a product subsidized by the State and its price increased ten times, without this implying an improvement in quality. This condition has placed a wide range of population in greater vulnerability, increasingly deprived of economic resources. According to figures  revealed in the 2021 Statistical Yearbook, published  by the National Statistics Office  the number of beneficiaries and information (ONEI) of social assistance shot up in 2021 by 111% [two] , which means that more Cubans have joined the list of extreme poverty and completely depend on the State to survive.  This can be verified  when walking the streets of Havana , where the number of people begging in the doorways or "diving" in the garbage tanks in search of food and other necessary supplies is increasing. Read all of German Quintero's columns on the Food Monitor Program HERE

Elecciones en CUBA El 27 de noviembre del 2022 se realizaron en Cuba elecciones para las asambleas municipales del Poder Popular. Cuba está inmersa actualmente en una crisis multisectorial profunda, donde sobresale la inseguridad energética y alimentaria, además de un éxodo masivo. Sin embargo, en los días previos a las elecciones se realizaron ferias gastronómicas y se abastecieron los comedores estatales subsidiados para generar un estado de opinión temporal favorable. Aún así, el rechazo y la apatía ciudadana se reflejaron en la alta cifra de abstención (31,5%), la mayor en la historia electoral del país. Leer más Leer más Leer más Leer más Leer más Leer más Leer más Leer más Entrevistas

WHOSE FAULT IS IT? For: claudia gonzalez December 21, 2021 00:00 / 04:21 AND AND n the first week of December, the Cuban minister of economy, Alejandro Gil Fernández, admitted having evidence that several state stores, marketers of food products and other necessities, they sold in dollars without authorization. At the meeting of the Council of Ministers, this practice was condemned, as well as the inflated circulation of currency on the black market, among other exchanges on the illegal market. Unlike the black market, the gray market calls what the Cuban government condemns as "diversion of goods", that is, the purchase and sale of merchandise outside the channels authorized by the supplier, these merchandise being legal. On the island, from small private businesses dedicated to gastronomy to the administration of cooperatives and other state entities are subject to this type of exchange. More than with “enrichment” and “corruption”, these practices seem to be related to “struggle”, subsistence and resistance against insufficient salaries and fiscal obstacles. When it comes to getting a job, a common question is, and what is resolved there? For many state workers, the assets and access of their companies are a way to supplement their insufficient wages. The social perception of this practice implies two things. First, with a gray market as scarce as Cuba's, access to food products often includes food of poor quality, poor quality, even past its expiration date. In the networks you can find these days homemade recipes for reuse of expired powdered milk that users have purchased in some establishments. Others wonder what the real ingredients are in a tomato sauce or a guava bar bought in state-run farmers' markets, and which are more like carrot soup or beet quince. Second, the discontent of the population is used by the official discourse to redirect social demands to the closest piece in the distribution chain, to the weakest link: the “reseller”, the “hoarder”, the “dealer”. As the crisis progresses, the official press exposes caricatures that ridicule or demonize agricultural producers and vendors, as the only culprits of the inflation in the prices of vegetables and meat. It would be necessary to consider what the pertinent chain of interpellation really is, is the shopkeeper who adds a profit margin more responsible than the one who limits the products for sale to a market in the currency in which wages are not paid, and to which few have access through remittances? Is the neighbor who "hoards" with the purchase of 5 bottles of cooking oil more responsible than the one who does not guarantee a September 5, January 17. 2020. proper importation and distribution, which then imposes up to 120% customs duty on the product? Is the corner vendor who raises the price of pork more responsible than the one who does not import supplies for the animal's fattening, and then sells his imported meat on online markets? Informal relations in Cuba, although not positive for its inhabitants, start from filling gaps created and perpetuated by the country's economic administration, which is not exempt from inequities in its governance system, corruption and patronage. An important step would be not to naturalize these inequalities, and not let them be instrumentalized in the weakest. Read all the columns of Claudia González in Food Monitor Program HERE

supply book Noviembre, 2021 In 1962, the Supply Book was created by decree in Cuba and, since then, few Cubans imagine the food performance of their household without this document. So, it presented a basic food basket as part of the central and planned economy. Although, initially, it had a direct monetary and product subsidy from the Soviet Union, after the dissolution of the latter, the contents of the passbook were drastically reduced. Over the years, the notebook continued to lose prominence in its essential supplies, for example, in 2009 it again suffered a cut in grains, salt and tubers, and a year later the quota of cigarettes was definitively eliminated, which went to a regulated free sale. Currently there are around 3,809,000 family units registered in the booklet system, grouping more than 11 million Cubans. The products of the notebook are variable according to geographical area and may be subject to administrative, production and transportation errors of their products, as well as the actual availability and import capacity of the country. Despite this, during the last two years the notebook has been not only a management document for the delivery of regulated food, but also for the regulation of donations and other controlled, but not subsidized, products within the emergency policies by the COVID-19. As the economic crisis has worsened, Cuban households have once again become more dependent on this document, showing an increase in its registration, as an instrument of surveillance and social regulation, as well as the normalization of food insecurity. The Food Monitor Program conducted semi-structured interviews to obtain information on the food experiences of Cuban citizens around the supply book, their purchasing power, dependence on subsidies, perception of well-being and food security, bartering and survival dynamics, among others. EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE THAT THE SUBSIDY IS A RELIEF Leandro Fernandez* "If there are elderly people or children, it is impossible to survive without the notebook since most of the month you have to buy products on the street"... Read more... HERE IS EVERYTHING Diana Sanchez* "I consider that the family diet cannot survive without the notebook, at least, even if it is that little bit, a few days helps"... Read more... I DON'T MAKE LUNCH AND DINNER LIKE I BEFORE Glory Morales* "The products of the notebook are missing because there is nowhere to get rice, sugar, or coffee, oil is scarce". Read more... WE GET EVERYTHING FROM THE BLACK BAG Richard Gonzalez* "The State does not have or deliver any released product, all the acquisition is in the black bag, which thus makes life more expensive"... Read more... I HAVE SOLD THINGS FROM THE HOUSE TO EAT Read more... "For everything you have to show the notebook because, in addition to not being able to buy in any store"... Mireya Lopez* I CAN'T REACH Yaima Reyes* "I've only had access to a combo once from abroad, for a donation through a friend"... Read more...

Consulta la información sobre nuestros talleres de formación sobre temas como: Seguridad alimentaria, la espera como control social , identidad alimentaria, derecho a la alimentación... Read more... Diplomat. International standards on the right to food and monitoring of food security in Cuba Food Monitor Program presented its first diploma titled "International standards of the right to food and monitoring of food security in Cuba" . The course was held on May 17, 18, 19 and 20 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (Cuba)

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Mientras algunas zonas logran estar medianamente abastecidas, hay otras que solo se abastecen una vez por mes. A causa de este fenómeno da lugar al crecimiento desmedido de la especulación, se multiplican los precios de los productos que escasean hasta 10 veces... The abundance of scarcity For: German Quintero January 04, 2022 precariousness for the Cuban population. For December 31 of last year, the government distributed rum and cigarettes to the entire population, assuming that rum and cigarettes would alleviate the situation of discontent. The government did not take into account that an important part of the population, not only children and pregnant mothers, does not consume rum or cigarettes, either because they are not part of their consumption habits, or simply because the products are of poor quality. . These state courtesies, obtained in the warehouse through the Booklet, were resold at more than five times the value established by the regime. Last week, independent media denounced the fines imposed on citizens who wanted to resell products that they did not consume in order to complement a fragile basic basket, lacking eggs and milk, but full of cigarettes and poor quality rum. The year 2021 will be remembered as one of the most difficult for Cuban citizens in terms of consumption, after the Special Period. Tourism income and remittances were strongly affected by the tightening of some of the embargo measures, of the health measures to mitigate the pandemic and, above all, by the spectacular failure of the regime's administrative management, which since the implementation of the Ordering Task at the beginning of that year, where in addition to not promoting domestic production, unifying the Cuban peso with the CUC, promoting the MLC and ignoring the situation of the international market, it was unable to meet the import quota and implemented sufficient measures to maintain or increase internal production. Cuba's economic crisis and the scarcity of goods is largely due to this implementation, which also had the misfortune of coinciding with the rise in international prices of consumer goods and a spiral of prices that shot up and moved away out of reach many foods that were obtained in foreign currency. For the sample, a button: the levels of fishing -affirmed government officials- would not return to those of three decades ago . The fishing laws of 1996 and the most recent of 2020 still do not have the necessary tools to be able to bring fish to the tables of Cubans. How is it possible that on an island, which has not only the sea but also important river sources, it is not easy to procure fish? How is it explained that there is an overexploitation of fishing resources on the island, but there is a shortage of this food? According to official sources, the annual per capita consumption of fish was 16 kg; today it barely reaches 3.8 kg. In short, following official data, each person in Cuba eats about 300 grams of fish per month. This year's forecast is no better than 2021: Going into 2022, essential foods continue to be in short supply and the prices of inputs such as beef, pork, rice, milk, butter and beans are rising. The concern among the population is widespread: some people seek solutions through the rituals of "feeding the land" of the Santeros, while others prepare social mobilizations that echo the cries of "we are hungry" and "freedom" of the 11J demonstrations. Added to this is the massive migration of many of the political dissidents who have been forced to leave the country due to the pressures to which the political regime has subjected them. The panorama of economic crisis in Cuba and the consequent food crisis will be one of the greatest challenges to be faced for this year. The 13% drop in the Gross Domestic Product during 2020 and 2021, as well as the reduction in tourism issues, will be important burdens that will make a dent in the food supply. For now, ordinary Cubans will continue to have to trade rum and cigarettes for basic necessities. AND AND he year 2021 has ended with a situation of extreme Read all of German Quintero's columns on the Food Monitor Program HERE

En esta sección encontrarás testimonios de personas que viven la inseguridad alimentaria en Cuba TESTIMONIOS C Lo poco que hay va para la ciudad Campesino "El guajiro cubano es lo más noble que hay, porque sin herramientas ni condiciones te trabaja y se sacrifica mucho y hasta comparte lo que tiene" Leer más F Subsistencia informal: el testimonio de una familia ante la crisis Food Monitor Program El mercado negro se ha consolidado como un sistema paralelo que sostiene la vida cotidiana en ausencia de una distribución estatal eficaz. Leer más L ¿Amá, tú tienes corriente? Luis "Los cortes eléctricos en la capital coinciden casi siempre con los horarios de almuerzo y comida, por lo que cocinar resulta casi un milagro" Leer más D El cuidado de una personan vulnerable en una familia Daniela "Según el médico que lo atiende, el debe comer tres huevos al día para suplir sus deficiencias proteicas, pero un huevo cuesta hasta 130 pesos en la calle; ¿con qué salario puedo?..." Leer más E Magalis y la reducción de la existencia para alimentar Magalis "Yo gano 4600 y pico de pesos, y un cartón de huevos cuesta más de 3000 pesos. Aquí no puedo ni comprar carne, ni de pollo ni de puerco.. Solo lo que sacan en la pescadería estatal..." Leer más D Yo soy mi propia ayuda María Ella tiene una pequeña estatura y debe cargar con una cubeta de más de 10 litros durante toda la jornada, regresándola luego a su casa, a unos 800 metros del lugar, llena de jaibas... Leer más R Aurelio contra los avatares del trópico Aurelio, 61 años "La desesperanza me llega cuando miro los campos vacíos y pienso en el futuro incierto. No sé cómo vamos a sobrevivir los próximos meses sin una cosecha..." Leer más A Ana Marta, ser mujer y comerciante agrícola en Cuba Ana Martha, 35 años "Hay hombres que creen que, porque trabajo en esto, tienen derecho a faltarme el respeto. Una vez un cliente me dijo cosas tan vulgares que tuve que pedirle a un compañero..." Leer más D Daniela y la contabilidad en el sector privado siendo mujer Daniela, 35 años "A veces siento que mi opinión no cuenta solo porque soy mujer. Los hombres que trabajan aquí ganan más, aunque hagan lo mismo que yo. Cuando pedí un aumento..." Leer más R René, entre la pobreza extrema y la mendicidad René "Lo cierto es que el Estado no es capaz de cubrir la demanda de servicios de atención y ayuda que requieren estas personas y por tanto han sido abandonados a su suerte..." Leer más D Daniela, de socióloga a mesera Daniela "Es imposible que se use comida manoseada para los clientes del día posterior, señaló. El administrado le dijo que sin esa comida ella cobraría mil pesos menos cada día..." Leer más E Criar para comer: La dura realidad de Elio Elio Sánchez "Yo tengo una puerca y cuando hay tiempos de fiesta o carnaval tengo que meterla en mi casa. A unos cuantos vecinos les han robado animales, incluso se los han matado..." Leer más D Crisis, desamparo y solidaridad durante el apagón Alberto Diéguez , 38 años "Mientras unos recurrían a alguna técnica desesperada de conservación, sin poder cocinar ni refrigerar, otros buscaron el consuelo de la comunidad..." Leer más J Las verdades del campesino Jaime "Las cosas se encuentran, pero pagando todo muy caro, o a precios impagables. Herramientas, insumos, plaguicidas, abonos y maquinaria, para no hablarte de los trabajador..." Leer más I Ivón y la bodeguera Ivón "Los adultos mayores muchas veces pagan injustamente el precio de la necesidad de otros. Ivón de vez en cuando para desayunar compra una jaba de pan suave a los vendedores..." Leer más J Juan José: Vivir del mar y las sobras Juan José "Para ganar un poco de dinero recojo latas para vender, cartón, aluminio lo que aparezca. En la basura se cogen los pomos, se lavan y se venden a 5 pesos..." Leer más I La familia de Idalmis: Evidencia del desamparo rural Idalmis "Producto de la precariedad material en la que viven, Idalmis y su familia han debido buscar alternativas para la alimentación familiar, que va desde recolectar cuanto producto..." Leer más I Isidro Beltrán y la cosecha pérdida Isidro Beltrán IIsidro no se rinde. Aunque la cosecha se perdió, sigue sembrando. Cada surco en la tierra es un acto de resistencia. “No puedo depender del Estado”, dice con determinación. Leer más A Angélica Lescaylle y la sobrevivencia Angélica Lescaylle "Con los huevos que me da mi gallinita, puedo hacer tortillas o cocinarlos hervidos. Es una bendición tenerla", comenta Angélica. "No es fácil, pero al menos sé que tengo..." Leer más S Un día en la vida de Soledad: El abandono en el adulto Soledad "No puedo comprar por cantidades, tampoco pollo, huevos o cosas que se salgan de mi presupuesto. Trato de ajustarme todos los días más o menos a las mismas compras..." Leer más Y La comida es mi pasión, pero también es mi carga Yordan Duverguel , 42 años "¿Qué sentido tiene preparar banquetes para políticos corruptos mientras nuestros vecinos luchan por encontrar una comida decente? ¿Por qué no podemos usar esas regalías..." Leer más E Ernesto crío pollos a sus 78 años Ernesto, 78 años "Espero que algún día la gente no tenga que recoger sancocho ni tener que criar animales dentro de su casa, ni botar basura por dinero como he visto a muchos..." Leer más A Alfredo y el oficio de subir cocoteros Alfredo, 20 años "No soy el mayor, pero casi como si lo fuera. Tengo dos hermanas mayores y dos menores; ellas tienen que estudiar y hacer su vida. A mí me toca trabajar para ayudarlas a ellas y a mami... Leer más R Ramón y Yeya Ramón y Yeya "Sin embargo, hace más de dos meses que a la carnicería no entran los 5 huevos de la cuota, ni el pollo; solo ha entrado un picadillo supuestamente de soya, de calidad pésima..." Leer más S Silvia y sus hijas Silvia "Hoy en día, la situación de Silvia sigue siendo muy precaria. Su hija menor cursa el preuniversitario. Lamentablemente, la niña tiene casi siempre que ir sin desayuno..." Leer más F Jarabe dulce, la amarga solución del cubano Fermín Delgado, 63 años "Ante esta situación, ha tenido que buscar alternativas poco ortodoxas para alimentarse. Por increíble que parezca, ha tenido que comprar jarabes dulces en la farmacia..." Leer más D Todo por mis hijos Claudia "Claudia ha perdido la esperanza de tener una vida mejor. Busca parejas como quien busca trabajo y cuando un hombre es capaz de buscar comida para ella y sus hijos..." Leer más M Manuel Manuel "Manuel no es un caso aislado, todo lo contrario. Fuera de las tiendas en MLC se suelen reunir una cantidad considerable de personas con muy bajos ingresos a esperar alguna..." Leer más J Solo me queda sobrevivir José Luis, 57 años "Actualmente vivo de los productos de la canasta familiar normada, el resto del tiempo de la caridad de los vecinos. Algunos de ellos me permiten hacer trabajos leves de jardinería..." Leer más D Daniel y la ciudad Daniel "Él es uno más entre decenas de “recolectores” que han debido agenciarse por sus propios medios, una forma de sobrevivir en medio del colapso del régimen colectivista..." Leer más A Ya no hay donde ir a merendar o tomarse un refresco Antonio,57 años "Cuando podía cambiaba productos por comida, por ejemplo, a mí me daban botas todos los años y a veces las vendía o se las cambiaba a algún guajiro por un guanajo..." Leer más C Pareciera que salgo a cazar cada vez que busco comida Carmen, 56 años "La posibilidad de comprar estos productos se ha convertido en una opción muy importante para mí, pero realmente no me alcanza el tiempo para lidiar con las enormes colas..." Leer más D Diana contra las aguas contaminadas Diana "Hay productos que solo se compran en la tienda MLC, pero yo sé que en La Habana también los venden en las tiendas en pesos cubanos y con bastante frecuencia..." Leer más F Compro alimentos baratos y hasta caducados Francisca, 55 años "Aquí hemos comprado productos inventados que violan las normas alimentarias ante la falta de comida y recursos del gobierno. Con el asunto de los apagones, y después..." Leer más

Los productos necesarios para una alimentación vegana o vegetariana no son consistentes en el comercio nacional ni parece existir una intención o voluntad gubernamental para suplir esta demanda... From “material stimulus” to “food blackmail” For: claudia gonzalez January 18, 2022 D D ince the 1960s there has been discussion in Cuba about the relevance of labor stimulation. Initially, it was committed to the validity within Marxism, of accounting autonomy, self-financing and the system of material incentives. A staunch critic of this trend was Ernesto Guevara, who strongly discouraged the use of methods that he considered inherited from the past. Instead, Guevara promoted moral encouragement, the mere satisfaction of duty fulfilled before the construction of Socialism. The ethical value of the stimulus was circumscribed in the rigorous and trench atmosphere, which called for exemplary production, for the sake of "decisive effort". After the failure of the Ten Million Zafra, however, the Soviet system was adopted, which already used binding calculations between workers' remuneration and the quantity and quality of their work . First it was the delivery of Soviet-made household appliances (TVs, fans, irons), then Chinese (like bicycles in the 1990s). From the trade with the ALBA governments and, above all, from the export of medical, technical and sports services, the labor stimulus consisted of a percent of what the workplace earned in foreign currency. These incentives were not granted to all positions, but depended on the capacities of each ministry. In this way, they had more presence in those self-funded centers that generated profits (from the production or export of products and services), as well as in "strategic" centers linked to the upper echelons of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Government. In recent years, however, we have seen the gradual disappearance of material products, for others of food, consisting of chicken boxes, sausages, eggs or cooking oil, among other basic consumer products. Food is nowadays the most common stimuli to reward the work of the state worker, especially among medical, technical, sports personnel, etc. For example, Cuban athletes who received decorations at the Pan American qualifying event, held in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2021, were received in Cuba by representatives of the local government, with food combos that included cakes, cooking oil, sausages and vegetables. . If the stimuli are actions to promote the potential of the individual, food deliveries in Cuba have been the slow transition towards the impoverishment of this social mechanism, to the point of being almost a government survival device. The food has happened like this, to try to fit a salary system that does not fulfill the role that it responds to; Due to the real value of its content, it would be, perhaps, closer to the conception of the Guevarian moral stimulus. So, if the stimuli are intended to raise the worker's self-esteem, it is unfortunate that basic consumer products are proposed as such, and are even desired by their recipients. At a time of chronic shortages, the partial state delivery of food also creates an important social differentiation for citizens who are prevented from this access. The government is aware of the existing food insecurity, and part of this to control and condition militancy in key sectors "stimulating" with products that should be common, daily to all its citizens. 1 two  This information is based on a field study carried out in Cuba in the months of March, April and May, still in process. Soon the Food Monitor Program will publish the results and testimonials on its website www.foodmonitorprogram.org. 1  The names of the interviewees have been changed in accordance with our data protection policy. two Read all the columns of Claudia González in Food Monitor Program HERE