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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.

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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

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