The Tango effect that is stirring the economies of the countries of the Southern Cone THE JOURNEY OF CRISTINA Does anyone know what was Cristina to Cuba three days before the meeting of CELAC? For those who believe that taking Sun on a Caribbean Beach, I am sorry to disappoint them. CFK is monitoring in the Cuban market all those measures made decades ago and which served to keep a majority of citizens within a cultural and social economic status at the expense of the State. Quotas of food, which in these days began to flow in our local market especially in food products (tomatoes, vegetables, milk, sugar, and others), could be the first step towards a book of rationing, with 50 years of existence in Cuba, and that offers an economical solution for impoverished sectors, though currently offered products are hardly sufficient for the survival of many Cubans with low wages. In the crisis in which the Argentina is immersed, food prices would be passed on to the background and neither are you would talk of inflation because people would get them free. Symbol of egalitarianism that characterized Cuban socialism for half a century, Book of supply was implanted by Fidel Castro on July 12, 1963, and since then regulates the sale of food at prices subsidized on a network of stores which Cubans call wineries. The system, which is not exempt from harsh criticism and jokes, was introduced when they began to run short of food, which the revolutionary Government attributed to the embargo imposed by United States to Cuba in February 1962. The time of the bonanzas Ernesto Hutchenson, 70, recalls with nostalgia the time when the book you gave to eat throughout the month and included meat of beef, fish, fresh milk, cold meats and turrones for Christmas; soft drinks and beer for weddings and birthdays. But now only gives for about 15 days, complains Hutchenson, who makes a living as a Messenger, person hired by other families to remove food from the warehouse with your book and take them to their homes. Many families are engaged in this service to avoid the long queues in the winery and let go several times a week to check if come new products. Hutchenson is Messenger of 13 families in Central Havana, therefore perceives 500 pesos a month ($20), little more than the average wage in the island (19 dollars). Address book share began to shake with the crisis that lived the island in the 1990s following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He continued shaking with the policy put into force in 2008 by President Raúl Castro of delete subsidies and improper gratuities: potato, cigarettes, SOAP and toothpaste were coming out of the book and began to be sold freely, but at higher prices. The subsidized basket is insufficient to meet the needs of the entire month, so families must complete it by buying on the black market or in shops in foreign currency, where a loaf of bread is worth 1.6 dollars, one litre of milk two dollars, a kilo of rice two dollars and a kilo of beef $10. Combat ration of the month The current fee per month per person is five eggs, a pound (460 g) of beans, four pounds of sugar, half a pound of oil, a pound of chicken, seven pounds of rice, four ounces (115 grams) coffee, a packet of pasta. It includes other 11 ounces (316 grams) of chicken fish, as already sea, and half a pound of hash of soy products are not delivered. Children up to seven years receive three kilos of milk powder per month and the aged between 8 and 13 three bags of yogurt of soy per week. The sick receive medical diets and female sanitary napkins. The book had its twin for clothes and non-edible products, who disappeared without explanation in the 1990s, in the midst of the crisis. Many still remember the dilemmas which lived when they had to decide between buy a briefs, tap water or a battery for flashlights, as all were sold with a same coupon of the extinct book of industrial products. The book represents a load of 1,000 million dollars annually for the Government, so that Raúl Castro seeks to eliminate it gradually, although many Cubans fear live without it. Many people rely on the subsidy of the book and remove it would bring more problems than benefits, says Sanchez who, with a pension of eight dollars a month, defends its existence swashbuckling. Draw your own conclusions. Roberto Calvaruso-Neira
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:09:43 +0000
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