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Cuban Pork Production Fell by More than 50 Percent in 2021, Confirming the Failure of the 63 Measures

14ymedio, Madrid, 10 May 2022 — Pork production in Cuba fell by 53.5% in 2021 compared to the previous year, to just 132.9 tons. The collapse is not a surprise, but the publication this Monday of the food production data for the previous year has left a trail of bad news for the Government, since … Continue reading “Cuban Pork Production Fell by More than 50 Percent in 2021, Confirming the Failure of the 63 Measures”

The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution Celebrate 63 years With a Deficit of ‘Cadres’

14ymedio, Havana, 28 September 2023 — While his Ministers of Economy and Energy arranged their faces to confirm the tough savings measures in the face of the umpteenth fuel crisis in Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel was going to a party, although his face was more like it was a funeral. The photographs published in the official … Continue reading “The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution Celebrate 63 years With a Deficit of ‘Cadres’”

New “Economic Measures”: Another Trap to Catch the Gullible / Cubanet, Miriam Celaya

Cubanet, Miriam Celaya, WEST PALM BEACH, United States. – The highly announced Roundtable TV show on Tuesday, 15 October 2019, where the “new economic measures” of the Cuban government were revealed, has just deflated any expectations that those who were waiting for some opening in the internal economy of Cuba might have had. This time … Continue reading “New “Economic Measures”: Another Trap to Catch the Gullible / Cubanet, Miriam Celaya”

Survey on Government Economic Measures / Eugenio Leal

The group Veritas of Psychosocial Investigations received a request from the Center of Socio-Economic and Democratic Studies (CESED) to carry out a public opinion poll about the economic measures implemented by the government. They developed the following questionnaire: Veritas Group of Psychosocial Investigations Volunteers carried out the survey, face to face, between January and March. … Continue reading “Survey on Government Economic Measures / Eugenio Leal”

‘We Give Priority to the Basic Basket,’ Says a Cuban Minister With Black Humor

14ymedio, Madrid, October 18, 2023 — Everything is bad in Cuba, but it could be worse. This is basically what Manuel Sobrino Martínez, Minister of Food Industry, said this Tuesday in a brilliant appearance on State TV’s Roundtable program, where he reviewed in detail the systematic sinking of the forecasts for this year and ended … Continue reading “‘We Give Priority to the Basic Basket,’ Says a Cuban Minister With Black Humor”

The Castro Regime’s Fear of Private Land Ownership in Cuba

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 2 September 2023 — Communists don’t want a private sector in Cuba like the one that exists in the rest of the world. On numerous occasions, the Castro revolution has been interpreted as a process that extends the poverty of the population by depriving it of one of the main … Continue reading “The Castro Regime’s Fear of Private Land Ownership in Cuba”

In Cuba, Plans are Imposed Upon Cattle Farmers from an Office and That is Why There is Neither Meat nor Milk

14ymedio, Madrid, January 30, 2023 — Pedro Rubio Tristá is one of the most successful cattle farmers in Las Tunas, he provides many fattening bulls to the government and exceeds the planned meat and milk production. Furthermore, he says he receives payment in hard currency and sells sweet potato to the government at a good … Continue reading “In Cuba, Plans are Imposed Upon Cattle Farmers from an Office and That is Why There is Neither Meat nor Milk”

Cuba’s Economy: Less Control, More Freedom

14ymedio, Elias Amor Bravo, Economist, October 22, 2022 — There is not a single country in the world whose leaders spend as much time, or consume as much energy, revising and perfecting systems for monitoring and controlling the economy as Cuba. If one were to add up all the hours dedicated to this task, they … Continue reading “Cuba’s Economy: Less Control, More Freedom”

The Agricultural Development Development Fund Has Been a Failure

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 3 October 2022 — One of the most resounding failures of the 63 measures approved by the Cuban communist regime to increase agricultural production has been the so-called Agricultural Development Fund. One year after its creation, the balance sheet cannot be more demoralizing. The official state newspaper Granma explicitly recognizes … Continue reading “The Agricultural Development Development Fund Has Been a Failure”

Cuban Government Raises Fines for Not Declaring Livestock From 50 to 20,000 Pesos

14ymedio, Havana, 30 August 2022 — Farmers who don’t declare their large livestock face much higher fines than the current ones, since the sanctions rise sharply, increasing from a 50 peso fine for not declaring an animal, to 20,000 pesos. The amount had been stagnant since the approval of the 1997 decree that regulated the … Continue reading “Cuban Government Raises Fines for Not Declaring Livestock From 50 to 20,000 Pesos”

Can State-owned Enterprises Change the Ways of Thinking and Redesign Production Processes?

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, July 7, 2022 — Before the next International Congress of Business Management and Public Administration to be held in Havana until July 8, the Deputy Minister of Economy, Johana Odriozola, has made statements to the official newspaper Granma that have been published under the title “Transformations in the Cuban business … Continue reading “Can State-owned Enterprises Change the Ways of Thinking and Redesign Production Processes?”

But What Good Practices Are They Going to Substitute in Cuban Agriculture?

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 29 May 2022 — Is the agricultural situation in Cuba really going to be substituting “good practices” to increase the production of food, vegetables, grains and fruits? Well, it seems that this is what they did in the National Plenary of Cooperatives and Advanced Producers of the Productive Poles of … Continue reading “But What Good Practices Are They Going to Substitute in Cuban Agriculture?”

No. The Cuban Agricultural Sector is Not Doing Well

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 25 May 2022 — The worst thing that can be done to a person is to deceive him or take him for a fool, or both at the same time. This is what can be concluded from the Round Table program in which the Castroite Minister of Agriculture, Ydael Pérez, … Continue reading “No. The Cuban Agricultural Sector is Not Doing Well”

Cuba Must Import More than 500,000 Tons of Rice this Year

14ymedio, Madrid, 22 February 2022 — In the recent donations arriving in Cuba, there is no lack of one product: rice. The most recent shipment of this type was 300 tons purchased in Colombia by the Chinese company Yutong and destined for Havana. A drop in the middle of the ocean, since the island needs … Continue reading “Cuba Must Import More than 500,000 Tons of Rice this Year”

The Problem is Not Hunger, but Cubans’ Excessive Appetite, Opines Frei Betto

14ymedio, Havana, 26 December 2021 — “In Cuba there is no hunger. But the Cubans have a lot of appetite!” affirmed the Brazilian Frei Betto in a recent text published by the State newspaper Granma. In his writing, the theologian and sympathizer of the regime argues that the Government of the Island spends two billion … Continue reading “The Problem is Not Hunger, but Cubans’ Excessive Appetite, Opines Frei Betto”