English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Madrid, 20 January 2025 — Inspections and fines have not been effective against cattle theft, one of the crimes that affect the province of Las Tunas. Crimes against livestock increased by 10% compared to 2023, according to Periódico 26, which does not give the total figure by year. In addition, to show the scope … Continue reading “Cattle Theft Reaches Dizzying Levels in the Province of Las Tunas”
14ymedio, Havana, 17 January 2023 — Not even the threat of going to prison for up to 10 years for the illegal slaughter of cattle stopped this crime in Villa Clara, which closed 2022 with unprecedented figures of 12,237 head of cattle stolen or slaughtered. These events grew 200% compared to the previous year and are … Continue reading “Cuba’s Villa Clara Ranchers Organize Guards to Stop Cattle Theft”
14ymedio, Havana, 15 January 2023 — The theft and slaughter of cattle in the province of Las Tunas reached historical figures at the end of 2022, with an increase of 71% in cases compared to 2021. These facts, added to the loss of productivity due to lack of water and food for the animals, affected … Continue reading “Cuba: Theft and Slaughter of Cattle Grows More Than 70 Percent in One Year in Las Tunas”
The figure is disastrous for a country that ten years ago had nearly four million people, and that before 1959 boasted almost one cow per person. 14ymedio, Havana, 12 February 2025 — After ten months of inspections and raids against cattle thieves in Cuba’s fields, the Ministry of Agriculture offered this Wednesday a global result: … Continue reading “In Cuba, Only 2.9 Million Cattle Have Been Saved From Mismanagement and Cattle Thieves”
14ymedio, Miguel García, Holguin, 20 January 2025 — Employees of state-owned companies in Holguín are going through uncertain times. The successive staff reductions seem to have no end and another cut is expected in the month of February. The most affected entities are those linked to food production and processing, hit by low agricultural and … Continue reading “Due to Shortages of Cattle and Chickens, Slaughterhouses in Holguin, Cuba, are Cutting Staff”
The Government continues to apply a policy of “maximum severity” to livestock illegalities 14ymedio, Havana, 29 October 2024 — Up to August of this year, the Cuban regime tried 1,615 people for “conduct associated with the crime of illegal slaughter of beef cattle and trafficking in their meat,” the government newspaper Granma reported on Tuesday. … Continue reading “About 1,615 Cuban Ranchers Have Been Tried for Trafficking and Cattle Slaughter, Most of Them With Prison Sentences”
14ymedio, Madrid, 22 December 2023 — It was expected that, among the results analyzed by Parliament, those of the agricultural sector would be the most regrettable. But expectations were, once again, exceeded, in particular when the collapse of livestock was known due to theft and slaughter, almost twice as much as last year and 360% … Continue reading “Cases of Theft and Slaughter of Livestock in Cuba Have Increased by 360 Percent in Two Years”
14ymedio, Madrid, 7 July 2023 — Raidel Perera Romero, a fugitive from justice for more than a year, has been arrested by the Police in Santo Domingo, Villa Clara. According to Fuerza del Pueblo, a page related to the Ministry of the Interior, the “antisocial element,” who had an 11-year prison sentence for robbery with … Continue reading “It Took the Cuban Police More Than a Year To Capture a Cattle Thief”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 June 2023 — The increasingly acute shortages in Cuba coincide with a wave of robberies in food outlets. In recent days alone, the authorities confirmed the confiscation of 133 pounds of beef that was sold illegally in the province of Villa Clara, while in Havana some thieves took all the rice stored … Continue reading “Thefts of Meat, Rice and Other Foods Are Multiplying in Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, March 9, 2023 — The Rio Zaza Dairy Products Company in Sancti Spiritus province has temporarily suspended deliveries of milk for medical diets, with an exception granted for children and pregnant women, due to low production resulting from an ongoing drought. Alberto Cañizares Rodriguez, director of the state-owned company, told the regional newspaper Escambray … Continue reading “Cuba: Sancti Spiritus to Distribute Flavor-Enhanced Soy Milk Due to Cattle Shortage”
14ymedio, Havana, 28 January 2023 — The Artemisa Police arrested four people on Friday involved in a case of theft and slaughter of cows at the El Chorro farm, located between the municipalities of San Cristóbal and Candelaria. At the time of the arrest, made at 4:00 am, the agents seized a firearm, ammunition for a second … Continue reading “Four Armed Cattle Thieves Arrested in Artemisa, Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 12 October 2022 — The theft of cattle in Sancti Spíritus has multiplied 25 times this year compared to last year. The figures are official, made public during a meeting of the vice president of Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa, with the agricultural producers of that province. According to an article published in the … Continue reading “Cow Theft Goes From 48 to 1,200 Heads in a year in Sancti Spiritus, Despite High Penalties”
The “National Defense Council” is, in exceptional situations, the highest institution of power. Whenever it meets, it is charged with internal order, security, foreign policy, military forces, plus all the economic, legal and social activity of the country. So it is logical to understand why the luggage of the Cuban leaders are filled with reserves … Continue reading “Cuba: National Security and Defense of Cattle / Juan Juan Almeida”
14ymedio, Havana, 21 August 2024 — No official media published details about the four trials that were held this week in the municipal court of Songo-La Maya against two people accused of theft, slaughter and trafficking of livestock, and two others for attacking law enforcement officers. The important thing – and the Communist Party newspaper … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Brags About its ‘Exemplary’ Trials in Santiago de Cuba”
Along with cattle theft, the situation is putting the food supply in the province in jeopardy 14ymedio, Havana, 24 June 2024 — The guajiros of Cienfuegos are desperate; the state company Acopio has owed them a total of five million pesos for months and, without money, they cannot reinvest in planting for the next harvest. … Continue reading “Cuban State Company Acopio Owes Five Million Pesos to the Farmers of Cienfuegos”
