Although the basic food basket doesn't cover all needs, it remains a lifeline for millions of Cuban families in the face of inflation and shortages.
The Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) updated the distribution of regulated products in several provinces across the country, revealing delays, partial deliveries, and some complete coverage.
In Villa Clara: partial deliveries and delays
Delivery of peas is pending in Camajuaní and Placetas; the rest of the municipalities have already received the 10 ounces per consumer.
For sugar, 500.9 tons have been distributed, but only in Camajuaní, Placetas, Cifuentes, Ranchuelo, and Manicaragua. The rest are still awaiting distribution.
Coffee is being distributed only in Santa Clara. No deliveries are planned for the rest of the municipalities. Distribution for underweight children and tobacco have not yet begun. Cigars are being delivered only in Santa Clara.
In Havana: inherited delays and donations
April rice is still being distributed in five municipalities east of the capital. The delivery of compote for children under three is still pending in Boyeros and Cerro.
Two pounds of sugar will be distributed in May, but Guanabacoa and Cotorro are still waiting. Only Regla has already received the 13 boxes of baby food.
The distribution of three kilos of powdered milk per child between 1 and 2 years old and two boxes of fluid milk for children between 2 and 6 years old continues. Both products come from donations.
In Las Tunas: advanced, but not complete, distribution
Sugar deliveries have already been completed in Manatí, Majibacoa, Las Tunas, and Colombia. In Puerto Padre, sugar has been distributed to 45 warehouses, but 88 remain pending.
Jesús Menéndez reports 92 warehouses covered and 9 pending. In Jobabo, 12 warehouses remain to receive the product, and in Amancio, only 3 remain.
In Camagüey: pending cases have been piling up since March
Rice has still not been delivered in full since March: two pounds from that month and seven from April are missing. Today, it is being distributed in Edén, Juruquey, Agramonte, and Modelo Imán.
Sugar distribution is underway in Edén, Juruquey, and Florat. It has already been completed in areas such as Agramonte, Lenin, and Belén.
One cigarette per consumer has been delivered to various sectors. Powdered milk from May lasts only 10 days. Fluid milk and yogurt are not affected.
In terms of toiletries, bath and laundry soap was distributed in multiple locations. January toothpaste is still pending in América Latina, Edén, and Juruquey.
In Holguín: rice and sugar still incomplete
In Holguín, pounds of rice corresponding to March are distributed, with variations depending on the municipality:
4 pounds in 657 wineries in Cacocum, Holguín, Antilla, Calixto, Urbano, Freyre, Gibara and Moa.
6 pounds in Baguanó, Cueto, Sagua and Frank País.
5 pounds in Antilla and Banes.
7 pounds in Mayarí, where the delivery has already been completed.
Regarding raw sugar, also for the month of March, it is already available in 985 wineries, although 376 are still waiting to receive the product.
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In the West, where, as things stand, only Havana is talked about, the status of the surrender of Matanzas is unknown.
Everything is wrong, the VPM continues selling everything very expensively, the kiosks hide the products even worse, they get richer every day, the inspectors do not do their job as it should be, nobody cares about anything, ethical and moral values have been lost, what a shame for those retirees who gave everything and now they have no way to feed themselves while others are living the sweet life if salaries do not increase our people will not be able to maintain essential needs and neither will health, which are very important things.
It seems that Granma is not a province of Cuba. There is no mention of the distribution of the basic food basket in the territory. It seems that we are doing very well or that it is one of the most backward.
Please no more lies, Cuba. The truth, no matter how strong it is, is that millions of people are dying of hunger.
It's a shame that a complete .es happens, and more so on almost every occasion, and the people have no support. Having a supply card is just for fun. You spend the month waiting for basic products like rice and sugar and they don't arrive. It's sad to think about those who only earn 2000 pesos, how they eat, how they live, how they feed their families, it's a disgrace. I'm speechless.
What is the use of information if nothing is fulfilled in practice?
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In Santiago de Cuba and its municipalities, the missing rice from March, April, and May has not been distributed in full, not a single grain. Milk for children under zero has not been found. Sugar is conspicuously absent, as is cooking oil and cleaning supplies.
and the sugar for April p when because the 2 pounds they are selling are being pointed out in May
Granma, no way, in Guisa they still owe part of March and so they have to put up with it, this is going to be a while.
My comment is regarding the electricity supply in Pinar del Río, where hundreds of families remain without power for more than 20 hours. The Director of the Electric Union in this province recently received recognition as Pinar del Río is the province with the greatest energy savings in the country. Please investigate this colleague thoroughly, as it is assumed he is in collusion with coal sellers. Regards.
What is the use of information if nothing is fulfilled in practice?
What I do know is that every day that passes, more and more people are knocking on doors asking for something to eat, because their meager salary or checkbook isn't enough to provide adequate nutrition.
Shame on those who waste no time forming groups to take a plane and go out to "strengthen bonds of friendship," spending a fortune on it, which would surely be enough to buy a gas boat or powdered milk for the children.
They should be ashamed.