In the midst of a context ofcrisis in the distribution of bread from the basic basket, an alleged theft of flour in a bakery in Santiago de Cuba was recorded on video and shown through social networks as a citizen complaint to thefood shortage and the corruption of administrative officials on the island.
A follower of the independent journalist's Facebook pageYosmany Mayeta Labrada, sent him a video of the alleged robbery, which occurred in the bakery in the Altamirano neighborhood, in the capital of Santiago.
According to the complainant,The incident occurred around 5:00 a.m. this saturday, when the manager of said bakery, named Leonardo, “loaded several bags of flour into a cart,” says Mayeta Labrada.
“They owe me two rounds of bread that I am sure they will not pay me for, so that this scoundrel comes and then says that there is no bread due to lack of flour, what there is not is expensive,” the lady expressed to the communicator.
The woman stated that there were several neighbors waiting in line to buy gas, and stated that in her experience she has often not been able to send her child to school due to lack of bread, and it is difficult for her to give 20 pesos a day every day. the one sold in private shops.
Cuba has been facing problems in the production of bread for the basic basket, due to the lack of flour, an issue that has led to alternatives such as making this product withpumpkin Oyucca, and regulate its distribution to children under 14 years of age.
Nevertheless,In mid-March, a ship with 8,300 tons of wheat flour arrived at the port of Santiago de Cuba, which the authorities affirmed would allow stabilizing bread production in the provinces from Ciego de Ávila to Guantánamo, as revealed by theCuban News Agency (ACN).
A similar cargo arrived at the port of Cienfuegos, which, although it would not guarantee total consumption of bread production, would allow a gradual recovery of the delays for the west and center of the country, said the Minister of the Food Industry.Alberto Lopez Diaz.
Robberies like the one described are not the first time they have occurred in Santiago de Cuba. At the end of February,Residents of that province reported the loss of orders in a warehouse in the capital city.
The event occurred in the warehouse located on the Central Highway of Kilometer 6, Las Cuevas, on February 17, after the workers closed early to go celebrate "Valentine's Day" because on the 14th they could not celebrate the date.
That Saturday "late at night they stole all the basic basket errands of more than half of the population here, which we were left unable to buy," the Internet user reported.Eridailis Alarcon Galan.
During the first half of 2023,A total of 361 robberies occurred in Cuban warehouses.
The Minister of Internal TradeBetsy Diaz Velazquez, offered the data during a session of the permanent work committees of the Cuban Parliament, in which he also said that this figure decreases by 66 compared to the end of 2022.
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