The governmental crusade that the Cuban government is carrying out against vendors, both private and state-owned, based on the aim of combating high prices and illegal activities, seems to have reached its highest expression in Santa Clara.
This weekend, inspectors from that territory carried out seizures, indicated forced sales, and imposed fines that ranged between 5,000 and 16,000 Cuban pesos (CUP), based on Decree 30/21 and Decree Law 91/24.
On the Facebook profile of the Municipal Inspection Directorate of Santa Clara, they shared some of the measures taken during the inspections carried out in the main areas of sales authorized by the government of that city.
In this way, expired products and the lack of weight in the dispatch of some foods, mainly rice and beans, were detected. For example, at the San Miguel Agropecuary Market, it was verified that, out of the five pounds of pork sold, one buyer was short half a pound.
They stood out at the Agricultural Fair of the Escambray neighborhood, as the Ana Pegudo garden sold half a pound of beans less to a consumer buying two pounds, so since they were recurring in this situation, they decided to confiscate 145 pounds of black beans and deliver them to the "Let the Sun Always Shine" Children's Circle.
For its part, from the Facebook profile "Inspección Villa Clara," they mentioned that they found a self-employed worker selling expired toothpaste from March 2024 in the José Martí neighborhood.
In Virginia, another self-employed worker was fined for selling the 2 kg chicken package for 1,600 CUP and the sausage for 70 CUP each.
During the months of July and August, the inspectors of Santa Clara conducted a total of 170 inspections, during which they imposed the same number of fines, resulting in a collection of approximately 634,500 CUP, according to official data.
Of the imposed fines, 139 correspond to price violations, primarily alterations, deceptions, abusive prices, withholding, and to a lesser extent, misinformation. Additionally, 10 individuals who were conducting the activity illegally were sanctioned, and other fines were imposed for non-compliance with the payment gateways.
In a recent meeting of the Council of Ministers, the First Deputy Minister of Economy and Planning, Mildrey Granadillo de la Torre, stated that so far, at the national level, 222,300 inspections have been carried out, in which 127,532 violations have been detected, leading to the application of 137,391 fines amounting to over 348 million pesos.
These actions are part of what the government has called a plan to correct distortions and revitalize the economy, which according to the Cuban Minister of Economy Joaquín Alonso Vázquez "is a process that is progressing, but not at the speed we want."
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