Cuban on bread from MSMEs: "How did that flour arrive on time and the flour used to make the people's bread didn't?"

HeCuban lawyer Manuel Viera, strong critic of the regime Castro, questioned the shortage of bread in state bakeries while MSMEs maintain their supply.

"If we know that these MSMEs can only import through state importers, how come that flour arrived on time and the flour used to make the people's bread did not? Surely it is the fault of the blockade!" he stated.

Viera also criticized the differences that exist between Havana and the rest of the provinces.

As reported in his profileFacebookIn the interior of the country there is no flour to make children's bread, however, in the capital there is bread in all MSMEs and cafes.

"They go around selling 'the fluton' for 300 pesos on every block? Could it be that Havana and the rest of the provinces are different countries? Has an Extra-Havana Republic been created?" he asked.

The Cuban government announced at the end of Februarysevere effects on the distribution of bread in the basic basket due to instability in the supply of raw materials.

The Ministry of the Food Industry (MINAL) reported that until the end of March the delivery of bread from the regulated quota will be affected due to delays in the arrival of wheat shipments, and that the purchase of flour imported by "non-state forms of management".

A few days later, the authorities of Pinar del Río announced that they will only guarantee thebread from the supply book to children under 14 years of age.

Due to the insufficient availability of wheat flour, so-called "extenders" will be used, such as pumpkin puree and cassava flour.

The director of the Provincial Food Industry Company, Oviamna Martínez Barrera, said that she will try to cover the demand of prioritized organizations, such as Health and Education.

On the other hand, in Las Tunas, the authorities announced thatThere will only be standardized bread for the urban area of the province on Tuesdays and Thursdays, due to a "severe shortage" of wheat flour on the Island.

The placeNewspaper 26 reported that the strategy was reconciled with "the Ministry of the Food Industry in the face of the severe shortage of wheat flour that state companies can acquire to produce the aforementioned highly subsidized product."

Alberto Fonseca Rodríguez, director of the Provincial Comprehensive Food Industry Company, explained that they are only receiving 12.16 tons of wheat flour twice a week, much less than half of the 29,601 per day that would be needed to make wheat bread. the winery.