The Cuban government has implemented a food distribution plan using mule teams to supply hard-to-reach communities in Imías, which remain isolated due to severe damage to their roads following Hurricane Oscar in eastern Cuba, where many families have lost everything due to the slow response of the regime.
Official journalist Frank Enrique reported on Facebook that the measure aims to prioritize the distribution of the basic food basket and donations to communities such as Yacabo Arriba, Calderos, Explanada de Duaba, La Vega, El Jobo, Negencial, El Vagal, Arroyo Cali, and Batea, reflecting the lack of faster and more effective mechanisms.
According to him, this way the regime aims to ensure that every resident of the mountainous area receives assistance as quickly as possible, in an effort to erase the negative image it has due to its poor handling of the crisis left by the cyclone in this region of Cuba.
Dora Elisa Valiente Romero, the mayor of Guantánamo, informed the Cuban News Agency that the use of mules is necessary to sell food from the family basket and other essential products to the population.
The official stated that, using animal transport, a limited number of products were delivered to the isolated areas, including rice, sugar, pasta, canned sardines, milk for children under one year old, and bottled water.
The Baracoa government announced on Tuesday a series of measures for the distribution of basic products to the population for the month of October, in response to the situation created by Hurricane Oscar.
The distribution policy includes the free delivery of various essential products, which will be recorded in the supply booklet, and sets rationing measures that reflect the limited resources in the region, reported Primada Visión on its Facebook profile.
Previously, the regime boasted of "an air operation to transport food towards Imías," as that municipality in Guantanamo had been cut off by land following the severe damage caused by Hurricane Oscar.
The public's discontent with the measures adopted by the government, both before and after the impact of the cyclone, has been evident in the demands made to the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel during his brief visits to the affected areas.
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