By Francisco Acevedo
HAVANA TIMES – On previous occasions, I have talked about the emergence of micro, small, and medium private businesses (SMEs), thanks to which Cuba remains afloat.
For months, our dear Miguel Diaz-Canel’s government hasn’t sold a single packet of chicken to the population through the so-called monthly distribution modules, which have been shrinking each time. However, Cubans acquire them thanks to imports from these private businesses, which, as we have mentioned in several articles, somehow postpone a social explosion because, despite the high prices, they bring these products closer to the citizens.
It turns out that Aleida Guevara, the eldest daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara, recently declared war on these new forms of association, even accusing them of facilitating drug trafficking.
“These private businesses pose security risks because they can facilitate the entry of drugs or other illicit goods into the country,” she said in an interview with the Italian media outlet Il Fatto Quotidiano.
From the outset, coming from someone who has been surrounded all her life by the children of other high-ranking officials, privileged consumers of all kinds of drugs as has been reported dozens of times despite official concealment, this statement is at the very least surprising.
According to her, this “capitalist anarchy” also contributes to the increase in inequalities, ignoring the mansion she lives in and the constant travels to any corner of the planet where her father sparks a minimum of admiration because, based on her own merits, she wouldn’t leave her house.
“We are experiencing a brutal economic crisis,” stated the 63-year-old pediatrician, whose salary is not enough to support her lifestyle, without knowing what it is to stand in a bread line, visit a ration store, or much less use a ration book.
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