As is known, the spontaneity of that feat, which was its great merit, was also its Achilles heel
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 26 May 2024 — One way to evaluate the time that has passed is to inventory the achievements; another, to list the outstanding issues.
It is the responsibility of the press to point out faults, demand compliance with what was scheduled and also denounce the unfeasibility of what was promised.
These days, as our newspaper, 14ymedio, celebrates its first decade of existence, I have set myself the unpleasant task of relating everything that has not happened in Cuba yet. I’ve limited the list to ten, just to play with our birthday.
The salary that Cuba’s workers earn has failed to become the most important form of support for families.
The rationing system, instead of becoming a way to subsidize people, has extended its tentacles of control and limitations to other goods that were previously unrationed.
The salary that Cuba’s workers earn has failed to become the most important form of support for families
The mythical little glass of milk, promised in 2007, not only remains out of reach of consumers, but has become even further removed, along with other products previously considered accessible and popular.
The promise of guaranteeing decent housing for families continues to be a populist formula that is impossible to carry out under the current mode of production.
The criminalization of political dissent, far from decreasing, has been implemented in a penal code that criminalizes all dissent.
The Cuban State still has not ratified the human right
