With blackouts and little food, the State markets of Ciego de Avila open until midnight
Cuban officialdom does not mention several obvious problems of this approach: blackouts, lack of products and corruption in the food sector of the province.
HAVANA TIMES – At least five state markets in the province of Ciego de Avila will begin working until midnight every day of the week. The decision, made by the Ministry of Agriculture, through Acopio, Cuba’s State Procurement and Distribution Agency for farm products, is based on the “experience” that two markets in the main municipality have been carrying out since March, and which – according to the authorities – allows the “working age population” to be able to buy food at that time.
The two markets in Ciego de Ávila that began working two months ago until midnight – El Cubanito, on Carretera Central, and Sabor Avileño, on Marcial Gomez Street – demonstrate, in the opinion of Yanisley Garlobo, Director of Development and Businesses of Acopio, there is an “improvement in the offer to the population, in the income of the workers and in the consolidation” of the entity.
Garlobo did not mention several obvious problems of this approach: blackouts, which make all commercial transactions difficult; the lack of products – which Acopio tries to mitigate with photographs of both markets, apparently stocked; the corruption of the food sector in the province, about which the official press frequently reports; and the increase in crime and danger in the streets, which means that most Cubans do not dare to transit as the night progresses.
Garlobo said there will be more markets “as long as Acopio has the financial and material resources to ma
