The regime confirmed that the neoliberal package announced at the end of 2023which included an increase in the price of several essential services on the Island, was not yet going to be implemented “until the conditions are created in the country.”
This was announced by the Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, during a meeting of the Council of State.
According to the official media GranmaDuring that meeting, compliance with the schedule of the implementation process of said measures was examined, which supposedly have the objective of “correcting distortions and re-boosting the economy during the year 2024.”
🇨🇺 Council of State examines compliance with the schedule for the implementation of Government measures to correct distortions and re-boost the economy
pic.twitter.com/aLSzhhviE7— Granma Newspaper (@Granma_Digital) February 19, 2024
In that sense, it was indicated that “from January 15 to February 15, the work system for monitoring and control of this issue has been consolidated”, this despite the fact that it had been announced last year that the measures were scheduled to begin. on February 1st.
The officials indicated that it was necessary to strengthen the strategies between micro, medium and small businesses (MSMEs) and the state sector before continuing with the measures, this to “achieve greater offers to the people, based on their joint potential in production.” of food, internal trade, import substitution.”
For his part, the designated president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, spoke about his recent visits to several provinces, in which he said he had found experiences “that should become the rule and not exceptions.”
Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the Council of State and the National Assembly of Cuba, maintained that neoliberal measures were capable of solving the existing problems on the Island, although he recognized that they were taken during “a complex context.”
Despite this, he justified that the objective of these changes was to “defend the work and main achievements of the Revolution, and to protect the population.”
The measures were stopped at the beginning of February
It is important to remember that the increase in the price of fuel, as well as its sale in dollars, was going to start on February 1, but the authorities stopped it due to an alleged problem found in the system intended for its sale.
According to the CIMEX corporation, This problem was caused by a supposed virus that was sent from abroad.
“The decision is due to a cybersecurity attack on the CIMEX marketing system. The Vice Minister of Economy and Planning reported just minutes ago that it was caused by a virus from abroad,” the official press indicated on that occasion.
Shortly after that announcement, Díaz-Canel dismissed Alejandro Gil Fernández as Minister of Economy and Planningsomething that was taken by many as the way in which the Castro regime was reversing the measures announced in December of last year, which generated discontent among the population.
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