Poverty Continues to be a Reality in Cuba
In recent days there has been speculation in Cuba with respect to the
purportedly significant speech made by dictator Raúl Castro where he
informed about changes in the way the government runs the country.
However, these are speculations whose purpose is to give the impression
that what the dictator says is taken seriously, especially in terms of
the economic and social field. Fundamentally, he emphasized those two
issues, making statements that are not based on reality, except for the
arbitrary way in which they will be implemented. There is a great
distance between what is said and the possibility of any benefits for
the Cuban people.
According to what Raúl Castro said, many government employees will be
let go. And, according to him, those unemployed individuals will have
the opportunity to work productively on their own. But when those
activities are defined and it is explained how it will be done, it can
be seen that it is one more lie, because although those who will be
"self-employed" might make some money, the poverty and the economic
crisis that the Cuban people have been experiencing for over fifty-one
years will continue. Part of this crisis is the lack of raw materials.
In other words, a shoe-repair shop that does not have materials to work
with or customers with money to pay, will find it very difficult to be
productive, even in a very small scale. And what is said about a
shoe-repair shop – used as an example- can be said about any other
activity in which an individual or a small shop might be engaged.
Of course, it is understandable that the people who in Cuba are used to
"thinking" in the midst of the limitations and arbitrariness that
prevail in Cuba can not take seriously these new programs, new in words,
but not in realities. The lack of food and other staples in different
areas will continue, because this can not be fixed simply by a
government decree or a speech made from a podium, microphone in hand.
Naturally, the frustrations of the Cuban people will continue, because
their reality takes a toll. The socioeconomic system that the
dictatorship has imposed in Cuba for more than half a century determines
this. Poverty goes hand in hand with Marxism-Leninism.
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