From our Bureau of Parasitic Socialism with some assistance from our Bureau of Mendicant Socialism
Beg. beg. beg. Rely on sugar daddies. Blame the embargo. Never accept change, never accept responsibility for any disaster. Such are the sacred guidelines by which Castro, Inc. ekes out its existence. Unfortunately, instead of letting the rotten inhumane system collapse under the weight of its inept and evil policies, countries around the world have helped Castro, Inc. stay in power for nearly 66 years.
It’s one of these oddities of history. If it weren’t for the world’s help, Castro, Inc. would have collapsed a long time ago.
Loosely translated from Marti Noticias
Cuban authorities have requested help from countries and international organizations due to the worsening economic and social crisis caused by Hurricanes Oscar and Rafael, which have devastated the island in recent weeks.
Oscar Pérez Oliva-Fraga, head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, reported on a meeting with United Nations agencies with offices on the island and “their decision to release financial and material funds to support recovery in the affected provinces.”
He also announced additional donations from countries and companies: “We can mention regional countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, and Venezuela, which have immediately provided aid to support recovery, as well as Russia, China, and other countries from different regions that have promptly offered assistance.”
From Havana, economist Angel Rodríguez Pita told Martí Noticias on Thursday that the government lacks a strong response capacity to address the situation.
“There is currently no mobilization by the authorities to enter the recovery phase. Citizens are the ones in each area doing what they can with the tools they have at hand, like machetes and so on, but recovery capacities are truly going to decrease,” he said.
While the storm battered the country’s western coast, a new disconnection of the national electric system occurred. There is currently a lack of drinking water, liquefied gas, and a shortage of food and everything else.
“This generates a massive social crisis within a relationship structure that has already been significantly affected in recent months. We must see what response capacity society has, but above all, how this society will be organized and how the Cuban government will respond to a worsening crisis, as we face a tropical storm that has devastated the eastern region and, on the other hand, the western region facing this crisis,” Rodríguez Pita added.
He also noted that the absence of electricity will hinder “communication among the different actors involved in the recovery phase.”
Following Hurricane Oscar, which hit the island’s eastern region on October 20, causing at least eight deaths, damage to 14,300 homes, and impacts on agriculture, the United Nations announced it would provide Cuba with $33 million for the thousands affected in San Antonio del Sur, Imías, Maisí, and Baracoa.
On that occasion, Caritas Cuba, through the Guantánamo-Baracoa diocese, provided food and resources to affected communities in San Antonio del Sur, Imías, Baracoa, and Maisí.