| 22/12/2020 – 13:43 (GMT-4)
CIMEX Corporation has been publishing the prices of staple foods and cleaning products in its Cuban stores since January, when the process of monetary reunification in the country began.
The value of its products, which were previously sold in CUC and CUP, with an exchange equivalent to 25 pesos in the national currency, will now be only in Cuban pesos (CUP).
From now on, for example, a liter of sunflower oil will cost 48.75 CUP, a kilogram of chicken pulp 45.00 CUP, and a liter of chicken liver 38.75 CUP.
On the other hand, a packet of minced turkey of 400 grams will cost 20.00 CUP and the chicken 22.50 CUP.
In terms of personal hygiene, a Four Seasons brand deodorant will cost 25.00 CUP, Natural toothpaste 30.00 CUP and 500 grams of D’BLAN detergent 27.50 CUP.
Since the government started opening free convertible stores throughout the island, CUC and CUP stores have been virtually out of stock, a situation that continues to this day and has generated quite a bit of controversy among citizens.
When they started with the stores in MLC, the authorities said that in those of the CUC products such as powdered and evaporated milk, cheese, yogurt, minced beef, burgers, minced turkey, chicken, sausages, sausages, apples, vegetable oil, tomato puree, other canned tomatoes, canned meat and fish, pasta, cereals , wheat flour, coffee, sugar and salt.
In terms of hygiene, they promised to sell detergent, laundry soap and toilet paper, toilet paper, deodorant, toothpaste, sanitary pads, disposable tampons, wet wipes, shampoo, floor blankets and toothbrushes. teeth.
However, this was an unfulfilled promise like many others, as the shelves of these units often remain empty.
“What disrespect they have for hungry people” said a Cuban last month in front of the images of the empty shelves of the shops in CUC.
“Everything that is missing there and much more is in MLC stores, a huge lack of respect for people,” said another user.
“The promises are astonishing, when they said that the same products will be in dollars and in CUC or at the exchange rate in the national currency, how quickly do they forget the promises made to the consumer, ordinary Cubans, who represent 90% of the population,” said another Cuban.
This month, leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, in the company of Communist Party First Secretary Raúl Castro, announced that the process of monetary unification in Cuba It will start on January 1, with a single exchange rate of 24 Cuban pesos (CUP) for one dollar.
From now on, the salary fund in Cuba will increase 4.9 times, and social insurance pensions will increase five times.
However, Cubans are worried about the reality that is looming in a few weeks, when prices rise and poverty on the island can reach unimaginable places.
“It has already been stated that the task of ordering itself is not the magic solution to all the problems present in our economy. However, it will favor the creation of the necessary conditions to move forward in a more solid way,” said Díaz-Canel.