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Caribbean-Latin America
Facing crisis, Communist Utopia of Cuba calls on citizens to grow more of their own food
2020-06-30
HAVANA (Reuters) - In the courtyard of a temple belonging to the Abakua Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood in Havana, Nelson Piloto is pulling up the lawn to plant bell peppers and cassava in the face of Cuba’s looming food crisis.

Piloto, 40, says he is responding to the Communist government’s call for citizens to produce more of their own food, including in big cities, in whatever spaces they can find, from backyards to balconies.

Standing across from two giant ceiba trees that are considered sacred by many in Cuba, the temple usually resounds with ceremonies involving drumming, animal sacrifices and dance. But it sits empty now due to coronavirus lockdown restrictions on gatherings.

"I’m making the most of the earth," said Piloto, leaning on his hoe.

Food security has lately risen to the top of the national agenda in Cuba, with countless news headlines and televised roundtable discussions dedicated to the topic.

Posted by:Besoeker

#5  In the 1970 election [in Chili], Salvador Allende of the Socialist Party of Chile (then part of the "Popular Unity" coalition which included the Communists, Radicals, Social-Democrats, dissident Christian Democrats, the Popular Unitary Action Movement, and the Independent Popular Action became the leader of Chili.

A friend fled Chili during this time and came to the U.S.. He said the Allende government appropriated the large farms and ranches and divided up the land into smaller parcels and gave these to the peasants who worked the larger farms/ranches. The livestock, poultry and hogs were also divided up. He said that the newly minted small farm owners didn’t grow enough to sustain themselves or the livestock and chickens. They ate the seed corn and feed. They ended up eating all the livestock and poultry and the small farms went fallow and they had nothing to eat.

It would be like if Antifa/BLM tried to sustain themselves in CHOP.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-06-30 16:34  

#4  Coming soon to several US cities that truckers won't deliver to since there are no cops and just rioters.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-06-30 12:09  

#3  I’m making the most of the earth

Isn't that a great crime against Gaia and Al Gore and the Swedish twit?

Posted by: AlanC   2020-06-30 07:38  

#2  MSM "Cuba conquers OBESITY as US fails!"
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-06-30 06:39  

#1  They're coming at this problem from the wrong direction. As we here at the 'Burg know, Farmin B Hard. Rather than calling on the citizens to grow more food, why not just call on the citizens to starve less? For Cuba! Viva la Revolution!
Posted by: SteveS   2020-06-30 02:27  

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