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FROM
CUBA
Authorities in Cuba release decomposing
food for sale
PINAR DEL RÍO, Cuba, August 25
(Rafael Ferro Salas, UPECI / www.cubanet.org)
- Authorities in charge of food rationing
in Pinar del Río province released
for sale food stocks that need refrigeration
after hurricane Charley knocked out the
power, but by the time they reached market,
consumers complained, they were decomposing
or worse.
"They never sold us these products
before. At first, we were happy, but then
we realized that they were selling them
outside the rationing system because they
were rotten and only good to throw away.
In spite of that, the prices were high,
as if the products were good. To top it
all, some people with money were buying
rotting meat to resell in other cities,"
said one resident of the Rancho Grande subdivision,
who refused to be identified.
The hurricane cut across the island through
Havana province east of here, but knocked
down the power lines that bring in the electricity.
Most of the province has been off the national
grid since.
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