HAVANA, October 1 (Juan Carlos Linares / CubaNet) - The pound of chicken
allocated to each man, woman and child in Cuba by the government's food
rationing plan was not sold in September, said an official in Havana's Diez de
Octubre municipality.
The official version is that the quota was not offered for sale because it
wasn't in stock in the government warehouses.
"The crisis came up because what chicken there was, was given to the
Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) for their anniversary
festivities," said the official.
The CDRs celebrate their founding every year with public festivities. Every
year, these events are less well attended, so people assume the chicken was
supposed to provide the "drawing power" for this year's event.
In previous years, the CDRs celebrated with a soup, for which they were
given some hog heads and vegetables. The festivities consisted of cooking the
soup, consuming it, and praising the Revolution.
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