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PINAR DEL RIO, March 14 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI /
www.cubanet.org) - The prescribed quota of baby food sold for children under two
years of age never reached the stores in February in the Sandino municipality of
Pinar del Río province, and approximately 700 children had to do without.
Local officials said there is no fruit to make the preserves. Sixto Benítez,
an official in charge of food distribution in the region, said the local
government will not be able to satisfy sales demand for children’s food
this year. He said he foresaw only ten sale dates for baby food in 2002, and
added he couldn’t guarantee that could be done regularly.
"Getting baby food has become a headache for parents, because the quota
assigned by the government doesn’t meet the needs of the children. Add that
often even the promised sale date doesn’t materialize, and there is only
one way out, to buy the baby food in the dollar stores instead. But not everyone
has dollars," said one resident.
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