Cinco años duros después del huracán Sandy
Mayo 31, 2017
Rosa Martínez
HAVANA TIMES — Qué difícil resulta realizar cualquier proyecto en mi
amada Isla. Lo saben bien los cuentapropistas, los que comenzaron hace
mucho y los que inician sus empresas ahora mismo; igualmente, los que
deciden construir sus viviendas por esfuerzo propio, que ni siquiera con
dinero en mano pueden conseguir todo lo que necesitan; pero quienes más
lo sufrimos somos los de a pie, que con nuestros salarios apenas podemos
mal vivir, mucho menos empeñarnos en otra empresa.
Desde que en 2012 el huracán Sandy -que casi destruye a Santiago de Cuba
y causó severos daños en las provincias orientales- dejó mi casa
temblando, pues arrancó casi todo el techo de la vivienda de a golpe, no
hemos tenido respiro.
Lo más urgente, obviamente lo primero, fue reparar la cubierta, para la
que afortunadamente recibimos la ayuda estatal que sufragó la mitad del
precio de los materiales -tejas de fibro, clavos, cemento-, y permitió,
además, que diéramos el resto a plazos, a través del Banco, todavía
estamos pagando.
Después nos vimos en la obligación de adquirir olla arrocera, platos,
cubiertos y vasos, entre otros, pues como la cocina se derrumbó, casi
todos los utensilios de cristal y de otro tipo fueron destruidos al caer
el techo sobre ellos.
También compramos un colchón nuevo, porque por más que intentamos
reparar el que se mojó en medio del terrible fenómeno, no hubo Dios que
le quitara el mal olor provocado por la humedad, sin mencionar que nos
dijeron que aunque pareciera seco tendría bichos.
Han sido cinco años de muchas carencias, más de un préstamo bancario,
inventos al margen de la ley para reunir dinero, y lo peor es que
todavía nos faltan muchísimas cosas por solucionar.
Solo ha sido un lustro, que llamaría gris, por no decir negro. Solo mi
familia y yo, especialmente las niñas, sabemos cuánto hemos tenido que
sacrificar para avanzar un poco. Fin de semana tras fin de semana
recluidos en casa, vacaciones enteras sin vacacionar; ropa y calzado,
solo cuando no hay opción; hasta la alimentación se vio afectada de una
u otra forma.
Fue un quinquenio extremadamente duro, pero ya acabó. Mi esposo y yo
decimos NO más sacrificios extremos, lo que falta por mejorar o cambiar
lo haremos más lentamente. Pero me pregunto, si con la soga apretada
hasta casi ahorcarnos demoramos cinco largos años para hacer unas pocas
cosas: ¡Dios mio, cuánto tiempo más pasará para que mi familia y yo
podamos vivir decorosamente como merecemos!
Source: Cinco años duros después del huracán Sandy - Havana Times en
español - http://www.havanatimes.org/sp/?p=123930
Saturday, June 3, 2017
A Tough 5-Years Since Hurricane Sandy Hit Eastern Cuba
A Tough 5-Years Since Hurricane Sandy Hit Eastern Cuba
May 31, 2017
Rosa Martinez
HAVANA TIMES — It is truly difficult to make any project come to light
on my beloved island. The self-employed know this well enough, those who
began a long time ago and those who have started up their own businesses
right now. Likewise, those who decide to build their homes by themselves
can't get everything they need even with cash in hand.
However, we ordinary Cubans are the ones who suffer the most, because we
can barely live on our super low salaries; much less get involved in
another business.
Ever since Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, which almost destroyed Santiago
de Cuba and caused severe damage in the other eastern provinces
including Guantanamo, and left my house trembling as it nearly tore off
the roof all of a sudden, we haven't been able to take a break.
The most urgent thing we had to do, which was clearly the first thing we
had to do, was to repair the roof, which we luckily received government
support for as the State put up half of the money for materials –
fibreglass tiles, nails, cement – and also allowed us to pay the rest
back in installments, via the Bank, which we are still paying.
Later, we found ourselves forced to buy a rice cooker, plates, cutlery
and glasses, among other things, as the kitchen had collapsed and nearly
all of the glass kitchenware and other kinds of kitchenware were
destroyed when the roof fell through.
We also bought a new mattress, because no matter how much we tried to
fix the one that had got wet in the middle of that terrible disaster,
there wasn't anyone who could get rid of the awful smell that was
brought on by the damp, not to mention that we had been told that even
though it might seem dry, it might have bugs.
It has been a long five years of many shortages, more than one loan from
the bank, "inventing" on the side to try and collect a bit of money, and
the worse thing is that we still have so many things we need to take
care of.
I would say it has been a grey five-year period, not to say black. Only
my family and I, especially the girls, know how much we have had to
sacrifice in order to make a little bit of progress. Weekends stuck at
home, entire holidays without going on holiday; clothes and shoes, only
when we have no other choice; even our diets have been affected in one
way or another.
It was an extremely hard five years, but it's over now. My husband and I
have said that we WON'T make any more extreme sacrifices; we'll fix
whatever needs to be improved or changed gradually over time. However, I
have to ask myself, if it took us five long years to do just a little
bit with the rope so tight that we almost strangled ourselves, how much
more time has to pass before my family and I can live the dignified life
we deserve!
Source: A Tough 5-Years Since Hurricane Sandy Hit Eastern Cuba - Havana
Times.org - http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=125516
May 31, 2017
Rosa Martinez
HAVANA TIMES — It is truly difficult to make any project come to light
on my beloved island. The self-employed know this well enough, those who
began a long time ago and those who have started up their own businesses
right now. Likewise, those who decide to build their homes by themselves
can't get everything they need even with cash in hand.
However, we ordinary Cubans are the ones who suffer the most, because we
can barely live on our super low salaries; much less get involved in
another business.
Ever since Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, which almost destroyed Santiago
de Cuba and caused severe damage in the other eastern provinces
including Guantanamo, and left my house trembling as it nearly tore off
the roof all of a sudden, we haven't been able to take a break.
The most urgent thing we had to do, which was clearly the first thing we
had to do, was to repair the roof, which we luckily received government
support for as the State put up half of the money for materials –
fibreglass tiles, nails, cement – and also allowed us to pay the rest
back in installments, via the Bank, which we are still paying.
Later, we found ourselves forced to buy a rice cooker, plates, cutlery
and glasses, among other things, as the kitchen had collapsed and nearly
all of the glass kitchenware and other kinds of kitchenware were
destroyed when the roof fell through.
We also bought a new mattress, because no matter how much we tried to
fix the one that had got wet in the middle of that terrible disaster,
there wasn't anyone who could get rid of the awful smell that was
brought on by the damp, not to mention that we had been told that even
though it might seem dry, it might have bugs.
It has been a long five years of many shortages, more than one loan from
the bank, "inventing" on the side to try and collect a bit of money, and
the worse thing is that we still have so many things we need to take
care of.
I would say it has been a grey five-year period, not to say black. Only
my family and I, especially the girls, know how much we have had to
sacrifice in order to make a little bit of progress. Weekends stuck at
home, entire holidays without going on holiday; clothes and shoes, only
when we have no other choice; even our diets have been affected in one
way or another.
It was an extremely hard five years, but it's over now. My husband and I
have said that we WON'T make any more extreme sacrifices; we'll fix
whatever needs to be improved or changed gradually over time. However, I
have to ask myself, if it took us five long years to do just a little
bit with the rope so tight that we almost strangled ourselves, how much
more time has to pass before my family and I can live the dignified life
we deserve!
Source: A Tough 5-Years Since Hurricane Sandy Hit Eastern Cuba - Havana
Times.org - http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=125516
Friday, June 2, 2017
The Future Is Built With Cement … But There Isn’t Any
The Future Is Built With Cement … But There Isn't Any
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 26 May 2017 — The cranes show off
their slender anatomy in some areas of Havana where several luxury
hotels are being built. Apart from this landscape of progress, private
construction and repairs face technological problems and shortages. This
week it has been cement's turn.
"This is the third time I have come and I am leaving with an empty
wheelbarrow," a customer on the hunt for construction materials
complained Thursday in the Havana's La Timba neighborhood. The employee
standing behind the counter confirmed that "they are sending less than
before and every day more people come to try to buy it."
To send, to arrive and to supply are the verbs used to refer to the
state distribution of any product, be it eggs, milk powder, or tiles to
cover a roof. There is an enormous supply chain responsible for
distributing construction materials, in a country where 39% of the
housing stock is in "regular or poor" condition.
Since the beginning of the year, gray cement has become the biggest
headache for those involved in construction, a situation that has
worsened in recent weeks.
Several employees in the stores in the capital specializing in
construction materials and that sell their goods in convertible pesos,
told 14ymedio that since the beginning of 2017 they have not received
cement.
The government has chosen to place the product in the network that sells
in Cuban pesos, the so-called national currency, in the face of previous
criticisms of excessive prices in the foreign exchange network. However,
a network of corruption, diversion of resources and re-sales makes it
almost impossible to get one of those sacks with the precious gray powder.
The national cement industry has not yet recovered from the blow that
resulted from the fall of Europe's socialist camp and the withdrawal of
the Soviet Union's subsidies to Cuba. At present, six factories on the
island managed to produce slightly more than 1.4 million tonnes of gray
cement last year, a figure well below the 5.2 million achieved in the
same period in neighboring Dominican Republic, a country with a
comparable population (about 11 million inhabitants), according to a
report from the Producers Association.
The government has assigned the Construction Materials Business Group
(GEICON) to produce cement in each of its variants, in addition to other
building materials such as aggregates, blocks, and flooring elements,
along with asbestos, fibroasphalt and roofing tiles.
The sales and marketing director of the group, Rubén Gómez Medina,
recently explained on national television that despite the sector's
recovery over the last five years, it still cannot meet demand.
The situation becomes complex for self-employed masons, and also for
those who are part of a non-agricultural cooperative. "As there is no
wholesale market, when we are contracted to do a job we have to place
responsibility for the materials on the customer," says Carlos Núñez,
who two years ago obtained a license for that occupation.
The entrepreneur remembers that at first they calculated a budget that
included everything, the plans, the materials and the labor. "Since we
started, the prices of aggregates have changed from one day to the next
and no one can tolerate that."
A bag of gray cement last year cost just over 6 CUC in an official
store. In the open markets the same bag is sold in national currency at
the equivalent of 7 CUC. The lack of supply has meant that in the
underground market, where it is also scarce, the price doubles and in
some areas reaches as high as 18 CUC.
Cement, along with pork or cooking oil, is one of those goods that set
the pace of the everyday economy. Its disappearance or shortage is a
direct blow to the population's quality of life.
Of the more than 23,000 homes that were built during 2015, less than
half were erected by the state. The rest were built by the private sector.
Now, for many, the only option is to buy gray cement on the black
market, or to sleep outside one of the open markets all night to see if
there's an early delivery.
On the outskirts of Fe del Valle Park, mixed among the dozens of people
who connect to the Internet in this popular Wi-Fi zone, resellers
abound. The site has a reputation for being a place where you can find
everything, "even 12 gauge electric cables for electrical
installations," a young man nicknamed El Chino proclaims without modesty.
So as not to be confused with a police informant or an inspector, the
buyer should pronounce the question in the most roundabout way. "How's
the cement coming along, pal?" El Chino arches his eyebrows and with a
precise professional air answers, " P350, which is for mounting plates,
goes out of here at between 10 and 12 CUC a bag and P250, for
plastering, goes for 9."
He pauses, as if he is sorry for what he is about to confess and adds,
"But right now there isn't any."
At the Ministry of Construction (MICONS) the officials questioned do not
clarify the reasons for the shortage, although several cooperative
members engaged in construction assert that part of the production of
the western zone has been sent to Guantánamo province to repair the
houses damaged by Hurricane Matthew.
A MICONS employee, who preferred anonymity, does not agree with that
explanation and insists that "since a group of measures to promote
construction by self-effort was implemented, there was a building
explosion that was not foreseen in the production plans for the
materials… Important hotels are being built and the supply to those
places can't be allowed to fail, so it has been prioritized," he adds.
The most recent version of the Foreign Investment Opportunities
Portfolio describes the objective of the authorities to "promote the
construction of infrastructure and industrial maintenance, mainly for
the nickel, oil and cement industries." But so far potential investors
are wary of putting their money in ventures on the Island.
"What has happened is that the cement industry is bottoming out and can
not withstand the pressure of the high demand," an engineer with 30
years of experience in the sector, who prefers to be called Osvaldo –
not his real name – to avoid reprisals for his statements, tells this
newspaper.
In 2016 the country's factories have had serious problems due to the
lack of maintenance but transportation has also burdened the
results. "We depend on the Cuban Railways to transfer part of the
material used in cement manufacture," Osvaldo said. "It's a chain of
inefficiencies that ends up breaking down at the weakest link: the
customer."
"No new equipment or parts are coming into the country. In many
factories, the furnace engines, the mechanical couplings and the mills
are badly damaged," he adds.
"This industry is the engine of prosperity, because it is the one that
allows houses to be built, people to have more amenities and there is
progress," Osvaldo proudly says. "But if we do not invest a good amount
of money we will continue as we are, between improvisations and defaults."
To illustrate his comment, the engineer shows the side wall of a newly
built house that is still waiting to be plastered. "It's because I
haven't been able to find the cement anywhere," justifies the owner.
Source: The Future Is Built With Cement … But There Isn't Any –
Translating Cuba -
http://translatingcuba.com/the-future-is-built-with-cement-but-there-isnt-any/
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 26 May 2017 — The cranes show off
their slender anatomy in some areas of Havana where several luxury
hotels are being built. Apart from this landscape of progress, private
construction and repairs face technological problems and shortages. This
week it has been cement's turn.
"This is the third time I have come and I am leaving with an empty
wheelbarrow," a customer on the hunt for construction materials
complained Thursday in the Havana's La Timba neighborhood. The employee
standing behind the counter confirmed that "they are sending less than
before and every day more people come to try to buy it."
To send, to arrive and to supply are the verbs used to refer to the
state distribution of any product, be it eggs, milk powder, or tiles to
cover a roof. There is an enormous supply chain responsible for
distributing construction materials, in a country where 39% of the
housing stock is in "regular or poor" condition.
Since the beginning of the year, gray cement has become the biggest
headache for those involved in construction, a situation that has
worsened in recent weeks.
Several employees in the stores in the capital specializing in
construction materials and that sell their goods in convertible pesos,
told 14ymedio that since the beginning of 2017 they have not received
cement.
The government has chosen to place the product in the network that sells
in Cuban pesos, the so-called national currency, in the face of previous
criticisms of excessive prices in the foreign exchange network. However,
a network of corruption, diversion of resources and re-sales makes it
almost impossible to get one of those sacks with the precious gray powder.
The national cement industry has not yet recovered from the blow that
resulted from the fall of Europe's socialist camp and the withdrawal of
the Soviet Union's subsidies to Cuba. At present, six factories on the
island managed to produce slightly more than 1.4 million tonnes of gray
cement last year, a figure well below the 5.2 million achieved in the
same period in neighboring Dominican Republic, a country with a
comparable population (about 11 million inhabitants), according to a
report from the Producers Association.
The government has assigned the Construction Materials Business Group
(GEICON) to produce cement in each of its variants, in addition to other
building materials such as aggregates, blocks, and flooring elements,
along with asbestos, fibroasphalt and roofing tiles.
The sales and marketing director of the group, Rubén Gómez Medina,
recently explained on national television that despite the sector's
recovery over the last five years, it still cannot meet demand.
The situation becomes complex for self-employed masons, and also for
those who are part of a non-agricultural cooperative. "As there is no
wholesale market, when we are contracted to do a job we have to place
responsibility for the materials on the customer," says Carlos Núñez,
who two years ago obtained a license for that occupation.
The entrepreneur remembers that at first they calculated a budget that
included everything, the plans, the materials and the labor. "Since we
started, the prices of aggregates have changed from one day to the next
and no one can tolerate that."
A bag of gray cement last year cost just over 6 CUC in an official
store. In the open markets the same bag is sold in national currency at
the equivalent of 7 CUC. The lack of supply has meant that in the
underground market, where it is also scarce, the price doubles and in
some areas reaches as high as 18 CUC.
Cement, along with pork or cooking oil, is one of those goods that set
the pace of the everyday economy. Its disappearance or shortage is a
direct blow to the population's quality of life.
Of the more than 23,000 homes that were built during 2015, less than
half were erected by the state. The rest were built by the private sector.
Now, for many, the only option is to buy gray cement on the black
market, or to sleep outside one of the open markets all night to see if
there's an early delivery.
On the outskirts of Fe del Valle Park, mixed among the dozens of people
who connect to the Internet in this popular Wi-Fi zone, resellers
abound. The site has a reputation for being a place where you can find
everything, "even 12 gauge electric cables for electrical
installations," a young man nicknamed El Chino proclaims without modesty.
So as not to be confused with a police informant or an inspector, the
buyer should pronounce the question in the most roundabout way. "How's
the cement coming along, pal?" El Chino arches his eyebrows and with a
precise professional air answers, " P350, which is for mounting plates,
goes out of here at between 10 and 12 CUC a bag and P250, for
plastering, goes for 9."
He pauses, as if he is sorry for what he is about to confess and adds,
"But right now there isn't any."
At the Ministry of Construction (MICONS) the officials questioned do not
clarify the reasons for the shortage, although several cooperative
members engaged in construction assert that part of the production of
the western zone has been sent to Guantánamo province to repair the
houses damaged by Hurricane Matthew.
A MICONS employee, who preferred anonymity, does not agree with that
explanation and insists that "since a group of measures to promote
construction by self-effort was implemented, there was a building
explosion that was not foreseen in the production plans for the
materials… Important hotels are being built and the supply to those
places can't be allowed to fail, so it has been prioritized," he adds.
The most recent version of the Foreign Investment Opportunities
Portfolio describes the objective of the authorities to "promote the
construction of infrastructure and industrial maintenance, mainly for
the nickel, oil and cement industries." But so far potential investors
are wary of putting their money in ventures on the Island.
"What has happened is that the cement industry is bottoming out and can
not withstand the pressure of the high demand," an engineer with 30
years of experience in the sector, who prefers to be called Osvaldo –
not his real name – to avoid reprisals for his statements, tells this
newspaper.
In 2016 the country's factories have had serious problems due to the
lack of maintenance but transportation has also burdened the
results. "We depend on the Cuban Railways to transfer part of the
material used in cement manufacture," Osvaldo said. "It's a chain of
inefficiencies that ends up breaking down at the weakest link: the
customer."
"No new equipment or parts are coming into the country. In many
factories, the furnace engines, the mechanical couplings and the mills
are badly damaged," he adds.
"This industry is the engine of prosperity, because it is the one that
allows houses to be built, people to have more amenities and there is
progress," Osvaldo proudly says. "But if we do not invest a good amount
of money we will continue as we are, between improvisations and defaults."
To illustrate his comment, the engineer shows the side wall of a newly
built house that is still waiting to be plastered. "It's because I
haven't been able to find the cement anywhere," justifies the owner.
Source: The Future Is Built With Cement … But There Isn't Any –
Translating Cuba -
http://translatingcuba.com/the-future-is-built-with-cement-but-there-isnt-any/
Diez años en picada: Cae la construcción de viviendas en Cuba
Diez años en picada: Cae la construcción de viviendas en Cuba
Posted on 31 Mayo, 2017
Por Daniel Benítez
Por décimo año consecutivo la construcción de viviendas en Cuba
disminuyó para acrecentar el deterioro que sufre el sector de las
edificaciones en un país con un agravado déficit habitacional.
Un reciente reporte de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas e Información
(ONEI) indican que el pasado año solo se edificaron 22,106 inmuebles en
el país, la cifra constructiva más baja desde el 2006, cuando se
terminaron más de 111mil hogares.
Pero tal vez lo más revelador de esas estadísticas es que del total de
casas terminadas solo el 41.9 por ciento (9,257) estuvieron a cargo de
empresas constructoras estatales, mientras que la mayoría de las
edificaciones (12,849) se realizó por esfuerzos propios de la población.
El reporte no especifica la cantidad de casas que se terminaron con los
subsidios ofrecidos a la población, ni tampoco el tipo de material
principal que las conforman.
En la oriental provincia de Santiago de Cuba, con un deteriorado sistema
habitacional, fue donde mayor cantidad de propiedades se erigieron con 3
301, seguido por las 2,533 que se construyeron en La Habana, la
provincia con mayor déficit habitacional del país.
Menos materiales de constucción
La producción nacional de varios materiales de construcción también
decreció con relación a 2015, sobre todo las barras de acero corrugadas,
el prefabricado de hormigón, la piedra triturada y el cemento gris.
La caídas en picada de la construcción de viviendas se produce a pesar
de los ingentes esfuerzos gubernamentales para impulsar los programas de
edificación habitacional y flexibilizar las medidas que permitan la
tramitación de traspaso y compraventa de propiedades, subsidios y
asignaciones de inmuebles estatales a personas necesitadas.
El fondo habitacional de la isla está severamente deteriorado por
varios factores, entre ellos el paso de décadas sin mantenimiento, el
burocratismo para la obtención de permisos que permitan
reparaciones parciales y generales, políticas estatales erradas y el
impacto de fenómenos climatológicos de gran magnitud.
El déficit general de viviendas en Cuba se calcula en más de 700.000. El
fondo habitacional del país es de 3.7 millones de inmuebles, pero de
ellos casi un 40 % está en mal estado.
CONSTRUCCIÓN DE VIVIENDAS EN CUBA (2000-2016)
2000 – 42,940
2001 – 35,805
2002 – 27,460
2003 – 15,590
2004 – 15,352
2005 – 39,919
2006 – 111,373
2007 – 52,607
2008 – 44,775
2009 – 35,085
2010 – 33,901
2011 – 32,540
2012 – 32,103
2013 – 25,634
2014 – 25,037
2015 – 23,003
2016 – 22,106
Fuente: ONEI
Source: Diez años en picada: Cae la construcción de viviendas en Cuba -
Cafe Fuerte -
http://cafefuerte.com/cuba/30826-diez-anos-picada-cae-la-construccion-viviendas-cuba/
Posted on 31 Mayo, 2017
Por Daniel Benítez
Por décimo año consecutivo la construcción de viviendas en Cuba
disminuyó para acrecentar el deterioro que sufre el sector de las
edificaciones en un país con un agravado déficit habitacional.
Un reciente reporte de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas e Información
(ONEI) indican que el pasado año solo se edificaron 22,106 inmuebles en
el país, la cifra constructiva más baja desde el 2006, cuando se
terminaron más de 111mil hogares.
Pero tal vez lo más revelador de esas estadísticas es que del total de
casas terminadas solo el 41.9 por ciento (9,257) estuvieron a cargo de
empresas constructoras estatales, mientras que la mayoría de las
edificaciones (12,849) se realizó por esfuerzos propios de la población.
El reporte no especifica la cantidad de casas que se terminaron con los
subsidios ofrecidos a la población, ni tampoco el tipo de material
principal que las conforman.
En la oriental provincia de Santiago de Cuba, con un deteriorado sistema
habitacional, fue donde mayor cantidad de propiedades se erigieron con 3
301, seguido por las 2,533 que se construyeron en La Habana, la
provincia con mayor déficit habitacional del país.
Menos materiales de constucción
La producción nacional de varios materiales de construcción también
decreció con relación a 2015, sobre todo las barras de acero corrugadas,
el prefabricado de hormigón, la piedra triturada y el cemento gris.
La caídas en picada de la construcción de viviendas se produce a pesar
de los ingentes esfuerzos gubernamentales para impulsar los programas de
edificación habitacional y flexibilizar las medidas que permitan la
tramitación de traspaso y compraventa de propiedades, subsidios y
asignaciones de inmuebles estatales a personas necesitadas.
El fondo habitacional de la isla está severamente deteriorado por
varios factores, entre ellos el paso de décadas sin mantenimiento, el
burocratismo para la obtención de permisos que permitan
reparaciones parciales y generales, políticas estatales erradas y el
impacto de fenómenos climatológicos de gran magnitud.
El déficit general de viviendas en Cuba se calcula en más de 700.000. El
fondo habitacional del país es de 3.7 millones de inmuebles, pero de
ellos casi un 40 % está en mal estado.
CONSTRUCCIÓN DE VIVIENDAS EN CUBA (2000-2016)
2000 – 42,940
2001 – 35,805
2002 – 27,460
2003 – 15,590
2004 – 15,352
2005 – 39,919
2006 – 111,373
2007 – 52,607
2008 – 44,775
2009 – 35,085
2010 – 33,901
2011 – 32,540
2012 – 32,103
2013 – 25,634
2014 – 25,037
2015 – 23,003
2016 – 22,106
Fuente: ONEI
Source: Diez años en picada: Cae la construcción de viviendas en Cuba -
Cafe Fuerte -
http://cafefuerte.com/cuba/30826-diez-anos-picada-cae-la-construccion-viviendas-cuba/
Plan Imagen a paso de tortuga
Plan Imagen a paso de tortuga
30 Mayo, 2017 8:16 pm por Raúl Lázaro Fonseca
El Cerro, La Habana, Raúl L. Fonseca, (PD) El llamado "Plan Imagen" para
maquillar el muy deteriorado aspecto de la capital marcha de forma muy
lenta. Lo que más se ha hecho es pintar algunos edificios, sin ningún
tipo de reparación anterior.
Algunos vecinos de la calle Lombillo entre Ayuntamiento y Ermita, que
conversaron conmigo se refirieron al tema y señalaron, en particular un
edificio que comenzaron a pintar a inicios del año pasado y cuando
terminaron el frente se fueron y nunca regresaron. Según cuentan el de
la otra acera fue peor, pues la brigada comenzó a trabajar y lo dejaron,
como puede verse, pintado hasta la mitad y de un color rojo horrible.
Este mes comenzó una brigada a pintar el edificio que está al lado de la
Iglesia, en Ermita entre Lombillo y San Pedro, y pasó lo mismo se fueron
sin terminarlo de arreglar.
Se cuentan en decenas y pueden llegar a ser cientos, los edificios en la
capital que fueron abandonados después de haber comenzado a pintarlos,
unos por falta de recursos, otros ni se conoce por qué. Un ejemplo
paradigmático puede usted verlo en el céntrico edificio situado en la
esquina de G y 25, en la barriada del Vedado, cuyos pisos superiores
fueron pintados de rojo escarlata y no se terminó el resto.
El bloguero oficialista Iroel Sánchez, que es presentador del programa
televisivo " La Pupila Asombrada", en un artículo titulado "¿Prosperará
La Habana?", preguntaba: "¿Es casual que sitios como el Parque Lenin o
el Coppelia, símbolos de la democratización de la recreación y el acceso
de las mayorías al refinamiento, abierto por el proyecto colectivo de la
Revolución, languidezcan entre el mal servicio y el deterioro
estructural, mientras se asienta la idea de que lo bueno y lo bello son
patrimonio exclusivo del pasado prerrevolucionario? ¿Por qué cada vez
más el Estadio Latinoamericano se le llama en nuestros medios el
"Estadium del Cerro".
En un programa Triángulo de la Confianza que se transmitió por el Canal
Habana, un ingeniero, un arquitecto y un artista, hablaron sobre el tema
y afirmaron que La Habana se construyó bien y rápidamente, más del 80%
en solo 58 años, antes de enero del 1959. Se pudo construir -casi en
tiempo record- una ciudad maravillosa, de hecho moderna, limpia y
funcional como la de cualquier país europeo.
El remedio de pintar edificaciones de colores inapropiados, es peor que
la enfermedad.
Aunque se han inaugurado, remozado y reconstruido, en tiempos recientes,
algunos espacios públicos, al ritmo que se están desarrollando las
obras, mejorar la imagen de La Habana demorará bastante. En ese tiempo,
es posible que se desplomen unos cuantos inmuebles y casi desaparezca la
capital de todos los cubanos.
comuni.red.comunitaria@gmail.com; Raúl Lázaro Fonseca; Teléfono: 53452139
*Red Cubana de Comunicadores Comunitarios
Source: Plan Imagen a paso de tortuga | Primavera Digital -
https://primaveradigital.org/cubaprimaveradigital/plan-imagen-a-paso-de-tortuga/
30 Mayo, 2017 8:16 pm por Raúl Lázaro Fonseca
El Cerro, La Habana, Raúl L. Fonseca, (PD) El llamado "Plan Imagen" para
maquillar el muy deteriorado aspecto de la capital marcha de forma muy
lenta. Lo que más se ha hecho es pintar algunos edificios, sin ningún
tipo de reparación anterior.
Algunos vecinos de la calle Lombillo entre Ayuntamiento y Ermita, que
conversaron conmigo se refirieron al tema y señalaron, en particular un
edificio que comenzaron a pintar a inicios del año pasado y cuando
terminaron el frente se fueron y nunca regresaron. Según cuentan el de
la otra acera fue peor, pues la brigada comenzó a trabajar y lo dejaron,
como puede verse, pintado hasta la mitad y de un color rojo horrible.
Este mes comenzó una brigada a pintar el edificio que está al lado de la
Iglesia, en Ermita entre Lombillo y San Pedro, y pasó lo mismo se fueron
sin terminarlo de arreglar.
Se cuentan en decenas y pueden llegar a ser cientos, los edificios en la
capital que fueron abandonados después de haber comenzado a pintarlos,
unos por falta de recursos, otros ni se conoce por qué. Un ejemplo
paradigmático puede usted verlo en el céntrico edificio situado en la
esquina de G y 25, en la barriada del Vedado, cuyos pisos superiores
fueron pintados de rojo escarlata y no se terminó el resto.
El bloguero oficialista Iroel Sánchez, que es presentador del programa
televisivo " La Pupila Asombrada", en un artículo titulado "¿Prosperará
La Habana?", preguntaba: "¿Es casual que sitios como el Parque Lenin o
el Coppelia, símbolos de la democratización de la recreación y el acceso
de las mayorías al refinamiento, abierto por el proyecto colectivo de la
Revolución, languidezcan entre el mal servicio y el deterioro
estructural, mientras se asienta la idea de que lo bueno y lo bello son
patrimonio exclusivo del pasado prerrevolucionario? ¿Por qué cada vez
más el Estadio Latinoamericano se le llama en nuestros medios el
"Estadium del Cerro".
En un programa Triángulo de la Confianza que se transmitió por el Canal
Habana, un ingeniero, un arquitecto y un artista, hablaron sobre el tema
y afirmaron que La Habana se construyó bien y rápidamente, más del 80%
en solo 58 años, antes de enero del 1959. Se pudo construir -casi en
tiempo record- una ciudad maravillosa, de hecho moderna, limpia y
funcional como la de cualquier país europeo.
El remedio de pintar edificaciones de colores inapropiados, es peor que
la enfermedad.
Aunque se han inaugurado, remozado y reconstruido, en tiempos recientes,
algunos espacios públicos, al ritmo que se están desarrollando las
obras, mejorar la imagen de La Habana demorará bastante. En ese tiempo,
es posible que se desplomen unos cuantos inmuebles y casi desaparezca la
capital de todos los cubanos.
comuni.red.comunitaria@gmail.com; Raúl Lázaro Fonseca; Teléfono: 53452139
*Red Cubana de Comunicadores Comunitarios
Source: Plan Imagen a paso de tortuga | Primavera Digital -
https://primaveradigital.org/cubaprimaveradigital/plan-imagen-a-paso-de-tortuga/
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