1. PARALIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEVOTION OF RESOURCES TO PAN AMERICAN GAMES 2. HAVANA YOUTHS' DISILLUSIONMENT; <SANITIZED>

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• Publication Date: July 26, 1991

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SUBJ: 1. PARALIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEVOTION
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DISILLUSIONMENT;
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SUBJ: 1. PARALIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND
DEVOTION OF RESOURCES TO PAN AMERICAN GAMES
2. HAVANA YOUTHS' DISILLUSIONMENT;
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TEXT: 1. CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS IN HAVANA WAS VIRTUALLY PARALYZED. MOST CONSTRUCTION
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RESOURCES, BOTH IN MANPOWER AND MATERIALS, WERE DEVOTED TO PAN
AMERICAN GAMES FACILITIES. REMAINING RESOURCES WENT FOR WORN A
rEW TOUR i "I LS. THE LAST RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, IN
SANTA FE AND JAIMANITAS, HAD BEEN STOPPED AND LABORERS AND MATERIALS
WERE TRANSFERRED TO PAN AMERICAN GAMES PROJECTS.
2. RESIDENTS OF THE "LA LISA" SECTION OF HAVANA STILL
DEPENDED ON CONTRABAND FOOD TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INADEQUATE RATIONED
DIET. RICE, POTATOES AND SWEET POTATOES WERE THE MOST COMMON MEAL
ITEMS. CHICKEN OR FISH WAS ADDED A FEW TIMES A WEEK, DEPENDING ON
RATIONED AMOUNTS, AVAILABILITY AT STORES AND CONTRABAND TRANSACTIONS.
IN THEIR FREE TIME, MANY YOUNG MALES CONSUMED MEDICAL OR INDUSTRIAL
ALCOHOL THEY WERE ABLE TO STEAL. THEY OFTEN COULD NOT FIND OR BUY
RUM. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1991, THERE HAD BEEN SOME PUBLIC
OUTBURSTS BY CITIZENS ANGERED WITH FOOD LIMITATIONS. ALSO, CIRCA MAY
1991, THE STATUE OF JOSE MARTI IN THE THE PLAZA OF THE REVOLUTION WAS
MARRED BY ANTI-FIDEL ((CASTRO)) GRAFFITI WHICH REFERRED TO FOOD
SHORTAGES. WHILE MANY "LA LISA" NATIVES FELT SOME ACTION AGAINST THE
REGIME WOULD BE INEVITABLE, THEY DID NOT KNOW WHO WOULD CARRY IT OUT
OR WHEN IT WOULD TAKE PLACE. ALTHOUGH AN ESTIMATED 75 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION PRIVATELY OPPOSED FIDEL CASTRO, THERE WERE NO KNOWN ANTI-
REGIME GROUPS FORMING.
3. MOST STUDENTS AT HAVANA'S "JOSE ANTONIO ECHEVERRIA
POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE" IN HAVANA WERE CHAGRINED THAT THEY PROBABLY
WOULD NOT GET JOBS IN THEIR DESIRED FIELDS AFTER GRADUATION,
IkilOST OF
THE 530 STUDENTS AT THE INSTITUTE WERE DEPRESSED ABOUT THEIR FUTURES.
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