{"id":251333,"date":"2022-04-08T18:36:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=251333"},"modified":"2022-04-08T18:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:36:45","slug":"cuba-private-artisan-brewery-project-clashes-with-havana-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-private-artisan-brewery-project-clashes-with-havana-bureaucracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: private artisan brewery project clashes with Havana bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A project approved six months ago and promoted by Cuban entrepreneurs to create a small brewery in Havana has not been able to start production due to restrictions of bureaucratic procedures, according to official media on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the Destino Habanero Local Development Project (PDL), one of the new approved MSMEs that since February 2021 had made the news after the signing between the Cuban enterprise Maquimport and the Chinese Jinan China-Germany Brewing Co LTD for the import of a mini-brewery, the center of this undertaking, according to what was <\/span>published by the official Cubadebate website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Overcoming the limitations with payments through international financial institutions, according to the aforementioned media, due to the intensification of the U.S. embargo that hinders the operation of Cuban enterprises, was the first obstacle that the project faced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before overcoming this inconvenience, the proposal had already obtained the approval of the Administrative Council (CAM) of Playa municipality in the capital, a stage described as \u201cvery bureaucratic\u201d by Jorge F\u00e9lix \u00c1lvarez, one of the leaders of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

The problems continued because due to a lengthy paperwork process, the project has not been able to establish itself on the corner of 39 and 42, where only the ruined facilities remain of what was the emblematic P\u00edo P\u00edo restaurant in that municipality of the capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to what was reported to Cubadebate by Juan Jos\u00e9 Pell\u00f3n, another of the project\u2019s creators, in order to lease the space and start the construction actions, \u201cthe Playa Administration Council, through the real estate agency, needs its assets to be transferred from the business of commerce and gastronomy. Do you think it\u2019s fair that a place like this be lost, when we have the resources to repair it?\u201d he asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

MSMEs in Cuba: first month and future<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n