{"id":324408,"date":"2025-06-14T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=324408"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T17:43:32","slug":"a-permanent-congress-of-cuban-economists-and-accountants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/a-permanent-congress-of-cuban-economists-and-accountants\/","title":{"rendered":"A permanent congress of Cuban economists and accountants"},"content":{"rendered":"

This June 12th, the 9th Congress of the Association of Economists and Accountants (ANEC) began in Cuba, postponed since 2019. What a congress, and what a time for the Congress!<\/span><\/p>\n

Although there isn\u2019t enough media coverage to reflect it, Cuban economists and accountants have been immersed in this perpetual debate about the current situation and the future of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

They have discussed, from their own workplaces and places of life \u2014 because it is very difficult to elude the neighborhood \u2014 even in chat groups, this reality that overwhelms us and the economic policy that often surprises us.<\/span><\/p>\n

The debates ranged from sophisticated arguments to much less academic ones, sometimes reminiscent of a sports fan club.<\/span><\/p>\n

This dissimilarity of arguments gives us an idea of <\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/span>the diversity of opinions, the heterogeneity of arguments and the raw sensitivity that these years of such poor economic results have brought to light.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is always surprising that, given that the economy is the greatest weakness facing our country, only a couple of days are dedicated to this Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trying to address such a wide range of problems in less than 16 effective hours of work is a nearly impossible mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Information, transparency, knowledge<\/b><\/h3>\n

My aspirations for this 9th Congress are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. To make known to the attendees the <\/span>Program to correct distortions and again give a boost to the economy,<\/span><\/a> which is so widely discussed and which for so long has remained in the shadows and is known only by a small group of people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is true that not everything needs to be published; it is also true that in economics, some measures lose their effectiveness if they are announced beforehand; but it is also true that our people deserve to be counted on, deserve to know how much more they must sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Cuban people have the right to know and participate in the construction of that future, no matter how difficult it may be to organize that participation. We have experience: the Workers\u2019 Parliaments, which once became a giant congress.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The experience of the \u201c<\/span>ETECSA rate hike<\/span><\/a>\u201d should lead us to understand the decisive importance of participation. What occurred was not precisely a communication failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Strategies and results<\/b><\/h3>\n

    2- That an examination of the country\u2019s development strategy also be promoted, and that data be provided on the progress of that strategy, how they are progressing, and what the results have been of those macroprograms defined in each of the six strategic points. For example, in <\/span>Institutionality and Macroeconomics<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    It would be worth examining what has happened with the following programs:<\/span><\/p>\n