“Granma” and “Juventud Rebelde” will circulate only once a week, while the provincial newspapers will cease to be printed entirely.
LIMA, Peru – The Government of Cuba announced a drastic reduction in the circulation of its official press due to the lack of fuel and the energy crisis that hits the Island.
According to the state newspaper Granmathe Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party agreed to modify the printed edition and circulation of the country’s newspapers starting next March 2.
Since that date, the main newspapers of the regime at the national level, Granma and Rebel Youth They will circulate only once a week (on Tuesdays), in eight-page format.
Likewise, the weekly Workers It will continue to be printed once a week, with distribution on Tuesdays. Meanwhile, provincial newspapers will stop printing entirely.
The fact represents an obstacle to Castro’s own propaganda, limiting the scope of official discourse. Faced with this situation, the regime tries to compensate for the lack by facilitating access to space on the Internet.
The authorities thus emphasized the strengthening of the digital presence of the affected media and announced that free access to their content on the web will be offered through mobile data. Correos de Cuba will be in charge of relations with subscribers.
«These fundamental means of social communication will improve their work as multiplatforms, with the permanent updating of their websites and profiles on digital social networks. At the same time, they will strengthen ties with radio and television in order to expand the reach of their content,” he says. Granma.
In the context of the acute shortage of fuel that Cuba is going through, the dictatorship itself has revealed the loss of influence of the printed press within the official communication apparatus.
The energy deficit has also had broader consequences: it has paralyzed much of public transport and affects essential services such as health and education, in addition to impacting key areas of the economy, including tourism and industrial activity.
