Camagüey, December 30th - The year 2025 became an intense year of work for the people of Camagüey, committed to achieving the objectives, indicators, actions, and goals of the Government Program to correct distortions and reboot the economy, stated Jorge Enrique Sutil Sarabia, governor of the province.
Amid a complex war economy scenario, Camagüey reported to the Council of Ministers and the National Assembly of People's Power—moments that marked a starting point to move forward and address the grievances that still persist among the people, he emphasized.
For the second consecutive year, this province, he pointed out, managed to reduce the fiscal deficit through greater control and rationality in the use of budgetary resources, as well as strictly prioritizing spending decisions by the heads or managers of the budget to ensure the sustainability of the basic services that need to be financed.
He also mentioned that the territory, with the potential to become surplus-generating in the medium term, achieved a 12 percent growth in its transferred revenues, representing an increase of 751 million pesos compared to 2024.
After Havana, he added, Camagüey is the second province that collected the most fines in this period, which contributed over 181 thousand pesos to the State budget.
He also highlighted the carrying out of 67,779 inspections for high prices, which allowed for the detection of 47,147 violations and the implementation of more than 13,000 decree laws.
Currently, the province has 123 companies, of which 78 are nationally subordinate and 45 local. Additionally, the network includes 291 private micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), nine state-owned enterprises, six non-agricultural cooperatives, and 143 local development projects that already contribute more than 595 million pesos to income, he specified.
The formation of the International Economic Association Proyecto Camagüey became one of the most significant achievements of the Agramontino territory in 2025, assured Jimmy Camejo Martín, director of the Grain Agroindustrial Company Ruta Invasora, a group that also aspires to become Camagüey’s first export hub.
This year, he said, they aim to conclude with the export of 650 tons of charcoal, which will facilitate the acquisition of parts, components, aggregates, fertilizers, and other supplies to meet the 2025-2026 rice planting campaign, in which it is planned to sow 22,500 hectares, with 60 percent of the specialized grain and 40 percent of the popular variety.
In close alliance, he pointed out, they have worked with the University of Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz and the Geocuba Camagüey-Ciego de Ávila Company to develop precision agriculture for this type of crop, which has facilitated the application of both total and selective herbicides, as well as insecticides and fungicides, with excellent results in the program.
Similarly, he mentioned that the entity is committed to energy autonomy, having already installed 39 megawatts, of which nine are fed into the grid. At the same time, they fulfill social commitments by selling prepared food to people in vulnerable situations and support the repair of the superbús, the ambulance, and the funeral car of the municipality of Vertientes, where the industry is located.
Precisely in that locality, with 178,000 hectares of land under development, the planting plans for the cold and spring seasons were exceeded this year, based on the stability in the cultivation of cassava, plantain, sweet potato, and taro, assured Orlando Hernández Vigoa, the Agriculture delegate in that municipality.
Still far from meeting the people's demands, he considered that an above-average effort was made to deliver 37 pounds per capita during this year.
Among the producers who contribute most to feeding the people, Yaima Carballo Alonso stands out, a woman passionate about the land who, on her farm La Bendecida, has managed in just a year and a half to harvest cassava, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and beans destined for collection centers.
The transportation sector, severely affected by fuel shortages, received 10 Photon minibuses this year, which has contributed to the daily transport of around 3,400 passengers on average along two main urban service corridors, explained Miguel Arias Vázquez, delegate of the Ministry of Transportation in the province.
Another result that has been well received by the population was the introduction of the railbus covering the Santa Cruz del Sur-Vertientes route to benefit 23 communities in both locations, he emphasized.
He acknowledged those who, from different sectors, have faced the challenges of the current historical moment, said Sutil Sarabia, and at the same time urged turning the Government Program into a decisive guide, in which every resident of Agramonte recognizes themselves as the principal protagonist, with the conviction that in Camagüey work will continue for the well-being of the people, he concluded.
(Photos of the author and Rodolfo Blanco Cué)
Taken from the Cuban News Agency (ACN)
