BBC correspondent Fernando Ravsberg posted in his blog Letters from Cuba (Cartas desde Cuba) the news of a corruption scandal that has rocked state-controlled Cuban Aviation which led to Civil Aviation Minister Gen. Rogelio Acevedo’s removal in early March:
Cuban airplanes [owned by the Cuban government's airline, Cubana de Aviación] sold space clandestinely to Latin American companies to transport their merchandise from one country to another, and the directors pocketed all the money.