The momentary failure of one of the veteran KTP-2M combine harvester encourages rapid dialogue. The presentation, very brief, gives way to the exchange. Breaking the ice, Iván Paz Pérez de Corcho, general manager of the Artex Branch breaks the ice by being interested in the results of the group in terms of productivity, compliance with the days and customer service.

The manager and several of his workers moved from the provincial capital to the fields of Baraguá, where a mechanized cutting squad from the Mártires del 9 de Abril Agricultural Production Cooperative Company in Baragua, a tributary of the Ecuador factory-refinery, is in full harvest.

The action is part of the program conceived to support the development of the 2022-2023 sugar season and for the Latir Avileño Program to be felt with greater impetus in terms of vital support, both in the harvest and in other tasks related to the economy of the territory and the nation.

That is why in the conversation the effort in each day in the cane fields is recognized, despite the difficulties that this sector faces due to the iron blockade imposed by the northern empire, whose harmful effects are overcome by willpower and inventiveness.

Apart from the praise for the combine operators Rafael and Neorlandys Brizuela (father and son). "Sharing with you has been an honor for us, since they are men and women who in the furrow pay tribute to the creative work that the sugarcane harvest represents," Paz Pérez de Corcho told them.

Several of the cooperative members highlight the unity and the prevailing spirit of victory in the squad, which has already demolished some 13,000 tons of grass, enthusiasm with which they tackle the solution of the difficulties in the shortest possible time.

The meeting ends. There is still cane to cut and, as it is burnt, it must be done as soon as possible. Handshakes follow one another and even the occasional hug. In the environment, where a wind prevails that unites the red dust of the area with the soot of the burned cane, the invitation remains for a possible return.