Tomato price in Matanzas almost doubles in just 48 hours

In just 48 hours, the retail price of tomatoes almost doubled in Matanzas, which is a clear market indicator that confirms once again thatinflation in Cuba is completely out of control.

The information was offered on their social networks by the official journalistJesus Alvarez Lopez, who once again showed his indignation with the shortage of food and the prices that basic products reach in Cuba.

“In this little square on Misionero Street yesterday I bought tomatoes for 60 pesos a pound. Today they are already at ONE HUNDRED and the smallest ones are at 80. They don't even wait for May 1 when that was always the price change for tomatoes,” he complained inFacebook the journalist from the Villa Clara station CMHW.

Without mentioning the solution to contain the uncontrolled rise in prices in Cuba, Álvarez López said that on previous occasions he had already made public his ideas on the matter, perhaps referring to the need for the State to intervene and cap the prices of essential products. like food.

“'We must produce more,' the usual people repeat with a repulsive litany. 'We are orphaned by the price chaos,' say others. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE SUBJECT I HAVE SAID SO MANY TIMES, THAT I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARY TO REPEAT IT.And yes, I don't deny it, the capital letters indicate indignation“, concluded Álvarez López.

It is not the first time that the official journalist has used his social networks to express his disagreement and annoyance caused by the critical situation in the country. However, while criticizing the Cuban reality by targeting its leaders, Álvarez López always ends up making protests of adhesion to the so-called "revolution" and its historical leaders.

This Saturday he exposed the situation of the "old men" who sell the "wheel" of H. Upmann cigarette packs for 1,200 pesos "to compensate for their retirement." Surprised by this, the official journalist exclaimed "I thought it was Fake New!"

At the beginning of April, Álvarez López once again made his discomfort evident in a publication on his social networks in which he questioned the contradiction that they representthe privileges enjoyed by leaders, just at the moment when the population is experiencing the worst bread shortage in the history of Cuba.

“Of course, if there is no bread for the family, you should not appear for any meeting or visit because it would be violating the Code of Ethics,” Álvarez López said this Tuesday in a Facebook post that once again received comments from colleagues and users related to the so-called “revolution”, but disenchanted with its “continuity”.

Likewise, in another recent publication he denounced thatHis salary was not enough to buy gasoline.. Before, in June 2023, he had complained about theprice reached by the sale of boxes of chicken at a state fair in Villa Clara (more than 8 thousand pesos).

"It is a pride to live in a country that subsidized all of us with a basic basket every month, and that protects children, the elderly, pregnant women and the sick," said Álvarez López in June 2020, applauding that the supply booklet in Cuba has emerged.of Fidel's noble soul, so that we could all eat”.