He minimum wage in Cuba, set at 2,100 CUP since the Ordering Task, is barely enough to buy two kilos of chicken, reflecting a serious crisis in the purchasing power of workers, in the face of inflated prices of food and basic products.
The user of Facebook Pedro Luis García, shared a price list from a Havana agricultural market this Wednesday, when the dollar reached an exchange value of 395 CUP in the informal currency market. Seeing the photo of the food price list in the capital, many people were surprised.
Food prices vary from one province to another. However, on social networks they can also be compared with the offers of some MSMEs, where a 28-pound box of chicken sells for 32 USD, while chicken mince (18 kg box) reaches 37 USD, and 10 pounds of pork costs $35.
Alternative proteins do not present a more encouraging outlook. A carton of eggs can cost between 3,100 and 3,300 CUP, it is impossible for thousands of families to purchase.
Other daily consumption products also demonstrate high prices. A kilogram of powdered milk is priced at 1,800 Cuban pesos.
A loaf of bread (free) ranges between 100 and 120 CUP; White sugar is between 300 and 400 CUP per pound and sunflower oil reaches 1,300 CUP per liter.
Basic foods such as beans and rice sell for 300 to 500 CUP and 200 to 290 CUP per pound, respectively. Non-food products also reflect this trend.
The disparity between income and costs of living is a clear indication of the deep inflation that affects the country, severely limiting the purchasing capacity of citizens and increasing economic and social tensions.
The Cuban government has been ensuring for some time that better times will come, but its policies only push the people further and further into extreme poverty.
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