After the Cuban regime announced a reduction in the weight and price of the bread sold to the public through the basic grocery basket, social media has been flooded with images of people criticizing the decision.
"The birthday breads have begun," sarcastically remarked Camagüey journalist Jose Luis Tan Estrada on Facebook, as he reported that last Saturday, in the municipality of Guáimaro, bread from the basic basket was sold with a weight of only 50 grams instead of the stipulated 60 grams.
"Look at this, my brother, the bread from the store in Guáimaro, today, September 14. There are already people complaining to the government," said a complainant, whose grievance was shared by Tan on his social media.
The journalist shared two images that illustrate the situation. In one of them, there is a loaf of bread that is barely larger than the diameter of a cup; in the other, its weight is shown to be only 50 grams.
A similar situation was reported by the Facebook page "Rompiendo Cadenas," which noted: "This is the bread they are selling to the Cuban population. You can buy only one loaf of bread per person per day, and its size keeps getting smaller."
The image gallery included one where the loaf of bread is nearly the size of a bottle of eye drops. The rest of the photos show the weight of various loaves, none of which reach the specified 60 grams.
The profile of Edmundo Dantés Junior, also on that social network, made a sarcastic comment about the ridiculous size of the bread that the regime sells to the people.
When comparing a loaf of bread to a bottle of paracetamol drops, he said: "Please respond by arguing in a paragraph: How many '60-gram' loaves of bread does Marrero need for breakfast?" This was a reference to the large belly of Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, one of the proponents of the failed food policies in the country.
In another image, the influencer pointed out that the dimensions of the food product are so small that he referred to it as "Yusuam bread."
The regime assured that this reduction in the weight and price of subsidized bread will be only temporary, and it stems from "difficulties with supplies such as wheat flour for the production of bread in the regulated family basket," noted the pro-government outlet CubaDebate.
"In light of this situation and based on the inventories—both of flour and wheat—carried out in the country, the government established a temporary reduction in the weight of the bread from 80 grams to 60 grams in order to maintain the supply for the population, as well as a price change from one peso to 75 cents."
For years, the regime has been unable to ensure the quality and stability of the regulated bread it distributes in a rationed manner among the population.
An example of this is the constant complaints that circulate on social media, where people criticize the taste, texture, size, and stability of such a sensitive product as bread.
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