Criticism of the size of bread sold by the Cuban regime to the people

After the Cuban regime announced the reduction of the weight and price of the bread sold to the people through the basic basket, social media has been filled with images of people criticizing the measure.

"The birthday breads have begun," ironized Camagüey journalist Jose Luis Tan Estrada on Facebook, denouncing that last Saturday, in the municipality of Guáimaro, bread from the basic basket was sold weighing only 50 grams instead of the 60 grams stipulated.

"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 complaint 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 whose size barely exceeds the diameter of a cup; in the other, its weight is shown, which reaches only 50 grams.

A similar situation was reported by the Facebook page "Rompiendo Cadenas," where it stated: "This is the bread they are selling to the Cuban population. You can only buy one bread per day per person, and the size is getting smaller every day."

The image gallery included one in which the bread is almost the size of an eye dropper bottle. The rest of the photos show the weight of various breads, and in none of the cases does it reach the stipulated 60 grams.

The profile of Edmundo Dantés Junior, also on that social network, also mocked 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: “Respond by arguing in a paragraph: How many '60-gram' loaves of bread does Marrero need for breakfast?”, referring 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 noted that the dimensions of the food product are so small that he called it "the Yusuam bread."

The regime assured that this reduction in the weight and price of regulated bread will only be temporary and originates from the "difficulties with inputs such as wheat flour for the production of bread for the regulated family basket," pointed out the government-affiliated CubaDebate.

"In light of this contingency and based on the inventories – of both flour and wheat – carried out in the national territory," the government established "to be able to maintain the supply to the population" the temporary reduction of the weight of the bread from 80 to 60 grams and its price from one peso to 75 cents.

For years, the regime has been unable to guarantee the quality and stability in the production of the regulated bread it distributes rationed among the population.

An example of this is the constant complaints circulating on social media, where people criticize the taste, texture, size, and stability of such a sensitive product as bread.