A Cuban customer denounced the high prices of ice cream at Ward, a state establishment located on Santa Catalina and Primelles avenues, in Havana.
The Internet user, identified as Yoel Almaguer de Armas, posted on Facebook the astronomical prices of a scoop of ice cream, which rose to 50 pesos.
On the information board in the room, a salad (five balls) has a value of 250 pesos, and asuper twins (4 balls) of 200 pesos.
Several Cubans have commented on the publication and have asked the government of the Cuban capital for a response. Unusually, the official portalCubadebate He also replied to the publication and asked himself "What happened to the prices at the Ward ice cream parlor in Havana?"
"What a lack of respect and impudence, in the end everything they said about the new salaries that were going to be enough for everything, that everything was going to be better with reunification, the prices they put on everything in the gazette, all lies, and more lies. This is a competition or an auction to see who gives more, what a disappointment we are going from bad to worse with Dubai prices and living in the 5th world," commented a user of the platform.
"And the Government of Havana will do nothing. It seems that no one cares about anything at all or that they live in an alternative reality to ours," said another Internet user.
A mother expressed her disappointment, and said she was "tired of all this. Until when???? I am a worker and my salary does not allow me to give my daughter this type of luxuries... becauseice cream has become a luxury"he stressed.
"But what kind of ice cream is that!!! That ice cream parlor has always been state-owned. I don't understand, honestly!!! It generally had a price a little above Coppelia, 20 cents. How complicated everything is!!", recalled another.
The “Ward” ice cream parlor, which was visited daily by more than 2,000 people, is supplied daily by the “Coppelia” ice cream factory, according to a manager interviewed some time ago by the portal.Cubanet.
Last year, after the establishment of the callOrdering Task, the Cuban government increased the price of each scoop of ice cream at Coppelia to 7 pesos when it previously cost 1.50. The traditional salad, which includes five balls, was then raised to 35 pesos, the four-ball Super Twins to 28, and the Tres Gracias to 21.
However, after criticism from the population, the Minister of Internal Trade, Betsy Díaz Velázquez,He said that balls in the areas of the courts and towers of Coppelia in Vedado would be lowered to "5 pesos.", andWard's ice cream parlor would sell at that same price.
In April of this year, factory managersThey raised the price of the ball again from 5 to 9 pesos, and they explained on that occasion that the UEB Helados Coppelia had losses in 2021 that exceeded 800 thousand pesos, and already had losses of more than 8 million pesos in the first three months of 2022.
However, until now there has been no official explanation as to why what was established at 5 and 9 pesos is now sold at 50 pesos in the Ward.
The country continues with a constant devaluation of its currency. Recently Cuba was ranked asthe second highest inflation of the world.
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