Salt in Cuba is only available in MSMEs for more than 500 pesos

A Cuban protested against the lack of salt in Cuba, which is only available in MSMEs at prices exceeding 500 pesos.

“There isn't even salt anymore! An island surrounded by sea. I don't remember the last time they sold it for the 'basic basket'. But, well, if that were the only thing we suffer...! Havana native Inés Casal complained, mother of the activist and plastic artist Julio Llópiz-Casal.

“I just bought this imported salt in a private business from a Mypimes and it cost me 530 CUP (1 pound and 10 ounces),” he added in the post which includes an image of a Goya salt.

Casal decided to take the matter with a little humor while still denouncing the precarious situation in which Cubans live.

"According to a friend and former colleague 'eating without salt is the same as tempering with condoms.' Although I haven't done it 'with' or 'without' for a few years, I still have memory and good memories, so I agree with him. NOTE: Don't think that because this anecdote is a bit of a joke, my indignation has gone away. I do it precisely so that my arteries can clear a little,” he concluded.

The shortage of salt in Cuba has been a constant in recent months.

Last April, the Cuban government reported that the lack of means of transportation was the main reason why state wineries do not have with the salt that is sold rationed to Cubans.

In the warehouses of the Cuban salt mines that month there were more than 9,500 tons of salt, ready for distribution, but the population must buy it in the informal market for about 150 pesos. or in stores in freely convertible currency (MLC).

However, beyond the fact that the government does not admit any problems in its salt mines, imports salt from other countries like Spain.