“How sad I feel!” says a Cuban mother when she was denied the purchase of standardized bread for her disabled son.

A Cuban mother, resident in the province of Guantánamo, turned to social networks to express the discomfort she felt after not being able to buy standardized bread for her disabled son.

"How sad I feel! Today I went to the bakery and they told me that my son doesn't get bread just because of his age," the Facebook user reported.Aidalenis Socarrás Duvergel.

“Now, how can I give my son breakfast? If what he asks me for is his bread,” the woman said in words that conveyed sadness.

Although she said she understood “that the country's situation is difficult,” she questions “how to give bread to this child, who, even though he looks big, is a child?”

“Do the managers in this province not realize what they are doing?” was his final question.

In the comments section, the diversity of opinions was immediate, between those who gave advice and those who expressed their opinions about the situation in the country.

“It is hard, my friend, what we are going through."We can't take it anymore, they are killing us little by little," wrote one user.

Another person commented that “It is sad to have a disabled child without bread, a little angel who doesn't know the situation we are experiencing, even if you can't buy it every day because of the damn price it has, that's why we are where we are, if you can, go to the people who can tell you what you should do.

“How sad my god,where have we come to, because of his disability they have to find a solution to his case, by God what is happening, blessings for him,” said another Internet user.

The economic crisis that is worsening in Cuba motivated thedecision of the governors of Guantánamo province to eliminate the rationed bread that its inhabitants receive through the regulated family basket, limiting it to those between the ages of 13 and 65.

This was reported by the director of the Provincial Food Company, Eneldis Matos Romero, in a note disseminated through the Telecenter's social networks.Solvision, in which he referred to the “difficulties” with “the regulated quota of bread in the month of April.”

“Based on the existing wheat flour deficit in the country, with its impact on our province, the Guantanamo population is informed thatStarting Monday, April 1, several population segments will be affected, totally or partially, with the planned daily bread quota“said the information note.

Before this panorama, "Only children from zero to 13 years of age and people aged 65 and over will receive bread.", explained the manager, indicating that other social groups will receive the standardized bread, such as "patients admitted to hospitals, maternal and nursing homes, and grandparents' homes."

The Guantanamo population represents 4.5% of the Cuban population. The measure adopted by the authorities of that province will affect more than 3% of the Cuban population who will not receive therationed bread and of terrible quality that the Cuban rulers include in thenormed family basket.

According to the officialWe will win, Guantánamo needs more than 32 thousand tons of flour daily to guarantee the basic basket and cover the needs of prioritized organizations such as day care centers, hospitals, educational centers.