Otto Ortiz humorously denounces the high prices of eggs in Havana

With the mischief that characterizes him, the Cuban comedian Otto Ortiz He reported last Monday that in Havana a carton of eggs costs 3,500 pesos.

The rampant inflation, that damages the purchasing power of the Cuban family, will change even the popular proverb, stated the comedian in a video published in Facebook.

“It cost me an egg”Ortiz said while showing one he was holding in his hand. “Believe me, it changed”.

With a mischievous smile on his face he stated: “This egg is worth much more than mine today.”.

At the same time, in the background of the video, he showed the evolution of the price of this food, from 0.09 cents, through 5.00 pesos and 50.00 pesos, until reaching the current cost of 116.66 pesos, or which is the same, 3,500 pesos per carton.

There are frequent complaints about the rise in the price of eggs, a food that has traditionally served as a substitute for meat products on the Cuban table.

However, today, for many, the price of a unit is as prohibitive as that of pork or chicken.

Recently, a Cuban resident in Seville, Spain, shared with her followers on the social network TikTok the astonishment he experienced with the prices that currently exist on the island, among them that of the egg.

Sliced bread at 300 CUP, a carton of eggs at 2,700 CUP, less than half a kilo of yellow onion at 300 CUP, two packages of spaghetti at 350 CUP each, and oil at 1,000 CUP, was the list that was shared online. social.

Lawyer Manuel Viera reported a similar situation on his social networks when warned of the excessive price that a carton of eggs has reached in Havana, reaching up to 3,500 Cuban pesos in some areas of the capital, well above the minimum wage received by a worker on the island (2,100 CUP, equivalent to 8.92 US dollars and 8.68 euros).

“These prices are inaccessible… There is no nothing for the population; However, MSMEs have everything. MSMEs are, who? The State, who represses us,” said Luis Sosa Aragón, a Cuban who agreed to talk about his vulnerability, evidenced in the exclusionary policies implemented by the island's government.