Cubans answer when was the last time they ate beef: “I don't even remember”

The activist Aníbal Ferrand walked the streets of Baracoa, asking people when was the last time they ate beef, thus revealing the impact of the economic crisis on the nutrition of the population in this city.

Ferrand, who usually shows daily life in the eastern city on his social networks, shared on Tuesday in Facebook the results of his journey, warning that many people They barely remember what beef is.

“Years ago, I do not remember” declared one person.

In a group of young people, one of them commented that the day before, while another said that from two months ago.

At the same picket, two stated that they have not eaten beef for a long time.

“Beef?“said a young man, making gestures as if he had forgotten that food. “That exist?”, he noted.

“I know the others, but I forgot that one", stressed the boy. His girlfriend emphasized that she hasn't seen beef in a while.

Many Cuban homes, a product of the worsening of the economic crisis, have seen several foods disappear from their tables, including beef.

On the occasion of the end of the year celebration, The Matanzas government boasted of selling three pounds of beef per nucleusHowever, in practice in some territories it barely reached two pounds per notebook.

The Municipal Assembly of Popular Power of Jagüey Grande said that in that territory the Félix Duque Cooperative only sold two pounds of beef per family nucleus in the Agramonte town, corresponding to the Special Food Module for the end of the year.

The meager amount of beef consumed by the population moves informally, in an illicit market fueled by high demand and by people who slaughter cattle, risking severe punishment.

Last March, the Cuban Anisleidis Parra Muñoz denounced on social networks, the violent arrest of a relative, inside the house and in front of several minors.

This woman from Santiago de Cuba assured that the Police of the municipality of Mella, in Santiago de Cuba, entered her house without a search warrant or witnesses from the community, and “beat her husband” and her stepson, who is a minor, allegedly for selling beef illegally.