Foreigners cannot believe the prices of a supermarket in Cuba: "More expensive than Europe"

The famous youtubers "Mateo and Lisanna", a couple of influencers who travels the world and has more than a million followers on his channel, they stated after visit the island that prices in Cuba are equal to or higher than in Europe.

After visiting a supermarket and paying for a snack for four people, Lisanna said that the prices of basic products were higher than in Estonia, her country, where salaries are also higher than in the Caribbean nation.

The influencers arrived in Havana at the beginning of April to reveal to the world what they called "The Cuban lie".

In the first of three chapters they narrated their arrival to the island, the 48th country they have visited, and presented daily life in Old Havana, where illegality and street businesses constantly border on the tourist experience.

After 20 hours of flying in three planes, the young people, Mateo Pomba from Argentina and his girlfriend Lisanna, from Estonia, were amazed by their first impressions, but then they discovered that on the island the reality for the Cuban It is too difficult, due to shortages, rampant inflation, low salaries and a daily life marked by the breakup of thousands of families in the context of the current immigration crisis.

In the fragments posted on TikTok They entered a home where the head of the family is a psychologist and earns the equivalent of 11 dollars a month.

Mateo Pomba arrived in Estonia in 2021, and there he met Lisanna, a native of that country, through a language exchange application. The couple is about to complete fifty countries visited and have more than a million followers on YouTube.

They said they had many want to know Havana, its old cars and its traditions.

The Cuban regime maintains its hopes placed on tourism for the country's recovery, but the truth is that this sector has been affected by low demand attributed to the economic crisis that the Caribbean nation is going through, the political situation and travel restrictions. imposed by some nations.

Tourists do not escape the setbacks of the national reality and even violence.