In the midst of the serious generalized crisis in Cuba and accelerated inflation, residents of the island resort to the old practice of barter, and they exchange "garlic and onion for cigarettes" or "food and clothes for detergent."
The influencer Lali Freedom on Instagram said that she visited her uncle in Mariel and was surprised to discover that the man went out to look for food and paid with packets of detergent.
Likewise, she was able to verify that a string of garlic is equivalent to five packages of detergent and a new sheet is equivalent to 12. Many people in that town purchase the product to wash in stores in MLC or in the modules provided by some work centers, the young woman explained. .
His followers said that even in Havana they use this method, and that in neighborhoods like El Vedado people go around exchanging garlic and onion for cigarettes.
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