Cuban mocks the cost of eggs: "Almost a dollar in shells!"

A Cuban reported this Wednesday the high price of eggs in the market, using humor by showing a table with shells and ironically stating that he had invested nearly a dollar in them.

Manuel Viera, in a Facebook post, expressed his frustration by showing a table with eggshells, commenting: "And here I am! Waiting for the ladies with creative recipes to find some way to use the eggshells. After paying more than 100 pesos for each one... something has to be done with them."

The irony in Viera's post highlights the desperation and creativity with which citizens seek to confront the economic crisis on the island.

This Wednesday, the profile Edmundo Dantés Junior also reported on that social network the high price that an egg has reached in the informal market.

"Yesterday I finally found eggs for 4,500, in the late afternoon-evening they were already costing 5,000," he also pointed out with irony, highlighting that rampant inflation affects such sensitive and essential products like eggs.

Another who has used humor to reflect the price of hen eggs is comedian Otto Ortiz.

With the cunning that characterizes him, the Cuban comedian denounced in May that in Havana a carton of eggs costs 3,500 pesos.

The galloping inflation, which is crippling the purchasing power of the Cuban family, will even change the popular proverbs, the comedian stated in a video posted on Facebook.

In July, the cost of a carton of eggs in Havana exceeded the country's minimum wage, reaching an average of 2,225 pesos; however, a month later, the cost has been significantly surpassed.

According to an updated list at that time, with food prices in the capital of the country sold through social networks, a carton of 30 eggs could be found between 2,000 and 2,500, for an average of 2,225 pesos.