A Cuban reported this Wednesday on the high price of eggs in the market, using humor to show a table covered in shells and ironically claiming that he had invested nearly a dollar in them.
Manuel Viera, in a Facebook post, expressed his frustration by showing a table covered with eggshells, commenting: "And here I am! Waiting for the ladies of creative recipes to find a 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 are trying to cope with the economic crisis on the island.
This Wednesday, the profile Edmundo Dantés Junior also reported on that social network the high price that eggs have reached in the informal market.
"Yesterday, I finally found eggs for 4,500; by the late afternoon, they were already priced at 5,000," he noted with irony, emphasizing that rampant inflation is impacting such sensitive and essential products as eggs.
Another individual who has used humor to highlight the price of chicken eggs is the comedian Otto Ortiz.
With his characteristic cleverness, the Cuban comedian reported in May that a carton of eggs in Havana can cost as much as 3,500 pesos.
The rampant inflation, which undermines the purchasing power of Cuban families, will even change popular sayings, the comedian stated in a video posted on Facebook.
Last July, the cost of a carton of eggs in Havana surpassed the country's minimum wage, reaching an average of 2,225 pesos; however, just a month later, this cost has been significantly exceeded.
According to an updated list at that time, showing food prices in the capital of the country sold through social media, a carton of 30 eggs could be found for between 2,000 and 2,500 pesos, averaging 2,225 pesos.
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