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An agro-commercial fair organized this Saturday in Las Tunas in honor of Father's Day sparked a wave of criticism on social media, where residents of Las Tunas reported that the prices of the products were completely unaffordable for workers and retirees in the province.
The event, covered by the official channel Tiempo 21, showed images of green bananas, pumpkins, grains, and cans of preserves under a roofed structure with a sign saying Happy Father's Day.
However, the public reaction in the comments on the post was strong and unanimous: the fair was not a real solution to hunger, but rather a decorative showcase.
"We need to go with a truck full of money," wrote a citizen, encapsulating in a few words what dozens of people from Tunero expressed in different ways.
Another commentator detailed the rise in prices with specific figures, noting that yogurt increased from 105 to 490 pesos between one fair and the next, ice cream jumped from 490 to 1,460 pesos, and bread went up from 90 to 150 pesos overnight. "Those without family abroad will starve," he concluded.
Irony was another recurring response. "What an amazing deal, hahaha," wrote a citizen. Another asked sarcastically, "How much does a retiree earn and what’s the price of the donkey? Is there a line? I’m not interested."
A woman summed up the situation with a phrase that captures the purchasing power crisis: "A capital of pesos is what is needed to survive; salaries are not even enough for a package of chicken. How much longer will we be tortured?"
"The offer would have been to sell at a price that everyone could afford. Many people from Tunja did not attend due to the prices," clarified a citizen, with a definition that the regime seems unable to fulfill.
Another comment noted a structural contradiction of the event: "I don’t know how they could hold a fair when the dairy sector lacks fuel for distributing milk to the children."
The observation carries more weight considering that Las Tunas canceled an agricultural fair in May precisely due to a lack of fuel to transport products from the municipalities to the provincial capital.
In May, the fairs for Mother's Day in Sancti Spíritus were labeled as "art for the mothers of the wealthy" due to their prices, and in Camagüey citizens reported that "there's only food for the people; the meat is for the bosses."
On June 16, a woman from Trinidad, Cuba, went viral with a video showing coal priced at 3,500 pesos and oil ranging from 1,800 to 2,000 pesos at a local fair, sparking a similar reaction on social media.
The official year-on-year inflation rate in Cuba reached 15.89% in May 2026, although independent economists estimate the real inflation to be around 70% annually.
The average state salary is around 6,930 pesos per month, about 13 dollars on the informal exchange rate, while the minimum pension is 3,056 pesos. In light of these figures, the prices at the tunera fair are mathematically impossible for most people.
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