A Cuban woman identified as Sisi Aguilera (@sisi_aguilera) reported in a TikTok video the challenges of accessing adequate nutrition in Cuba due to the high prices of basic goods and the low wages and pensions received by a large part of the population.
"This reality we are living every day is becoming harsher. Every time you go out to buy food, you come home with your heart torn in two. The people of Cuba are hungry," Aguilera stated at the beginning of the video, published in early October.
In the images, the content creator displays a bag of rice for 950 Cuban pesos (CUP), with prices reaching up to 1,000 pesos at other sales points. She also shows root vegetables priced at 300 pesos for 1.4 pounds, among the most affordable options she found, and a piece of meat whose price exceeds 3,000 pesos.
One of the most concerning testimonies shared is from an 80-year-old neighbor who receives a monthly pension of 2,000 pesos, an amount that is not even enough for her to buy the piece of meat shown in the video.
"By cutting it into strips, maybe it will last for four days or three days, and this costs around three thousand pesos. How is it possible that if that elderly woman receives two thousand pesos, she can only buy a piece of meat with her salary?" questioned Aguilera.
"Meat is not affordable for Cubans. Cubans are living worse than animals. Nobody cares, and no one is doing anything. Prices continue to rise, the dollar keeps increasing, and Cubans are stuck with the same salary," Aguilera stated in his post.
This situation is compounded by the rising costs of food and difficulties accessing essential products, which force many families to cut back on their purchases, substitute items, or rely on the assistance of relatives and others.
Aguilera concluded her video by inviting her followers to reflect on food prices and the difficulties that Cubans face daily to survive.
"Let me know in the comments what you think of these prices and how you view the survival methods we Cubans are employing, and what you believe the solution would be," he expressed.
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