Food in Cuba

Cuban mothers who do not send their children to school because they have nothing to feed them are threatened with fines

Cubans question the prices in neighborhood markets

Barbados Prime Minister warns of humanitarian crisis in Cuba: "The lives of babies and the elderly are at risk."

Cooking with charcoal in Cuba costs up to 155% of the minimum wage: they report a state-controlled business

Even the Italian communist press admits it: Il Manifesto describes Cuba as "on its last breath."

A Cuban woman reports buying four oranges for 10,000 pesos: "It is disastrous how people are living."

Daughter of a Cuban scientist denounces that the elderly are abandoned: "They are going hungry."

Cuban elder "vulnerable" claims he is not on any list to receive food: "Every day it gets worse"

A Cuban visiting the island paid over 16,000 pesos for onions and cilantro

"Bodega bread in Cuba? 'Practically the size of an egg!'"

"Wow Pedro... you almost gave me a scare!": Cuban woman is shocked by the price of an onion

The state quota only covers 10% of the food needed in a dining hall for vulnerable individuals in Havana

Lácteos Santiago admits that it operates well below its capacity due to a lack of supplies and energy

"A backpack and a bag" to be able to go to the fair: the charming décima of a Cuban poet

Sancti Spíritus promises seven community feeding homes stalled by delays and bureaucracy

"More than 2,000 pesos! Cuban outraged by the price of a pumpkin."

Halloween Cuban style: Chequera verifies the real "terror" of the pumpkins

"I never imagined I would end up cooking with charcoal": a pinera portrays the struggle of living in Cuba

Baptist Church provides lunch for elderly Cubans in Havana

16-year-old athlete leaves a sports school in Havana due to conditions in the dormitory: "There wasn't even a pill to bring down my fever."

Hunger forces Cubans to hunt pigeons to be able to eat

Neighborhood market prices in Cárdenas rise by up to 50 pesos in less than 20 days

"What is the crime?": Cubans outraged by cheese confiscation in Ciego de Ávila

"One every five months": they denounce the poor quality of bread for children and the elderly in Cárdenas

Villa Clara starts distributing food modules to 95,000 people: these are the requirements to receive them

More than 45 days without electricity: state company reveals the dramatic situation of families in Villa Clara

Cuban grandmother: "We had nothing to eat... I put the chicken bones to boil."

Bell pepper at 600 pesos per pound in Cuba: "It's not normal for a person to work and not be able to feed themselves dignifiedly."

"There is everything, but when you go, there is nothing left": Tuneros criticize the agro-commercial fair for its prices and the quality of the products

Bayamo distributes food to people in vulnerable situations, with assistance limited to three products

Díaz-Canel warns: "If there is no food, there is no social stability."

"All of this is what gets thrown away every day": Cuban in the U.S. laments the contrast with the shortage of bread in Cuba

"Here, those who have someone outside survive": the testimony of a mother that defines the situation in Cuba

Cubana shares what she spent on a grocery purchase that "isn't a big deal."

He spent 90 dollars at a restaurant in Cuba and showed everything they ate: Expensive or cheap?

Lis Cuesta invites everyone to celebrate culture and blames the "imperialists" for the "corrosive everyday life" that Cubans experience

This is the "millionaire" breakfast of Cubans on the island: Yes or no?

Katungo: "The true revolution will be the one that restores joy and the right to dream to children."

Official press claims that the government prioritizes care for vulnerable individuals

The people do not eat explanations, admits the PCC in light of the disaster of the food industry in Tunera

Tick found in cheese? Reports of lack of hygiene in food transportation and sales in Havana

They denied a senior citizen a module because his daughter lives in Brazil

They are using a drone for rice fumigation in Los Palacios... "But where is the rice?"

"And let it come, even if it’s tough, crumbled, or stale": the plea for bread from a Cuban poet

Guantánamo offers thousands of hectares of agricultural land, but it admits that only a small portion has irrigation facilities

A state-run dining hall in Havana has only served chicken once in 2026, according to its manager

Japan donates one million dollars in food to Cuba, and the government blames the U.S. for the delay

When will there be more food in Cuba? The Deputy Minister of Agriculture says it would be "irresponsible" to provide an exact deadline

The AHS award is presented to Frei Betto, who recommended that Cubans fry potato peels

Four tablespoons of rice and a little bit of peas: that's what pregnant women eat at the Materno Sur in Santiago de Cuba

"The blockade bears your name and the last name Castro": Cubans respond to Díaz-Canel after blaming the U.S. for the lack of food

Families of political prisoners spend up to 60,000 pesos on food and medicine deliveries, according to a report

In the midst of a long hospitalization, a family from Havana finds unexpected help in a private café

Art critic complains about the "unattainable prices" at the "Community Markets."

Artemisa turns to a private company to save a state-owned pig farm on the brink of collapse

A new state store sells beef byproducts in Sancti Spíritus, but limits purchases to two units per product

Neighborhood market in Ciego de Ávila opens with criticism over restrictions on electronic payment and high prices

Authorities in Santiago de Cuba acknowledge that more than 10% of the population is in a situation of vulnerability and announce food modules

Cuban: "Where does the life that is consumed in accounts that do not add up go?"

The Poultry Company of Pinar del Río aims to regain its leadership with most of its hens in private hands