Food in Cuba

"Medieval Configuration and Food Insecurity": A Warning About Cuba's Energy Future

National tragedy: Pork production dropped by 95.2% between 2017 and 2023

"Where are the leaders?": A Habanera denounces life on the edge in a Cuba without water, electricity, or food

The end of Venezuelan oil hits Cuba's food security hard

"Armored" positions in Villa Clara: official media boasts hardened egg shells amid a collapsed poultry sector

The Cuban government defends state cuisine while the private sector supplies it

Health crisis worsens: Warning issued about hepatitis A outbreak in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban shows how food prices in Cuba are at the beginning of 2026

Two men with several pounds of beef were arrested in Matanzas

"Have you eaten yet?": Young Cuban gifts lunch to elderly in need on the streets of Havana

She received her first TikTok paycheck in Cuba, and this is what she bought: "A dream come true!"

Data that contradicts the narrative: Cuba produced rice and potatoes for decades, and today it can hardly guarantee them

Díaz-Canel says that "New Year in Cuba is synonymous with triumph."

More than 250 needy Cubans receive year-end food thanks to a private business in Havana

Cubadebate comes out in defense of the deputy who supported small and medium-sized enterprises and criticized the country's productive collapse

These are the leftovers from a GAESA hotel in Havana while the Cuban people suffer from hunger

"I never said that the people should be deprived of rice and potatoes": Roberto Caballero breaks his silence after criticism

No cows or meat, but there will be a conference on "animal improvement and sustainable livestock" at a hotel in Varadero

Sale of "meat" in Las Tunas sparks outrage: there were only bones

Cubadebate is now discussing "planting resilient crops" following the controversy surrounding rice and potatoes

7 foods that could be banned in Cuba for "not being domestically produced"

Luis Alberto García mocks the official discourse regarding the "Cuban identity" of foods like rice and potatoes

Church in Santiago de Cuba hosts Christmas lunch for over 700 people in need

Cuba seen through the eyes of a Peruvian: “Every day things are getting worse.”

Economist refutes claims of "excessive consumption" of rice in Cuba and presents a historic decline in the supply of the grain

"Hunger is a reality in Cuba": Economist criticizes the government program "Cuadrando la Caja"

Unvarnished poverty: hunger forces the poorest to rummage through the trash in the heart of Santiago de Cuba

The host of "Cuadrando la caja" calls those who criticize the official suggestion to avoid eating rice and potatoes "worms."

Jorge Díaz mocks the state speech that blames Cubans for eating rice and potatoes

Ulises Toirac explodes against the official call to stop eating rice and potatoes: "People in this country do not choose what they are going to eat."

Cubans react to the suggestion of "Don't eat potato or rice" made on national television

"There is no economy for a solution for the country": state television admits there is no national way out of the agricultural crisis in Cuba

The government hides a worse agricultural crisis than that of the Special Period with propaganda, warns Cuban economist

What will Cubans have for dinner on Christmas and New Year's Eve? “MDM picadillo, sausage, eggs… and even lemonade.”

Cuba and Haiti, the only two countries in Latin America with a decline in GDP this year

Regime promises "nutritious food" amid ongoing shortages

More donations, yet the people do not see them: Martinica delivers tons of medicine, food, and clothing to Santiago de Cuba

Gaviota hotels celebrate a gastronomic contest amidst the food crisis on the Island

U.S. pork exports to Cuba reach the highest level since 1970

"Best Meme of the Year": Granma says that "Cuba defends the full dignity of its citizens" and social media is on fire

While Cubans stand in line for food, tons of mangos rot unharvested

Surviving in Cuba costs 50,000 pesos per month, warns economist

Valdés Mesa acknowledges the bankruptcy of the state rice producer and suggests that private investors finance the machinery that the government is unable to purchase

Vietnam allocates 50 million dollars to Cuban agriculture: This is how the new project in Artemisa will be

The government announces that all provinces are reconnected to the national electricity grid, but blackouts continue

Cubadebate promotes Colombian oil and Cuban rum for export and faces heavy criticism

BioCubaCafé pays tribute to Guantánamo with luxury coffee that its residents won't see in their cups

From Launch to Void: The Agricultural Market in Guantánamo Can't Last Even Seven Months Fully Stocked

Salvador Valdés Mesa says that Pinar del Río will achieve self-sufficiency in rice by 2026

Spain suspends pork exports to Cuba due to an outbreak of swine fever

Susely Morfa blames the "blockade" for the lack of eggs in Cuba

"Giant" fairs and modules for vulnerable populations: the government's promise in Villa Clara for the end of the year

"Not living, but surviving": Hunger strikes the Cuban countryside after Hurricane Melissa

Government sells expired canned fish in Santiago after Hurricane Melissa

Marrero suggests "selling them a little bit of root vegetables" to those affected by Hurricane Melissa

Cuban bodybuilders defy food shortages and shine at the Matanzas Provincial Championship

Cáritas Santiago de Cuba operates solidarity dining facilities for over 3,000 people following Hurricane Melissa

Cuba is sinking into extreme practices: hunting birds, cats, and iguanas to survive

Two weeks after Melissa, Plan Turquino remains cut off and reliant on muleback to receive food supplies

Without brakes, the exodus of talent from Cuban baseball continues: young pitcher Yosbel Pérez leaves the island