Food in Cuba

Cubadebate now talks about "planting resilient crops" following the controversy over rice and potatoes

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

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

Church in Santiago de Cuba celebrates Christmas lunch for over 700 underprivileged people

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

Economist debunks the claim of "excessive consumption" of rice in Cuba and presents a historic decline in the cereal's supply

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

Unvarnished Poverty: Hunger Drives the Most Destitute to the Trash in the Heart of Santiago de Cuba

The presenter of "Cuadrando la caja" calls those who criticize the official suggestion of not eating rice or potatoes "worms."

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

Ulises Toirac erupts against the official call to give up rice and potatoes: "People in this country don’t choose what they are going to eat."

Cubans react to the suggestion of "Do not eat potatoes or rice" made on national television

"There is no economy for a national solution": official TV admits there is no national exit to the agricultural crisis in Cuba

The government is concealing 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? "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 severe shortages

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

Gaviota hotels hold a culinary competition amidst the food crisis on the Island

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

"Memes of the Year Award": Granma says that "Cuba defends the full dignity of its citizens" and social media is ablaze

While Cubans stand in line for food, tons of mangoes rot unpicked

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

Valdés Mesa admits the bankruptcy of the state rice industry and suggests that private entities finance the machinery that the government cannot 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 the blackouts continue

Cubadebate promotes Colombian oil and Cuban rum for export and faces a wave of criticism

BioCubaCafé pays homage to Guantánamo with luxury coffee that its inhabitants will not see in their cups

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

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

Spain suspends pork exports to Cuba due to an outbreak of African 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 by the end of the year

"It’s not living, it’s 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 Provincial Championship in Matanzas

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, the Turquino Plan remains cut off and relies on muleback to receive food supplies

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

Cuban mother speaks out against Díaz-Canel: "We are dying from hunger"

Scarcity and spoiled food: The drama left by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

Police use pepper spray against women with children during food sale in Santiago de Cuba

Cándido Fabré misses Lázaro Expósito and calls for state markets with fair prices

The government denies that this time it is selling the donated oil in stores

MINED speaks of proper nutrition while Cuban children go to school without breakfast

"We have no food or milk for the girl": the cry for help from a Cuban in Cayo Granma, Santiago de Cuba

"Neither milk nor mattresses": Outrage over the treatment of evacuees from Río Cauto

Díaz-Canel visits evacuation center in Holguín and boasts about the "good nutrition."

Residents of the town of Sigua, south of Santiago de Cuba, are without food or milk for the children: "The government doesn't even show up."

Desperate cry: 17-year-old mother seeks help to obtain milk as Melissa approaches

They are distributing June rice in warehouses in Santiago de Cuba due to the approaching Melissa

Uncertainty in Santiago de Cuba as Hurricane Melissa approaches: No food, no water, no electricity

Díaz-Canel speaks of "experience in the face of hurricanes," but Cuba is facing blackouts and shortages

Cuba aims to lead sustainable livestock farming in Latin America... without cows or pastures

Independent organization denounces that the ONEI manipulates figures and conceals hunger in Cuba

Who picks the coffee? Massive exodus in mountainous areas affects coffee production in Santiago de Cuba

Imported beef from the U.S. is selling for 330 dollars in Havana

Ulises Toirac criticizes the actions of the Cuban government in support of other countries: “The fire is here.”