Food in Cuba

Where did Cuba's fish end up? Official figures show a collapse in catches

“Check the bread carefully”: an unpleasant guest found inside one in Morón, Ciego de Ávila

Cuban retiree: "After having worked for over 65 years... I receive a pittance of 3,800 pesos."

What can be bought with a teacher's salary in Cuba?

Young person reveals the harsh reality of surviving in Cuba: "It's waking up every day in a horror movie."

Cuban scientist makes an "urgent call" regarding the critical food situation in Cuba

National Zoo rations food to keep nearly 1,000 animals alive

Cookies are being sold for 500 and 1,000 pesos in Matanzas. Will they reach everyone?

Garlic, scallion, and cilantro water: complaints about the food for the elderly at the social dining hall in Santiago de Cuba

Medical discharge given to Cubans with food poisoning in Matanzas

"What are we, pigs or something?": Cuban questions the quality of the bread from the ration book

"Our life slips away while we think about what we're going to eat": The disheartening reflection of a Cuban

Elderly individuals without families receive food thanks to the assistance of Cubans at the hospital in Puerto Padre

Alarm in Matanzas: Outbreak of food poisoning affects 29 people, including 22 children

Díaz-Canel calls for production on idle lands in Boyeros during National Defense Day

Granma announces the sale of a new brand of Cuban coffee

Cuban woman returns sick from Cuba to the US and shares her experience: "It was a catastrophe."

Long lines to buy oil for 2,200 pesos at a small business in Cuba

Long lines in Holguín to buy powdered drinks: "It's the only place that has it."

"I never thought it would be like this": Cuban elders talk about their old age

Cuban writer: "Lighting the coal," "a new discipline of survival" on the island

A neighbor's complaint raises suspicions about the destination of milk for pregnant women and warehouses in Manicaragua, Villa Clara

"Right in everyone's face": accusations of bread hoarding by resellers in Cojímar, Havana

A Mincin official justifies the rice shortage in Cuba: it is being produced, but people don't notice it

Productive neighborhoods, solar panels, and private sponsors: the official response in Santa Clara to "make life more bearable."

The regime seeks for Cubans to produce the food that they have not been able to

What one could buy with a doctor's minimum salary in Cuba: "it's quite sad."

The Council of Ministers updates regulations for the marketing of agricultural products

Cuba has extremely expensive food, but Díaz-Canel says that state enterprises are "on the right track."

"My humble contribution": restaurant owner provides free food to on-call doctors at hospital in Holguín

Images show the deplorable condition of the bread that families receive in Santiago de Cuba

From an empty refrigerator in Cuba to a full one in Brazil: "There is no better image."

A Cuban spends 2,400 pesos on preparing a meal: "I went for the cheapest option."

Having electricity in Cuba is like "living like a millionaire": Even the yogurt froze

Bread, guava, and soda for over 500 pesos: the price of a school snack in Cuba

Cuban mother: "You try enduring three hours without electricity... with an empty stomach and a dry throat."

Thieves rob a truck loaded with oil in Havana, while the police look on helplessly

Church prohibited from delivering breakfasts to those in need: the elderly and sick must travel instead

The anguish of a mother whose daughter is going to school for the first time: "I don't want her to experience more difficulty than she does at home."

"How easy it is to demand resilience": Cubans respond to Morales Ojeda's post about the school year

Cuban ex-professor survives by cleaning cauldrons: "I have to struggle between food and medication."

Economic embargo or failed model? BBC analyzes why Cuba is unable to feed its population

Crisis in Cuba also impacts animals: shelters survive without water, electricity, or food

Leonardo Padura in El País: "In a pit of time" Cubans "ask themselves 'how long?'"

They show how salt is harvested in Cuba, without machinery or technology, and one reaction summarizes a paradox

Activist Mireya Jiménez bursts out against Aleida Guevara: "The everyday Cubans survive thanks to the self-employed."

Chicken picadillo, the new victim of price increases in Cuba

Cuban family survives on chicken bones for 50 pesos and has gone two days without eating

Cuban mothers divided over whether to send their children to school: "The issue goes beyond whether the children study or not."

What could one buy to eat in Cuba for just $1.60?

Cuban TV highlights a communist leader from Guantánamo who tends to his plot "in the little free time" he has

Government reopens restaurant in Las Tunas, and Cubans respond: "What we need now is supply."

The harsh reality of a retiree in Cuba: Working at 77 years old just to be able to eat

Cuban health worker parents can't feed their baby: "We can't take it anymore."

"No way, that's it": Cuban mothers refuse to send their children to school if there are no minimum conditions

Not even soda packages are useful in Cuba: Concerned mothers in light of the new school year

Ulises Toirac criticizes the price cap: "Where can I report ETECSA and the dollar stores for abusive prices and scams?"

Cuban women face power outages, lack of water and food, while the FMC suggests teaching them to "overcome" vulnerability

The state is unable to fill the markets, but a company in Granma is preparing an online store to sell agricultural products

Cubana displays the prices in a store: "These are the cheapest. You don't want to see the most expensive ones!"