Food in Cuba

What can a teacher buy with their salary in Cuba?

Cuban asks Donald Trump to "open the paths" and presents a proposal to him

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

Cienfuegos is projected to have 640 tons of platform fish this year, but only 20% will be for the population

"‘Armored’ Positions in Villa Clara: Official Press Boasts of Eggshells Hardened with a Collapsed Poultry Sector"

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

"In Cuba, it is illegal to fish": Cuban woman sparks debate on social media while preparing recipes with mackerel

Cuban regime extends tariff exemption for importing food, medicines, and hygiene products

The excitement of a Cuban woman visiting a Walmart for the first time: "This place didn't make me happy."

The reaction of a Cuban woman upon entering a market outside of Cuba for the first time: "This is what struck me the most."

How would a transition in Cuba look like? It would require between 42 and 61 billion USD over 10 years, according to AI

Data that tells a story: Cuba produced rice and potatoes for decades, and today it barely assures their availability

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

These are the leftovers from a GAESA hotel in Havana while the Cuban people go hungry

End-of-year holidays in Cuba: abundance in official discourse, scarcity and poor quality in reality

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

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

When power explains hunger: stating that rice is not Cuban as a political excuse

Las Tunas sets a target of 38,000 tons of sugar for the upcoming harvest following the failure of the previous one

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

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

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

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

Rice and potatoes, the most beloved "culprits" of Cuban cuisine

Unvarnished poverty: hunger forces the most impoverished to the streets in the heart of Santiago de Cuba

The host of "Cuadrando la caja" calls those who criticize the official suggestion not to eat rice or potatoes "worms."

Jorge Díaz mocks the state discourse 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 do not choose what they are going to eat."

"There is no economy for a national solution": official TV acknowledges that there is no national escape from the agricultural crisis in Cuba

The regime asks to stop eating potatoes and rice: “They are not Cuban foods.”

South Korea donates 24,600 tons of rice to Cuba

Tilapia is back, but not the solution: prices continue to suffocate Cubans

The government is concealing with propaganda an agricultural crisis worse than that of the Special Period, warns Cuban economist

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

Regime promises "nutritious food" amid severe shortages

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

Gaviota hotels celebrate a gastronomic competition amid the food crisis on the Island

How much does it cost to make a flan in Cuba?

"Although there is a crisis, there is Christmas": The inspiring video of a Cuban woman improvising her little Christmas tree in Cuba

While Cubans stand in line for food, tons of mangos are rotting without being harvested

Nine people have been sentenced to prison in "exemplary trials" for thefts in Santiago de Cuba during Hurricane Melissa

Kilos of nostalgia and need: Migrants support their families in Cuba with medicine and food

Valdés Mesa acknowledges the bankruptcy of the state rice industry and suggests that private companies finance the machinery that the government cannot purchase

Paradoxes of “development” without supplies: Matanzas prepares candy factory while sugar is lacking for the basic food basket

In the midst of a crisis! A luxurious $70,000 Mustang GT appears in Havana

"How much longer will this humiliation last?": Donation of meat to senior home sparks outrage over conditions

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

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

From the Premiere to Emptiness: Agricultural Market in Guantánamo Can't Sustain Itself Even for Seven Months Supplied

Cuban relives the flavors of his childhood by eating "pan con minuta" on a trip to Caibarién

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

World Food Program sends food to over 900,000 Cubans after Hurricane Melissa

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

"To live is not enough; it's about surviving": Hunger strikes the Cuban countryside after Hurricane Melissa

Government sells expired canned fish in Santiago after Hurricane Melissa

While Cuba suffers from blackouts and illnesses, Manuel Marrero prefers to promote tourism

"Peas full of bugs and a bad smell": Cubans erupt over the announcement of product distribution in the bodegas

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

Two weeks after Melissa, the Plan Turquino remains cut off and relies on pack mules to receive food supplies