Shortages

The Lenin Vocational School operates without breakfast and is facing issues with water and electricity, according to IPS Cuba

Guajiro prepares a surprising "Cuban hot dog" on the grill in the countryside

A town in Cuba has been without electricity and water for over 100 days: "Closer and closer to primitive community."

"Life is smoking us": Cubans react to the price of cigarettes

"What a mess!": Cuban woman returns to Havana after seven years and discovers why her family cannot keep the house clean

Cuban girl, 12 years old, sells sweets to help her family: "Our house collapsed."

Affordable prices? Cubans react to neighborhood market in Cienfuegos

Cuban in light of Marrero's promises: "He believes in his delusion that it is possible to deceive another generation of Cubans."

Cuban adolescents share their snack with a man in need

Cuba: "What used to be food for the poor is now a luxury"

The price of eggs outrages Cubans: "I thought the golden egg-laying hen was just a story."

Cuban seeks an answer: What does Cuba have that no other country has?

Ulises Toirac: "I don’t want to get used to precariousness."

Three months without water: Cuban mother shows how she managed to do laundry

Lunching in Cuba is something for "millionaires."

Cuban elderly woman makes a harsh confession: "I didn't eat yesterday, and today I'm going for the same thing."

What can you buy in Cuba with 3,000 pesos? A Cuban found out at the fair

Bakery prices in Cuba spark debate: "You have to be a millionaire to buy bread"

A Cuban questions the regime's eternal excuse: "Is not having oil the fault of the blockade?"

Official media says that the Cuban state can do "little or nothing" in the face of inflation

In the absence of rice, Cubans are eating yuca: Content creator showcases the harsh reality

Cuban influencer erupts against the regime: "What they have against the people is abuse."

"The future is uncertain for me": Cubans survive without making plans

The crisis in Cuba takes a toll on mental health: the exhaustion of "making do" every day

"We're going to eat grass": Cuban mother denounces the rise in food prices

"Thank God it's raining": In Cuba, there are places that don't have water even to drink

Cuban woman lashes out at Díaz-Canel after four days without electricity: "Resistance to what?"

Cubana proposes a business involving a liter of vegetable oil in Cuba: "Serious inquiries only, please."

Cuban woman reports nine months without receiving water in her neighborhood

Laritza Camacho: "Cubans are not happy, and that cannot be hidden."

Cuban denounces the electric crisis: "Let someone else fix it, I can't do this to my children."

A Cuban warns about the businesses behind the misery in Cuba: "How long will this last?"

Cuban cries out for urgent change: "God, take us out of this hell."

The struggle of a Cuban woman amid the blackouts: "How do you explain to your children that there is no food because it spoiled?"

Cuban woman shows the bread from the store indignantly: "Is it fair for them to sell this to the public?"

Cuban comedian goes viral by denouncing the rise in oil prices in Cuba

The heartbreaking testimony of a Cuban: "We are living like animals."

Water shortage in Cuba: Elderly residents in Santiago de las Vegas carry buckets from a water truck to their homes

Cuban sparks outrage on social media by stating that the U.S. will not defeat him: "At least there's something to cook."

Cuban Teaches How to Prepare Congrí Without Beans: A Survival Recipe that Exposes the Food Crisis

Las Tunas cancels agricultural fair due to lack of fuel, and social media erupts against the regime

The heartfelt reaction of an elderly Cuban woman upon receiving a food donation and a perfume

"I want to be honest": Cuban shares her experience at a hotel in Varadero

Supermarket23 runs out of liquefied gas canisters, sparking intrigue among Cubans on social media

From lighting candles to finding trenches: this is the Cuban regime's "Family Guide" for wartime

Havana speaks clearly with Cuban influencer: "We are starving"

A Cuban in the Dominican Republic remembers things that no one outside of Cuba can imagine

Fuel crisis in Cuba: Over 15 hours in line to buy gasoline

Cuban family reveals the impact of the crisis in Cuba: “Psychological exhaustion overwhelms us”

Tiendas Caribe opens wholesale service in dollars in Havana, sparking controversy: How much does a box of chicken cost?

Sandro Castro visits market in San Agustín and sparks criticism for being "mocking and ignorant."

Manuel Marrero: "There are reserves to face Cuba's challenges in 2026."

"In Cuba, we do not have the right to be happy": a stark testimony reveals the despair and exhaustion of the Cuban people

Cuban peasants roast a rodent for dinner on New Year's Eve

Year-end food arrives for those in need in Matanzas thanks to a solidarity initiative

Children rummage through the trash in Ciego de Ávila as extreme poverty rises in Cuba

Civil Defense declares "normalcy" in Santiago de Cuba two months after Hurricane Melissa, amidst blackouts and shortages

Impossible Christmas! That’s how the prices of rice, chicken, and pork are in Cuban markets

Cuba in survival mode: This is how to create a stove using sawdust to cook without electricity or gas

Marrero visits Cauto Cristo and asks hurricane Melissa victims about their mattresses: “If needed, we’ll give them money too.”