Shortages in Cuba

Shortage and lack of food in Cuba, the supply booklet, the lines, and the restrictions.

A Cuban pays 99 dollars for a small 8 kg gas cylinder: "Even with money, it's difficult."

Raúl Torres has the solution to hunger in Cuba: "Jicoteas, bananas, buffaloes..."

A blind man protests alone on the streets of Havana, banging a pot and shouting, "Down with the dictatorship!"

"Five years without hugging Dad": an emotional reunion in Cuba that has brought tears to many

"The people are there giving their last breath," admits official troubadour Raúl Torres

"The saddest thing is having millions of pesos and not knowing what to buy": they humorously portray the crisis in Cuba

Trash mafias in Cuba? Testimonies point to clans, violence, and an organized business in the landfills

"They can't take away our ration book": What would Mariela Castro say today regarding the possible end of universal subsidies in Cuba?

Cuban woman speaks out against banking: "They shattered our lives."

Food crisis in Cuba: after the shortage of oil, now the lines are for pork fat

Cienfuegos celebrates Fidel Castro while blackouts and shortages overshadow daily life

Cuban declares an "oil strike" in response to prices reaching up to 7,000 pesos per bottle

What can you buy with 15 dollars in Cuba? A video shows it starkly

Marrero assures that Fidel Castro lives "in every place where truth and justice are defended."

In the absence of rice, Cubans eat cassava: Content creator shows the harsh reality

Without water and relying on buckets: the ordeal of a Cuban woman after the turbine in her building broke down

The price of food and power outages make nutrition a luxury in Cuba

Cuba recovers an abandoned well amid the severe water shortage affecting the island

Cuban leaders are once again calling for increased food production in Havana as the agricultural crisis deepens

600 pesos per pound of meat, and they say it's "affordable": such was the fair for the centenary of Fidel Castro in Camagüey

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

He cashes his first Facebook check in Cuba and faces obstacles in the store: "Even buying in dollars you don't have comfort."

New breakdown leaves several areas of Havana without water: These are the affected neighborhoods

Bicitaxi caravan in Santiago de Cuba to celebrate the centenary of Fidel Castro

Cuba receives the third shipment of Chinese rice on the centenary of Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro: a life of lies, betrayals, crimes, and destruction

Extreme poverty affects 94% of Cubans, according to a study by OCDH

"Look at how it spills": Cuban from Ciego de Ávila reports weeks without receiving water while a leak wastes the resource

Even sugar water is a lost cause in Cuba: "The mylord in danger of extinction"

"Not even little cockroach Martina is going to come to invest": Cubans face over 200 fines and business closures in Sancti Spíritus

"This is pure and harsh survival": Testimonies describe what it means to search for food every day in Cuba

Díaz-Canel acknowledges the scale of the health disaster in Cuba: seven out of ten medications are missing

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

The Cuban woman walks the streets looking for oil and returns with the bag empty: "Are you all stupid or do you want to kill us?"

"Take What You Need": Solidarity Project Offers Free Clothing and Shoes in Las Tunas

"Let's eat grass": Cuban mother denounces the rising prices of food

"Thank God it's raining": In Cuba, there are places that have no water even to drink

A Cuban keeps his bottle of oil in a safe and sends a message: "Fight for your dreams."

Cuban father asks for milk for his three daughters and pleads to hide his face: “I could get five years”

Cuban economists criticize the new price cap: "They didn't learn anything."

A Cuban recalls what he did as a child during the Special Period on the island: "My daughter doesn't want to believe me."

In the absence of coffee, the Villa Clara roastery improvises with other beans

A bar of guava candy for 600 pesos: inflation in Cuba turns another popular product into a luxury

GAESA sells a dairy product in dollars for more than three times its import value in Cuba

From "we're not going to cap prices" to WhatsApp for reporting merchants: The new economic shift of the Cuban regime

In Cuba, "the need is no longer just in people's pockets": photographer and entrepreneur from Pinar del Río

A Cuban woman turns to herbs due to a lack of medication to relieve her husband suffering from severe nephritic colic

The writer and academic asserts that the Cuban regime is a living monument to incompetence

Las Tunas identifies 24 individuals for "abusive and speculative pricing" after thousands of inspections

"They’re going to have to cut off my gas": Cubans facing the new rates in Havana

“Thank you for everything, Fidel”: Cubans erupt on social media over skyrocketing prices of eggs and oil

"When I see it, I believe it": Prices for rice, eggs, and chicken set in San Luis, Santiago de Cuba

"Both milk and meat went bad for me": The cry of a Cuban mother

"Go to the TRD and CIMEX": Cubans in response to inspections of private businesses in Havana

"You have to laugh to avoid crying": Cuban improvises rainwater collection system after 10 days without supply

“Up to where and until when?”: Cuban in the U.S. reacts with outrage to the price of oil on the island

"What is this?": Cuban explodes over the quality of bread from the bodega and says it "looks like it's from Mars."

Cuban woman erupts against Díaz-Canel after four days without electricity: "Resistance to what?"

Cuban mother reports that the lack of water worsens her daughter's illness

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