Shortages in Cuba

Scarcity and lack of food in Cuba, the rationing booklet, queues, and restrictions.

The economy of control and dependency

"To eat is now a luxury": chicken package jumps from 3,000 pesos to over 7,000 in just a few days in the Isle of Youth

Cuba redefines its social protection model: Who will now receive assistance from the State?

Habanera after Díaz-Canel's visit to Diez de Octubre: "Let them show their faces in this devastated country."

Private route between Matanzas and Havana will cost 3,000 pesos per trip and is drawing criticism for its price

The Church of Bogotá brings aid to Cuba and describes a population struggling to survive

"Cuba survives thanks to the ingenuity of its people, according to The New York Times."

This is how the stressful preparation of this Cuban woman was before returning to Cuba after 5 years: "Until it was my turn."

Cubans take to the streets in droves to respond to Díaz-Canel: "What joy?"

"My mom is sick, I do this to help her": the struggle of children selling food on the streets of Havana

A water tank costs up to 2,500 pesos in Havana amid the collapse of supply

The Cuba of El Cangrejo and the Cuba of the boy who saved his food for his grandparents

Díaz-Canel: "Our response to suffocation is the inventiveness, creativity, and joy of the Cuban people."

Teen reserves food donation in Cuba: "I'm going to save it for my grandparents."

"The elites are obscenely enriching themselves": The phrase by Díaz-Canel that best depicts the privileged caste of Cuba

Cuban writer asserts that the true blackout in Cuba is the loss of the ability to feel indignant

Cuban jurist claims that we have fewer freedoms today in Cuba than we did during the Moncada

"Let the population feel happy on a day like today": government distributes abundance in Cienfuegos for July 26 and hardships the rest of the year

Dayron Robles reveals what his true motivation was for training in athletics in Havana

Emotional reunion in Cuba after 9 years brings tears to social media

Cáritas Cuba on U.S. aid: "We are fully aware that we cannot reach everyone."

Cuban activist calls for help for accident victim's family: There are no medical supplies in Manzanillo hospital

Expensive or cheap? This is what this Cuban spends while shopping at a supermarket in Brazil

This was the first time this Cuban influencer visited a supermarket outside of Cuba

Oil at 2,500 pesos in Havana: "It's a utopia, we take two steps and it rises by 500 pesos, and cash recedes ten steps into the horizon."

MINCIN announces three pounds of donated rice for Camagüey and sparks a wave of criticism: "They flaunt misery"

They display a thief who stole a deodorant from a Havana store and then returned to the establishment

Díaz-Canel acknowledges that Cuba relied on the USSR, China, and Venezuela and states that it now wants to "not be dependent on anyone."

92-year-old Cuban woman begs on the street for "at least five pesos" to be able to eat

"I am thirstier than I am afraid": The desperate message of a Cuban mother after 16 days without water

Defending the Baltic is defending the freedom of Cuba

"To be Cuban, you must dream of much, even if you wake up with little," the viral decalogue by Jonathan Montelongo

The price of complicity: when silence also sustains a dictatorship

Toirac challenges Cuban leaders to live like the people: without cars, in ordinary houses, and using rickshaws for transportation

Cáritas opens a dining hall for children from impoverished families in Santiago de Cuba

A Cuban woman breaks down in tears upon seeing a child in Havana begging for money to eat: “The saddest scene I have ever witnessed.”

More than 400,000 pesos raised in two days for the Cuban girl Lía, who lives in extreme poverty in Bayamo

"Everyone very overweight while asking for sacrifices": Marrero visits La Güinera and sparks mockery over the leadership's obesity and the hunger of the people

The head of the snake

A box of chicken goes bad, and Cubans attempt to salvage it

Gastronomic influencers: a rising phenomenon in a Cuba facing food insecurity, alerts organization

Díaz-Canel congratulates Santa Clara on its anniversary, and the networks respond: "President, I have no electricity."

President of the FMC: "Cuban women know that the crisis weighs more heavily on our shoulders."

The return of this Cuban to Cuba after 3 years: "The recharge of energy and two tears in my heart."

In the dark and illuminated by cell phones: This is how people line up to buy chicken in Cuba

Cuban hospital reports that 3.5 million syringes for Cuba remain detained in Jamaica

"We sold everything and escaped from Cuba": Cuban couple shares how they rebuilt their life in Paraguay

A Cuban faces a crowd to buy meat in Trinidad: four pounds for 3,200 pesos

"Still Exist": Official Publication on Charcoal Plates Angers Cubans

"When I arrive, I believe it": Cubans facing "guaranteed" rice distribution in some provinces

When the state controls bread, it controls consciousness

Blackouts in Cuba: 106 distributed generation plants out of service due to fuel shortages

Cuban sparks outrage on social media by claiming that the U.S. won't bring him to his knees: "At least there's something to cook."

“Am I being punished for loving?”: The unexpected outpouring of a pro-government Cuban broadcaster

"Cultivate your little piece": authorities in Guantánamo shift the responsibility of food production onto families

Abel Prieto calls the 11J a "farce" and unleashes a torrent of criticism on the fifth anniversary of the massive protests in Cuba

Ghost town? Gibara showcases empty beaches, deserted businesses, and a paralyzed economy

Cuban writer on El Cangrejo: “Behind its luxuries is a starving people that can no longer endure.”

The government charges first and informs later: they officially announce the bread price hike in Havana with a week's delay

Rice donated by China still hasn't arrived in many provinces, while the government admits that its distribution depends on fuel