Shortages in Cuba

Scarcity and lack of food in Cuba, the ration book, queues, and restrictions.

Official data confirms a severe food crisis in Cuba

A truck loaded with chickens overturned in Guanabacoa

Cuban woman urgently seeks help to undergo surgery for a giant hernia

Cuban students awarded four pounds of coffee and an induction cooktop

Gas rationing in Cuba: Only one small canister every two months in Ciego de Ávila

What a Cuban woman found among the street vendors in Cuba: "This is beyond words."

Liqueified gas crisis in Cuba: Government assures that the ship has arrived

Misery in Cuba: The streets of Havana are filled with peddlers selling old items

Cuban in Spain doesn't forget his roots: "Whenever I go to Mercadona, Cuba comes to my mind."

A group of fishermen proud of a fruitful day at sea near the Malecón in Havana

The internet is fast, businesses are thriving, and food is plentiful: A Cuban shares what impressed her the most upon arriving in the Dominican Republic

Dollarization in Cuba: Powdered milk reappears in dollar supermarkets in Havana

Díaz-Canel relies on Artificial Intelligence to ensure that "continuity" yields results

Lack of liquefied gas in Matanzas affects over 100,000 households

Cuban woman in Spain on the clothing cycle in the island: "If it's already destroyed, then it ends up as a kitchen cloth."

Cardboard boxes for burying the deceased in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban mother seeks help to build a cell in her home due to lack of medicine for her son with a mental illness

Desperation in Cuba over gas shortages: "We are going back to firewood."

Cuban regime hands over land to Vietnam to produce rice: Solution or a reflection of structural failure?

Contrasts in Cuba: A hotel in Cayo Coco celebrates Russian Christmas while the population faces food shortages

The candy is proposed as the fifth currency in Cuba

A Cuban woman strolls through the streets of the island with a bag of rice as her purse: "They're in style in Cuba."

Elderly women fight for food at the agricultural fair in Santiago de Cuba

New dollar supermarket in Havana experiences episode of violence among customers

New images of the exclusive dollar supermarket in Havana: Here are its prices

Cuban mother denounces children's chocolate mixture: "Without milk or sugar"

Cuban returns to the island with the luxury BMW he bought in the USA: "So I don’t have to pay bills or work out of obligation."

Luxury, food, and partying: New Year's Eve in Cuba's hotels contrasts with the crisis in the country

Desolate streets: This is how Havana wakes up in 2025

Official press warns: This end of the year is very tough for Cubans

Uruguayan after returning from her trip to Cuba: "The last place I would go on vacation is Cuba."

State restaurant in Havana promotes New Year's Eve dinner for 15,000 pesos

Sweetening coffee with cane juice: An alternative in the face of sugar shortages in Santiago de Cuba

Government reveals the true cause of blackouts in Cuba

Letter from a Cuban to Santa Claus: "Bring me hope; it is needed here more than a liter of oil."

Sad Christmas in Cuba: Santiago Elder Survives by Eating from the Trash

"Without food, but with love": The heartfelt Christmas message from Ulises Toirac for Cuba

"Cynicism without limits": Díaz-Canel recalls Fidel Castro's first Christmas Eve in the "prosperous" Ciénaga de Zapata

Cuban mother with sick baby at the polyclinic: "We needed to bring the aerosol mouthpieces."

A Cuban is arrested after a knife robbery near the Havana tunnel

Russian oil worker recounts his vacation in Cuba: "People are on the brink of survival."

Agency suggests "demanding" Canadian tourists bring ketchup and peanut butter when traveling to Cuba

Communist regime bids farewell to rationing and eliminates "the ration book" in Cuba

Cuban woman on the elimination of the ration book: "Send me a rope!"

A Cuban reflects: "What can we expect from the youth if 'the chemical' costs less than food?"

They are promoting the cultivation of henequen in Matanzas, a key plant in the 1990s for producing rope and threads

Cuba without powdered milk for the basic food basket: Children will receive chocolate preparations

Cuban government announces the disappearance of the Cuban Bread Chain

What we know about the new economic measures and dollarization in Cuba

Cardboard instead of doors: Deterioration reported at the children's center in Santiago de Cuba

Spanish tourist reports shortcomings in hotel in Santiago de Cuba: "Not even water or lemons for lemonade."

The government describes it as "shameful" that Cuba has to import sugar

The Never-Ending Story: Gazelles Paralyzed in Havana Due to a Shortage of Parts and Fuel

"Leave": The reaction of Cubans to the government's new measures to attract foreign currency

Two children are selling guavas on the streets of Ciego de Ávila: Discover the act of kindness from a man to help them

Cuban government eliminates subsidies for the supply booklet: "There is no turning back."

The shortage of medications in Cuba skyrockets: More than 460 essential drugs are missing

Cuban man arrested for stealing a special car from a disabled child in Havana

What did the Minister of Food Industry say at the National Assembly?

National Sanctuary outlines measures for the celebration of San Lázaro in El Rincón