Shortages in Cuba

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

Russian family shares testimony about their vacation in Cuba: "I started crying from disappointment."

Lis Cuesta Peraza: "For Cuban women, it is beneficial to resist and move forward."

This is what the warehouses in Cuba are like: "Now they sold the rice from three months ago."

A mango 500 pesos: These are the prices at the most expensive market in Cuba

Cuban visits Carlos III in Havana: "The few items they sell are repeated on the shelves."

Impressive feat at sea: Cuban fishermen catch another huge swordfish in Guantánamo

Crisis in salt production in Matanzas: idle pumps, corroded equipment, and million-dollar losses

The Cuban government reopens a dollar store and presents it as "good news for everyone."

Cuban ex-pitcher Ismael Cortina urgently seeks help to save his mother's life

Cuban priest Alberto Reyes: "There is no right to crush an entire people infinitely."

"That you turn on the shower in your bathroom and hot water comes out": A Cuban talks about normal things in the USA that are considered "luxuries" on the island

16-year-old survives after 46 days in intensive care due to postpartum infection in Sancti Spíritus

The drama of blackouts in Cuba: Cuban family loses their food after more than 50 hours without electricity

Gasoline sales through Ticket begin in Havana: these are the authorized service stations

Díaz-Canel supervises egg production for dollar sales at the Quivicán farm

The regime denies bread and salt to the Cubans

Nearly half a million Cubans have gone three months without receiving salt in the warehouses of Artemisa

Kevin Costner and the hypocrisy of Hollywood millionaires who praise the Cuban dictatorship

They are organizing a political event to return a stolen plastic tank in Río Cauto

Heart-wrenching testimony portrays the hopelessness of living in Cuba: How much longer?

"Abusing the elderly": Cuban shows the potatoes they sold to their grandparents in Matanzas

Energy crisis in Cuba: Spokesperson urges spreading the "overcoming capacity of the people" on social media

"Potatoes have arrived in Matanzas": Cuban shows the reality on the island and social media reacts

What can you buy with a lawyer's salary in Cuba? A viral video shows the reality of prices in Cuba

"I decided I’m not going to stress out": Young person goes viral with a funny video about Cuban reality

Goat milk, another food item that has disappeared in Cuba

"When it's not Juana, it's the sister": Water cuts of 12 hours announced in Havana due to "unexpected breakage."

A woman is caught picking up yogurt from a street in Santiago de Cuba

An exclusive marketplace for employees of the Juan Bruno Zayas Hospital is inaugurated in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban mother seeks help to obtain a wheelchair for her son

"It’s not about building for the sake of building": Official press acknowledges problems and lack of quality in housing for vulnerable mothers in Guantánamo

Croquettes and tostones: the "alternative" of a bakery in Matanzas to feed the people

Regime's crusade against prices: Forced sales imposed and markets monitored in Cuba

Cubana highlights the challenges she faces: "We've been without water for more than 50 days, and I had to go out to find water in the countryside."

A newly arrived Cuban enters a supermarket in Punta Cana for the first time and reacts: "Is that just for decoration?"

Three months late: Cuban government promises to deliver 17 pounds of rice in Villa Clara

The police confiscated 850 liters of gasoline in various operations in Matanzas

Young Cuban suffers from illnesses after completing Military Service: "I was strong and healthy"

Crisis in Cuba: Man collects picadillo from boxes thrown away at the fair in Santiago de Cuba

Alarm in Cuba: Activist calls for urgent help for child with severe malnutrition in Sancti Spíritus

What can a doctor in Cuba buy with their salary? A Cuban goes shopping and this is what they found

The difficult day-to-day life of a Cuban mother: Without electricity or medical supplies, and with scarcity as a routine

A young man was arrested in Old Havana with a large quantity of medications for illegal sale

Cuban in the U.S. thrills her mother on the island with a new washing machine: "Every day that we're apart will be worth it."

Cuban shares her experience at the Matanzas Book Fair: Here's how the prices are

Young Cuban exposes the basic "luxuries" in the United States that are impossible in Cuba

Priest Alberto Reyes: "Today, Cuba is very similar to a concentration camp."

Gerardo Hernández praises a Cuban who raises fish at home to survive

This is how the exchange rates for the dollar, euro, and MLC stand on International Women's Day in Cuba

Seamstresses in Santiago de Cuba revive the tradition of "cat sheets" amid scarcity

The Cuban government imposes price caps on rice and beans

Cuban mother touches hearts with her testimony after enduring more than 24 hours without electricity

The Cintumbare party with Sandro Castro at his bar in Havana, a week after being deported

Alina Bárbara López denounces the "surreal simulation" of the regime in the face of the crisis in Cuba

The regime blames the U.S. and the global crisis for the increase in beggars in Cuba

"For that, there is indeed energy": Gerardo Hernández boasts about "neighborhood anti-imperialist debate" and Cubans react

Lack of coffins in Villa Clara worsens crisis in funeral services

Police escort the rice from the warehouse in Baracoa: "What a kind of madness!"

Economist calculates the monthly cost of basic food for two people in Cuba: The result is dramatic

Cuba imports more than 16 million eggs per month from the Dominican Republic