Supply booklet

The economy of control and dependence

"Eating has become a luxury": chicken package prices rise from 3,000 pesos to over 7,000 in just a few days on the Isle of Youth

Administrator takes his EcoFlow to sell chicken in Isla de la Juventud: "Just in case the sales go into the night."

From the ration book to "every man for himself": Cuba turns survival into an individual responsibility

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

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

When the state controls bread, it controls consciousness

"In none of its phases did it improve": Cuban depicts the regression of the rationed bread

"The numbers don't add up": Viral video depicts the impossible arithmetic between salaries and prices in Cuba

Díaz-Canel cuts the ration booklet, and Cubans remind him of a reality: "We are all vulnerable, except for you."

Foreign franchises, wholesale markets, and fewer subsidies: this is how Cuban trade will change

Social assistance in Cuba will be adjusted according to each family's income

Díaz-Canel: The basic basket will be reserved only for retirees and vulnerable individuals

Food prices in Cuba have gone crazy

"We don't have it even if we pay": Over 100,000 children affected by the lack of milk, acknowledges Cuban official

Cuban officials admit collapse in the supply of basic foodstuffs

Korean rice and UN meat: The food for thousands of Cubans arrives through donations

"Where are the fruit purees?": Cubans facing shortages in the stores

Cuban grandmother, 90 years old: "What worries me the most is the entire situation happening in the country."

Cuban regime announces distribution of powdered milk donated by Uruguay and Mexico

From rice to mashed root vegetables: this is how some Cubans are adapting to the food crisis

"The diagnosis left by the situation is stark": Flour shortage exacerbates the bread crisis in Ciego de Ávila

Camagüey authorities admit to selling expired toothpaste: "It can be used without risks."

In Ciego de Ávila, the priority is given to flour for sweets rather than for the bread from the store

"What is selling the most" in Cuba today, according to Chequera

Díaz-Canel promises affordable food and well-being again as Cubans face shortages

They are selling prepared food in Villa Clara due to the energy crisis

"My children should leave": The painful wish of many Cuban parents in the face of the crisis

The "mini purchase" this Cuban woman made while living in Cuba that has everyone talking

Cuban buys bread for 90 pesos each: "It hadn't been available since before May 1st."

France 24 distorts the crisis in Cuba: When failed rationing is presented as a "victim" of sanctions

Cuban official celebrates the absence of bread and praises cassava: “Blood pressure and obesity rates have decreased.”

The supply notebook in Cuba collapses: it no longer even suffices for survival

Just a pound of sugar and three of rice "with pests and bugs" to the store

Commerce in Las Tunas halts sales of regulated toothpaste and announces tests following public alarm

They sell only sugar from April and pasta only for children up to 13 years old in Santiago de Cuba

A "solidarity hug" of five pounds of rice is being distributed in Camagüey

"26 years imprisoned without trial": The cry of a young Cuban trapped in his own land

Díaz-Canel congratulates the new president of Vietnam and Cubans respond: "Ask for rice."

Cuban in Mexico contrasts her life: "In Cuba, I didn’t have milk; here I can choose from several brands."

MINCIN denies changes to the supply booklet in Cuba

"In Cuba, there is food, but at impossible prices," claims an influencer

Cuban in light of the sweet potato prices: "What prosperous socialism are these lunatics talking about?"

"Three weeks without store-bought bread": viral video reflects the struggle for food in Cuba

Cuban regime blames the U.S. for hunger on the island after promoting resolution at the UN

"There will be hunger, but never a plague of the mouth": Announcement of regulated toothpaste distribution in Camagüey

The fourth shipment of humanitarian aid from Mexico arrives in Cuba

"They're rotten": Pregnant woman confronts store owner for selling "old" eggs in Santiago de Cuba

In Guantánamo: Government bets on "whatever reaches the warehouse" amid food shortages

Cuban asks for an AKM in exchange for the ration book: "We need it to defend the country."

MINCIN informs that the public has 30 days to obtain products from the Mexican donations

They are selling "regulated" beans in Matanzas, but at 280 pesos per pound

The supply booklet is the main tool for the distribution of donations in Cuba, according to the minister

Officials assure that international donations in Cuba are distributed "transparently" and with "popular control."

Guinness World Record for anti-bread in Cuba… “Hey, Trump, check this out!”

The regime showcases the distribution of beans donated by Mexico amid controversy over their sale in dollars

One carton of eggs per family through the ration book for 1,500 pesos: the government's "solution" in Artemisa

MINCIN denies that Cuba sells donations as controversy grows over TV Azteca report

Only one pound of sugar per person in Las Tunas, and the social media explodes: "That’s like giving nothing."

MINCIN reports distribution of donations to those in need, and on social media, they echo: “We are all vulnerable.”