Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin

Reuters — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:27:44 +0000

HAVANA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Cuba’s communist-run government on Monday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro.

The bread, one of a handful of still subsidized basic food products in Cuba, will be reduced from 80 grams to 60 grams (2.1 oz), or approximately the weight of an average cookie or a small bar of soap. Its price, too, was slightly reduced, to just under 1 peso, or 1/3 of a cent.

Still, many Cubans, who earn around 4648 pesos a month, or around $15, can scarcely afford to shop for more expensive bread on the private market, leaving them with few alternatives.

“We have to accept it, what else can we do?” Havana-resident Dolores Fernandez told Reuters while she stood outside a bakery on Monday. “There’s no choice.”

Continue reading HERE

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-slashes-size-daily-bread-ration-ingredients-run-thin-2024-09-16/

[Disclaimer]

The post Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin first appeared on Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association.

bread - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association

Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin