Food shortages leave Cubans in anguish over next meal

Havana, Cuba – One thought lingers all day in the mind of Diana Ruiz: How will the Cuban mother feed her 6-year-old son, a dilemma faced by parents across an island hit by blackouts and food shortages.

Food shortages, he added, were due to “fractures in the timely distribution of the basic food basket.” At the beginning of the year, authorities also struggled to deliver bread due to delays in wheat shipments from abroad and breakdowns in four of the country’s five mills — resulting in the country meeting only about a third of total demand.

Since 2021, private stores also offer milk, bread, chicken and other basics, but at prices that are out of reach of those earning an average wage.

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