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In May 2019, Cuba imposed rationing of staples such as chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basics (Some two-thirds of food in the country is imported). A spokesperson blamed the increased U.S. trade embargo although economists believe that an equally important problem is the massive decline of aid from Venezuela and the failure of Cuba's ...
Cuba`s food ration program carries a monthly price tag of $230 million, according to the newscast. Cuba is struggling to raise the cash it needs to underwrite its social programs, the result of ...
Cuba is the second largest producer of cassava in the Caribbean with a production of 300,000 t (2001). [12] However, the yield per hectare is the lowest of all Caribbean countries. Most of Cuba's production is used directly for fresh consumption. [13] Part of the cassava is processed to sorbitol in a plant near Florida, Central Cuba. [14]
"Cuban banks have long provided loans to farm cooperatives, they have offered credit to new recipients of farmland in usufruct since 2008, and in 2011 they began making loans to individuals for business and other purposes". [69] The system of rationed food distribution in Cuba was known as the Libreta de Abastecimiento ("Supplies
Cuba nowadays depends on imports for up to 80% of its food consumption, but is short of money to pay for its imported food items. Oil and food donations from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia ...
Cuba is in an economic crisis as surging inflation has massively devalued the Cuban peso, with many state salaries now worth less than the cost of a carton of eggs.
A typical Cuban sandwich. A Cuban sandwich (sometimes called a mixto, especially in Cuba [6] [7]) is a popular lunch item that grew out of the once-open flow of cigar workers between Cuba and Florida (specifically Key West and the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa) in the late 19th century and has since spread to other Cuban American communities.
Six decades after Fidel Castro nationalized Cuba’s private retail industry, the island’s communist government will again allow some foreign companies to invest in the wholesale and retail ...