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Cuba: Faced with a Flour Shortage, Privately Run Bakeries Are Rationing Bread

14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spirítus, 11 February 2025 — The line of people extends along both sides of the street. It grows longer on one side of the street, with more people joining as the morning progresses. The scene is almost identical on the other side. Residents from different parts of the city crowd outside a … Continue reading “Cuba: Faced with a Flour Shortage, Privately Run Bakeries Are Rationing Bread”

Cuban Government Reduces Weight of Regulated Bread Due to Flour Shortage

The bread roll will go from 80 to 60 grams and its price will go from one peso to 75 centavos. 14ymedio, Havana, 13 September 2024 — With just a few hours’ notice, the Cuban government announced that starting this Friday the weight of the bread delivered as part of the basic basket will be … Continue reading “Cuban Government Reduces Weight of Regulated Bread Due to Flour Shortage”

Bread Making is Slowed Down by a Shortage of Flour and Fuel

14ymedio, Havana, 25 October 2022 — Bread didn’t reach the tables of Cuban families in several municipalities in the provinces of Guantánamo and Holguín last week. The lack of flour and fuel prevented companies from accomplishing the production needed to guarantee supplies. In Guantánamo, the director of the Food Industry, Albis Hernández Díaz, recognized that … Continue reading “Bread Making is Slowed Down by a Shortage of Flour and Fuel”

Breadfruit Tree Proposed to Relieve Shortage of Flour in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 26 August 2021 — After a year of flour shortage in Cuba, the Government announced this Thursday the launch of a project on the Isle of Youth to obtain breadfruit flour. The objective is to obtain this raw material to have greater availability or, directly to replace the wheat flour used in the … Continue reading “Breadfruit Tree Proposed to Relieve Shortage of Flour in Cuba”

Once Again, A Shortage of Bread

14ymedio, Havana, 28 October 2020 — The shelves and counters of bakeries in various parts of Havana have been empty for days. In the rationed market, the daily production  is barely enough to meet the Government’s commitment of about 3 ounces of bread for each consumer. The sale of bread outside the rationed market has … Continue reading “Once Again, A Shortage of Bread”

“There Is No Bread, There Is No Flour”: The Omnipresent Poster in Havana’s Shops

Shortages affect both the rationed and informal markets 14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 28 February 2025 — In La Timba the mornings are too quiet. In that poor neighborhood that extends a few meters from the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana, the proclamations of the street vendors who sell bread have not been heard … Continue reading ““There Is No Bread, There Is No Flour”: The Omnipresent Poster in Havana’s Shops”

Soup and Bread With Mayonnaise, the ‘Balanced Diet’ That Cuba Guarantees to the Poor

 The official press defends the work of the Family Care System, but the food is far from being the least bit healthy 14ymedio, Havana, 1 October 2024 — If a balanced diet were made up of soup and bread with pasta, the State would not have to use so many resources to justify its precarious … Continue reading “Soup and Bread With Mayonnaise, the ‘Balanced Diet’ That Cuba Guarantees to the Poor”

Lunch or Dinner, the Daily Dilemma for Cubans in the Face of High Prices and Shortages

 “Our diet is terrible, we eat whatever we can get hold of and not what our bodies need” 14ymedio, Julio César Contreras, Cienfuegos, 15 September 2024 – When the midday sun heats up the streets of the city, dozens of Cienfuegueros go in search of something light to eat, for the lowest possible cost, to … Continue reading “Lunch or Dinner, the Daily Dilemma for Cubans in the Face of High Prices and Shortages”

Cuba Has No Bread, but ‘You Can Drown in All the Flour’

14ymedio, Madrid, February 29, 2024 — “In Cuba there is enough flour to drown in, but the State doesn’t have any.” Everyone knows it, and María confirms it. She spends the morning sending messages to several contacts – found through social networks –  to buy the raw material, with which she makes bread, pizzas, cakes … Continue reading “Cuba Has No Bread, but ‘You Can Drown in All the Flour’”

Cubans and Tourists Are Without Bread Until the End of March, Despite a Donation of Russian Wheat

14ymedio, Havana, 25 February 2024 — Once again, there is no bread in Cuba due to a lack of flour. The “complex situation,” as defined by the official press, will last until the end of March, according to Emerio González Lorenzo, president of the Food Industry Business Group. Although the state media say that the … Continue reading “Cubans and Tourists Are Without Bread Until the End of March, Despite a Donation of Russian Wheat”

A Shipment of Canadian Wheat to Provide Cuba with Bread for Two Weeks

14ymedio, Havana, 5 June 2023 — The arrival of 21,000 tons of Canadian wheat will allow Cuban bread production to resume. The good times will likely be short-lived, however, because this amount will be only enough for about two weeks. Osmany Rodriguez Long, director of logistics for the company Food Industry, said on the Cuban … Continue reading “A Shipment of Canadian Wheat to Provide Cuba with Bread for Two Weeks”

In the Chaos of the Cuban Consumer Registry Offices, ‘The Dead Return to Pick up Their Bread’

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 9 January 2023 — The Office for the Registry of Consumers (Oficoda) on Calle Juan Alonso, Luyanó, Havana, was in chaos on Monday morning. Scores of people crowded round the establishment trying to resolve the problems they were having with their ration books. “This year you must not lose your … Continue reading “In the Chaos of the Cuban Consumer Registry Offices, ‘The Dead Return to Pick up Their Bread’”

The 25,000 Tons of Wheat Donated by Russia Will Supply Cubans With Bread for a Few Days

14ymedio, Madrid, 26 December 2022 — Russia will invest more than 11.7 million dollars in sending wheat to Cuba, according to the note published this Sunday in the Island’s official press about the delivery of more than 25,000 tons of wheat from Moscow to Havana. The news fell as a Christmas gift to the readers … Continue reading “The 25,000 Tons of Wheat Donated by Russia Will Supply Cubans With Bread for a Few Days”

‘We Don’t Even Have Bread for Communion’ Says a Priest in Cuba

14ymedio, Natalia Lopez Moya, Havana, 3 November 2022 — The monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Saint Teresa in Havana produces most of the communion wafers, or “hosts,” consumed by the island’s Catholics. On Wednesday the nuns announced in an online statement that they would not be able to manufacture or sell any more … Continue reading “‘We Don’t Even Have Bread for Communion’ Says a Priest in Cuba”

The Official Cuban Press Points Out the Social Discomfort Due to the Scarcity and High Price of Bread

14ymedio, Havana, 14 September 2022 — The scarcity and high price of bread in Cuba are so evident that the official press once again dedicates ample space to the subject this Wednesday. In a report that paraphrases “Our father, Our bread… every day?” Cubadebate criticizes the fact that the product is not even guaranteed in … Continue reading “The Official Cuban Press Points Out the Social Discomfort Due to the Scarcity and High Price of Bread”