The rise in international prices aggravates the food crisis in Cuba

Havana. High international food prices, maritime transport and low production are further curtailing the ability of Cuba, a country that depends on imports, to feed its population.Cuba traditionally imports around 70% of its food by sea. they consume, but harsh sanctions due to the U.S. embargo and the pandemic, which have destroyed tourism, have decimated their foreign exchange earnings. For more than a year, Cubans have been in long lines looking for everything from milk, butter, chicken and beans to rice, pasta, as well as cooking oil. The Cuban government announced this month that the availability of flour was reduced by 30% through July. Diorgys Hernández, director general of the Ministry of Food Processing, said that It was due to "the financial costs involved in sending wheat to the country." "People eat a lot of bread and there is concern that there is a shortage of bread, because that is what is eaten the most," said Cl ara Díaz Delgado, a Havana retiree and cancer ...