Widespread food shortages and skyrocketing prices have left Cubans struggling to find enough food to feed themselves and their families, but that’s not stopping the communist Castro dictatorship from throwing a gourmet food festival. The Varadero Gourmet festival kicked off in Matanzas on Wednesday, where the Cuban regime is showcasing the delicacies it reserves for foreign tourists and the Communist Party elite.
While the Cuban population grapples with one of the worst economic and food crises in its history, the regime inaugurated the 14th International Varadero Gourmet Festival with much fanfare this Wednesday. The event, set to run until September 13 at the Plaza América Convention Center in the resort city of Matanzas, stands in stark contrast to the daily struggles of ordinary Cubans.
As the Cuban people face severe food shortages and inflation, consequences of the failed economic policies of leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, participants at the festival will debate the theme of “The Evolution of Cuban Gastronomy,” according to the website Excelencias Gourmet. The event brings together industry experts for various conferences and will include cooking, gastronomy, and cocktail competitions, as well as specialized exhibitions. This media spectacle is far removed from the harsh reality faced by the average Cuban, who suffers from acute food scarcity.
Despite these hardships, Ariadna Viñas, commercial director of the Palmares Extra-Hotel Company, one of the participating entities, boasted that Varadero Gourmet will cover topics such as transformations in the kitchen, tradition and haute cuisine, artistic cooking, alternative cooking knowledge, renewed tradition, and the teaching of gastronomy along with its educational and cultural influences.
Similarly, Lázaro Casabella, deputy director of Palmares, noted that the event aims to showcase the evolution of gastronomy in terms of sustainability, serving as a platform for the socialization of experiences.
Official journalist Borge Alex remarked on Facebook that Varadero Gourmet promotes “the development of the Cuban gastronomic sector” and encourages “the exchange of knowledge and trends.” He described the festival as “A Journey Through Flavors,” featuring exhibitions of culinary innovations, tastings of unique flavors ranging from Cuban cuisine to international trends, and workshops led by culinary experts.
It is inconceivable a country like Cuba, which is suffering unprecedented food shortages, would hold a gourmet food festival while Cubans starve, but this is how socialism works. This is socialism in action.
Right. Because the native savages do NOT matter.