Cuba’s communist Castro dictatorship has found a novel way to deal with the chronic wheat shortage on the island using socialist ingenuity: just reduce the amount everyone gets. The Cuban regime will now reduce the size of the rationed bread the government provides the people by 25%.
Cuba’s communist-run government on Monday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro.
The bread, one of a handful of still subsidized basic food products in Cuba, will be reduced from 80 grams to 60 grams (2.1 oz), or approximately the weight of an average cookie or a small bar of soap. Its price, too, was slightly reduced, to just under 1 peso, or 1/3 of a cent.
Still, many Cubans, who earn around 4648 pesos a month, or around $15, can scarcely afford to shop for more expensive bread on the private market, leaving them with few alternatives.
“We have to accept it, what else can we do?” Havana-resident Dolores Fernandez told Reuters while she stood outside a bakery on Monday. “There’s no choice.”
Before the socialist revolution, Cuba was self-sufficient and produced enough food to feed the population and export to the world. Now it must beg for food and rely on donations, which have left the Cuban people starving and struggling to feed themselves. Instead of addressing the core issues causing the shortages — 65 years of corruption and failed socialist economic policies — the Castro dictatorship will just provide less.
Sure. Because the savages should be humiliated at every opportunity. Besides, it’s never the fault of the “revolution,” so it’s another reason to blame the “blockade.” So, it’s a two-for-one deal.