Shoppers in communist Cuba queue for 12 hours in blazing sun just to buy ONE DAY'S food as Covid worsens economic crisis
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] When America has a cold, ‘tis said, the world gets pneumonia. Besides, there have been empty shelves and long queues since Cuba was conquered by Castro’s Communists — this the same, only worse. - Shortages leading to queues have been worsened by the Covid pandemic, economic crisis and US sanctions
- Imports usually cover 80 per cent of the island's needs but they were at their lowest since 2009 in May 2021
- Specific products often disappear from the shelves completely for periods of time, as the case now with milk
- Stores often have only two products at a given time and shoppers queue without knowing what they can buy
- Cubans have ID cards and ration books that give them access to government-subsidized items every month
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-12 |