As the country goes through one of the most difficult periods since the so-called Special Period, with rampant inflation, constant blackouts, and unaffordable prices on the informal market, deliveries of basic food baskets continue to show irregularities, delays, and partial distributions.
Although official reports confirm progress in the delivery of some compliant products, public complaints are growing due to the limited quantities, poor quality of food, and significant differences between regions.
The most recent data provided by commercial companies in several provinces provide an updated overview of the standardized family basket in Cuba.
Pinewood of the river
According to the Business Trade Group, products corresponding to the months of March, April, and May are being distributed in Pinar del Río. However, the quantities are minimal, and there are repeated reports of prolonged delays in the delivery of essential foodstuffs such as rice and cooking oil.
Currently available in Pinar del Río warehouses:
- 2 pounds of rice donation corresponding to March (one pound in 584 warehouses and another in 316)
- Oil corresponding to March, present in 551 units
- Peas corresponding to April-May, with presence in 558 wineries
- Sugar corresponding to April, with presence in 658 units
- Eggs for pregnant women, in 440 wineries
- Minced meat for children, in 414 wineries
- Medical diets distributed by the La Pesca entity, in 419 units
- Coffee corresponding to April in the main municipality, with presence in 48 wineries
Havana
The Cuban capital presents a fragmented landscape. Although some products have completed delivery in certain municipalities, others are just beginning or are still pending. The distribution of compotes, milk, peas, and sugar is still experiencing delays in several areas of the city.
Currently available in Havana warehouses:
- 5 pounds of rice per consumer (March) in San Miguel, East Havana, Diez de Octubre, Guanabacoa, Boyeros, Arroyo Naranjo, Plaza and Cerro
- Sugar (April): in Diez de Octubre, Guanabacoa and East Havana
- Compote for children (April): in Guanabacoa, Centro Habana and Arroyo
- Quail egg for pregnant women
Textured picadillo for children: pending in East Havana, Guanabacoa, San Miguel, Diez de Octubre, Cerro, La Lisa and Boyeros
- Whole milk powder for children from 0 to 1 year: 2nd and 3rd decade (April)
- Whole milk powder for children 1 to 2 years old: WFP donation (April)
- Milk with maltodextrin for children aged 2 to 6: 1st decade (April)
- Whole milk powder for pregnant women and special diets (April)
- Matches: distribution completed
Cigars: distributed in Cerro, Guanabacoa, Boyeros, Regla and Playa
Villa Clara
Deliveries of basic products in Villa Clara are experiencing delays that have accumulated since January. The shortage of cooking oil, salt, rice, and special diet products is causing great concern.cupaction in the population.
Currently available in Villa Clara warehouses:
- Rice (March): in Quemado, Camajuaní, Placetas, Santa Clara and Manicaragua
- Chícharo (May): in Quemado, Camajuaní, Placetas, Santa Clara and Manicaragua
- Sugar (April): in distribution, pending Remedies
- Compote (March): in Placetas and Camajuaní
- Salt (January-March): with several delays
Special diets: tomato puree, corn flour, cornstarch, honey (April): only in Santo Domingo
Fortified milk for children 0-1 years old: in Placetas, Camajuaní and Santo Domingo
Cigars and tobacco: in several municipalities
Minced meat and CRD for chronic pathologies: in Manicaragua and Camajuaní
Yogurt and fluid milk: with partial distribution by municipalities
Soap and liquid detergent: according to core and territorial priorities
Holguin
In Holguín, products corresponding to several previous months have been distributed, while partial deliveries of rice and legumes continue. Milk for specific age groups is also being distributed, although not uniformly.
Currently available in Holguín warehouses:
- Rice (March): 4 pounds per consumer
- Rice (February, age group): 1 kg
- Sugar (February): 2 pounds
- Black beans (April): 10 ounces
- Oil (March): 250 ml
- Powdered milk (April): children 0-1 year (20 days); children 1-2 years (3 kg)
- Cigars and tobacco (March): 4 packs and 1 tobacco per core
- Donated rice and milk for age groups: partial deliveries
- Care for pregnant women and special diets: ongoing in selected units
Casa Particular in Santiago de Cuba
Reports from Santiago indicate limited deliveries of rice, beans, and pregnancy products. Many consumers complain that only one pound of rice has been delivered, when deliveries of up to five pounds had been announced.
Currently available in Santiago de Cuba warehouses:
- 1 pound of rice (March), as part of the 5 pound completion
- Black Beans (April): 10 ounces
- 30 egg units for pregnant women
- Minced meat for children from 0 to 13 years old
- Laundry and toilet soap by core (March-April)
- 6th round of WFP for pregnant women and those receiving care: grains and oil
Matanzas
In Matanzas, the distribution of March rice has begun, albeit with delays. WFP products are also being delivered, and problems with the quality of peas have been reported.
Currently available in Matanzas warehouses:
- Rice (March): 5 pounds per consumer; 2 more will be added as a donation
- Sugar (March): 2 pounds
- Chícharo: complaints about poor quality in several municipalities
- Toilet and laundry soap by core (March-April)
- Cigarettes: 4 packs per adult
- WFP products in Jaguey Grande, Agramonte and other locations: beans, rice, oil
- Personal hygiene: partial distribution, with complaints of shortages
Guantánamo
In Guantánamo, powdered milk distribution is underway according to age groups and specific conditions. Donated WFP products and other basic food items have also been distributed, although the distribution is uneven across municipalities.
Currently available in Guantánamo warehouses:
- Whole milk powder: for children 0-1 year (20 days); 1-2 years (3 kg, PMA donation)
- Skimmed milk for children 2 to 6 years: according to fluid milk receipt
- Whole milk powder for pregnant women (April): 1.5 kg
- Special diets: whole milk powder for chronic conditions
- Other products in pilot units: according to zonal distribution.
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These are just lies and more lies. These are the official notes from the Ministry of the Interior. Please do not continue to discredit yourself more in front of this people.
Please, the province of Matanzas, why are they taking so long? It's not just Matanzas, it's the entire province, because nothing has arrived here in Santa Marta.
Why is there so little milk for children aged 2 to 6? If they give it to the others, how is it going? 6 completes this one only 2 or 3 at a time.
Why is there so little milk for children aged 2 to 6? If they give it to the others, how is it going? 6 completes this one only 2 or 3 at a time.
Kind regards, when will milk for children with chronic illnesses be distributed in GTMO?
Greetings, the milk for children with chronic illnesses hasn't arrived yet.
And they forgot about people who have HIV-AIDS, they no longer give anything, meat from time to time and when instead
Good morning, because a child whose birthday is on April 29th doesn't get milk and it's only for April 22nd. They don't have the right, either, because their birthday is a few days later. This is in Santiago de Cuba.
Good morning, because a child who has a birthday on April 29th doesn't get milk and it's only for April 22nd. They don't have the right to it either because they have a birthday a few days later.
This government is applying to its people the story of Stalin and the chicken
Where are all the things from the 42s diets? No chicken, no meat, no vegetables, and the milk, not to mention the poor quality. With salt and pure water, nothing will happen. It's a shame about those diets that haven't given anything since December, it's been almost half a year.
I am just another Cuban, my feelings for my people are above all else. I believe it is time, urgently, to take measures, but what my people need, we want, food, food and not incomplete answers that don't fill stomachs. It is time to do something for the country.
yty las tunas took it off the map
In Holguin it is a lie, they have only given three pounds of rice from March and milk from medical diets, it is a lie
When will they give it to the assisted person who hasn't been given a single module since January?
I'm from Holguin, my name is Consuelo Sanchez, I have three children.
Why does the province of Ciego de Ávila have no information at all?
How important it is that those responsible for distributing the basic food basket think about people with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, muscular dystrophy, etc., who cannot even be offered cereal or yogurt. These are degenerative diseases, and food on the informal market cannot feed the sick. Please sit doctors at this table to analyze.
A question, diabetic diets will never give anything.
AND CHOLESTEROL DIETS ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYTHING EITHER, IT IS A SHAME, ALL FOR USD AND MLC .
One more lie can't be tolerated anymore. I think it would be better not to even talk about the famous basic basket. In San Luis, Santiago de Cuba, they still owe rice for the month of March. Have they started to think about the low wages and the retirees? I think no one remembers us. If many of those who live well today went through what we went through, it would be a different story.
It's not worth talking about the basic basket. We Cubans live a life that I wouldn't wish on anyone. What's the point of so many comments? Nothing will be resolved. This has only one name. Every man for himself.
I'm from October 10th. The wine merchant informs me that the oil arrived incomplete, the 1-pound bottles, and that I should wait for them to send the missing part. I want to know if this is true.
Is it true that the oil came incomplete after several months of waiting?
good imagination the matches where are they
The province of Artemisa is not mentioned in the distribution of products
They should stop giving us anything, and then we won't have to be thankful for the increasingly paltry basket of food being distributed, which is already absurd. We need to introduce a free market with the participation of private investors without constant state interference.
This government is applying to its people the story of Stalin and the chicken
The basic food basket has become a terrible nightmare. You don't know what's in it, what they give you, or how much. 🙏 A turbulent river, a fisherman's profit. Hello, that package that only appears in photos has never greeted us again. Oil traveling with a tourist visa? 🙏🤭 Until where and until when?
We know the terrible situation in Cuba, but we also have to consider whether food is eaten raw. SS needs to assess this situation.
Hello, the diets for the sick are not going to return to Camagüey. We need them. My pension, after more than 40 years of work, is 1600 pesos. I can only buy a liter of oil. The government needs to take a look at the people who are in that situation.
For diabetics, there is no more milk, not even liquid milk. They are also sick for life and need at least a glass of milk.
The bread at the bodega seems to be tainted by the coffee, and the butchers are definitely out of work.
"AND THE FUN ENDED, THE COMMANDER ARRIVED AND IT STOPPED"
The province of Sancti Spiritus was not mentioned in the distribution of the Basic Food Basket
The province of Sancti Spiritus was not mentioned regarding the distribution of the white basket
I urgently need them to finish distributing the April rice, because these delays are hurting us enormously, and don't say there's no rice. Vietnam donated rice for a full year. I don't mind if they sell it to me. I want to have the product to eat. There's a lot of hunger, and even if it's just rice, I can eat it.
I already sold my washing machine so I could eat. The life of ordinary Cubans who have to sell the little they have to be able to eat is a disgrace.
God bless the people of Cuba. Blessings
My sister, the cold will soon be gone, and if things continue to reach the house, I am so sorry.
And where are the phoforos? Because they haven't been given out at any winery.
and the other provinces do not exist
He really isn't ashamed to continue advertising beans since December and still in Camagüey not even a shadow has arrived until when the lies
what terrible spelling
The minced meat for children in some stores hasn't arrived, and laundry soap, this is in Santiago de Cuba
The information is appreciated, but there are no details for provinces like Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, and Granma. And for the province of Camagüey, I can say that the same products are not distributed equally to all wineries. My respect to those who publish, but I understand that such important information should cover all provinces.
Because they update the provinces and Camagüey doesn't update anything.
Because they mention the provinces and they don't update anything about Camagüey.
In Agramonte, they haven't given out the oil, and the notice says they've already given it out. Here, only 5 lbs of rice and black beans, and the rice is from March. exe
Hi, one question. Diets for sick people will not return. Please provide a public response.