Havana joins the gloom and hunger, like the rest of Cuba, say residents

Havana does not escape the shortage of food and inflation, and even the eggs that were sold by the basic basket have disappeared, while the prolonged blackouts in the nighttime in most municipalities, residents of Martí News said.

In the San Agustín cast of the Cuban capital, where Vladimir Ríos Cruz lives, there are only eggs available in dollarized stores, said the activist.

«Here six months ago the egg does not come, first 10 per person came, then they lowered it to 7, then to 5 and finally to 3, and since six months ago the egg does not come through the basic basket … an egg can cost in Havana, at the moment, 100 pesos,» he said.

In the Cuban capital Yan have begun to hit the long blackouts, including those of the night schedule, said Ríos Cruz. «The same, as we were in Sancti Spíritus, it is something that (electricity) goes the whole day. It comes for a while for the mid -day, and then in the afternoon it goes again until 8 at night,» he said.

Bicitaxist Antonio Font, a resident in Centro Habana, is concerned about high food prices, amid scarcity and inflation.

«An egg is 100 pesos. The sweet potato, which is a food that almost occurs, is worth 100 pesos, and there I can mention so many things that you are going to be perplexed in the prices there are. Not even for the one who seeks the money gives the account!» He lamented.

In Centro Habana, said Font, there are also blackouts. «Last night in my house he left at 7 and brought it at 11 and 30 pm, it means that they are already trying strength at night. That is already happening in several places here, in Havana,» said the entrepreneur.

The capital of the country, to which more resources are destined, usually escapes the most pressing face of the economic crisis in the country.

Lucinda González, from the La Lisa municipality, highlighted the impact and impact of the current situation in the daily life of the capital. «There is much discontent. Up to 150 pesos an egg; an egg cardboard is worth up to 3 thousand pesos. The oil is now in 1,200 the knob, which does not reach the two pounds. Everything is above, and of basic basket or speak, that nothing comes.»

«When there are blackouts, the police are up and down, the same on foot as in patrols. For that there is fuel, for that if it exists, however for the ambulances there is not, for the funeral cars there are either. Many people have to bury their dead by their own means,» the activist warned.

In the Arroyo Naranjo municipality the situation is similar, said the independent journalist.

«The objective reality is that the blackouts have already covered almost all the municipalities of the capital, and it is precisely because of the extreme and complex situation that the national electrical system has, the lack of fuel, in short, countless problems.»

On food, he said that the egg disappeared from the basic basket, among other essential products.

«The egg that consumes today the population has to acquire it in the MSMEs, and is costing more than 2 thousand pesos an egg cardboard. We are talking about 30 units, which has been coming out as in 110 pesos each egg.»

The communicator said that the country is going «worse», and was not optimistic about the future: «I think there will be no improvement in a lot of time,» he concluded.