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Charity-run kitchens in Havana feed a growing number of Cubans as crisis deepens
Religious kitchens are feeding thousands as inflation and food import shortfalls leave retirees, workers and single parents unable to afford basic meals.
- Every night, hundreds of residents line up outside the Havana charity Quisicuaba, waiting for what may be their only daily meal as Cuba's economic crisis deepens.
- Inflation reaching 28% in September and tourism collapse have left Cuba unable to maintain subsidized food rations; the government previously spent about $2 billion annually on imports.
- 71-Year-Old retiree Fernando Fern survives on a 3,200 peso monthly pension worth a little more than $3, while 34-year-old single mother Marelys Ponce struggles to feed her children.
- Researcher Lisbeth Moya Gonz wrote that families increasingly rely on private markets or community support to obtain what the state once guaranteed. Quisicuaba, supported by United Nations agencies, has identified about 12,500 vulnerable people in Havana.
- Enrique Alem, president of Quisicuaba, described the situation as "a new dimension of vulnerability" among Cubans. Charity-run centers have proliferated across Cuba to fill the widening gap left by the state's dwindling resources.
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In Cuba, the economic crisis is becoming a food emergency. According to a recent report released by the Associated Press, hundreds of people put themselves in
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