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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Leticia PINEDA

Food Shortages Leave Cubans In Anguish Over Next Meal

A woman signals a motorist for a ride during a blackout in Bauta in Cuba's Artemisa province (Credit: AFP)

One thought lingers all day in the mind of Diana Ruiz: How will the Cuban mother feed her 6-year-old son, a dilemma faced by parents across an island hit by blackouts and food shortages.

"The first thing I say when I get out of bed is, what am I going to give my son to eat? And when I go to bed, what can I give him for a snack, or for his breakfast?" Ruiz tells AFP from her home in Nuevo Vedado, a central district in Havana.

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