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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Leticia PINEDA

Some Cubans Depend On Sugar Water As Food Shortages Bite

The government has reduced the weight of a daily subsidized bread portion from 80 to 60 grams (2.8 to 2.1 ounces) (Credit: AFP)

Subsidized food, without which most Cubans would not eat at all, is becoming ever more scarce and expensive as the government, battling sanctions, struggles to pay for imports.

Breads are smaller -- not even the size of an adult hand -- rice is rare, and oil and coffee are nowhere to be found.

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