A Cuban family did not hesitate to resort to firewood to cook in the middle of a central street in the vicinity of the Train Terminal, in Old Havanaaccording to a video broadcast on social networks by the Cuban activist Silverio Portal.
“Hunger is what leads to doing that. Cooking with firewood. There are people who are sitting waiting to eat, children and everything”said the activist, who showed that the unusual panorama took place in the vicinity of the Train Terminal, in the heart of Old Havana, in an area that is also touristy.
“The people are determining that. There is no one who can get into that because hunger is hunger, with that there is no one who can “Portal added.
The Cuban who acted as cook told the activist that there was beef tenderloin in the broth they were preparing.
Despite how striking the presence of an improvised bonfire to cook in such a central place in the capital is in this case, in recent years it has not been at all strange that in the midst of the fuel crisis and the persistent blackouts in the island, Cubans residing in different provinces of the country have been forced on several occasions to resort to firewood or coal for cooking food.
And it is that the scarcity does not refer only to the food itself, but also to the source of energy to cook it, be it electricity or balita gas, a resource that has also become scarce in recent years, coinciding with the material crisis that afflicts almost all the orders of the daily life of Cubans.
According to him report Institute World Prosperity Index LegatumCuba is ranked 104 out of a total of 167 countries.
