LAS TUNAS, June 20 (Bertha Mexidor, Agencia Libertad) - Peasants in Las Bolas, Botijal, San Alberto and Las Pulgas in this province say they are experiencing a critical situation finding enough to put on the table.

The food they can buy under the government rationing system, they say, is only enough for the first few days of the month. They sometimes make do with mangoes, plums and yams instead of scarce staples rice and beans.

The prolonged drought this province has suffered made the food situation in May and June critical.

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