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FROM
CUBA
Eggs
in short supply in Cuba
CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Sept. 12 (www.cubanet.org)
- Although the ration book entitles everyone to
buy five eggs a month, they've become scarce in
some parts of Cuba.
That's the case in the province of Ciego de Avila
on the north coast of central Cuba. Even though
there are two large agricultural units near the
town of Moron, no eggs have been available at
the state stores where the ration books are required.
Eggs used to be available in bars and cafeterias
at the equivalent of 50 U.S. cents a dozen, considerably
higher than at state stores. However, they' ve
become scarce there too.
That just leaves the dollar stores, where eggs
can be purchased for about a dollar a dozen, about
10 percent of the average monthly salary.
Eggs are a staple of the Cuban diet.
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