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HAVANA, June 27 (Adrián Leiva Pérez, Grupo Decoro /
www.cubanet.org) - Havana residents will be able to buy the following under the
government’s rationing plan in the month of June: 6 pounds of rice; 20
ounces of green peas; 5 pounds of sugar; 12 ounces of salt; 8 ounces of
something called "food paste"; about 8 ounces of cooking oil; 8 eggs;
and one pound of chicken.
During the last year, residents were able to buy 12 ounces of wieners per
person, but those have now been taken off the list.
Cubans have depended on their ration book for the last 40 years to obtain a
food quota that many complain is only good for about 15 days. Other options are
the free markets, in which the prices are high compared to the average salaries,
and the dollar stores, for those that have access to dollars.
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