Cuba Food Shortage 2024. Cuba imports most of the food and fuel it consumes, but revenues have plunged following the pandemic, hampered by stiff u.s. Cuba announced tough economic measures for 2024 that include raising prices for basic services and cutting subsidies on staples, alarming many in havana.

Mexico city — hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in cuba in recent days, furious over the lack of food and electricity. The communist island is facing its worst shortage of food since the 1990s.