People buy goods in a state store in downtown Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
People wait in line to buy goods in a state store in downtown Havana. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Shop shelves on the Caribbean's largest island have been increasingly empty of late with the scarcity of basic products such as eggs, flour and chicken, and massive, hours-long queues for them whenever they come into stock. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Cuba imports 60 to 70 percent of its food. A handful of agricultural reforms in recent years have failed to boost output in its inefficient, centrally-planned economy, which also suffers from a decades-old US trade embargo. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
People wait in line to buy sweets in a state store in downtown Havana. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini