MEXICO CITY, Mexico.- Sandro Castro He is not skimping on expenses this New Year’s Eve in Cuba and shows that he, who days ago defined himself as a “young revolutionary,” does not go hungry like many Cubans who have not been able to have a traditional Cuban meal at Christmas, since their salaries do not they are enough for it.
He, who has been seen in restaurants specializing in seafood productswhere a ceviche costs about 4,200 Cuban pesos, this Thursday he was at one of Italian food where he also usually goes Laura Daniela Alvarezhis girlfriend.
He grandson of Fidel Castro This Thursday afternoon I was drinking a white wine in front of the boardwalk in Marechiaro Italian cuisine and Neapolitan pizzeriawhere a pizza costs 3,000 pesos.
In Marechiario, the cheapest pizza, with mozzarella cheese and natural tomato, costs 1,750 CUP, almost a basic salary in Cuba, established at 2,100.
In general, the average cost of starters and some main dishes ranges between 2,500 and more than 4,000.
White wines, like the one Sandro exhibited this afternoon in his Instagram story, have very high costs. They sell between 3,500 and 5,000 per bottle.
The dictator’s grandson continues to generate controversy on social networks for his life of luxury and his ostentatious parties at the Bar EFE, in El Vedado, which he runs.
At the beginning of this month he celebrated his birthday “in style” in that space. The event, of course, took place without the venue suffering from the electricity generation deficit that kept much of the country in darkness at the same time.
While the majority of the population suffered from the disconnection of block 1 of the Felton Thermoelectric Power Plant and the departure of 10 other generating units, shortly after a massive blackout that affected the entire countryCastro kept the event.
The grandson of the late dictator promised his guests “a welcome cocktail, sparkling wine for everyone” and, for the first 20 women, a “shot of Tequila Rose”—which costs 2,000 Cuban pesos at the EFE bar—, in addition to Cristal beer, valued at 500 Cuban pesos per unit.
And the Cubans?
While Sandro tastes expensive wines, there are Cubans who will not be able to have dinner this New Year’s Eve with some protein on their table.
To buy pork, rice, beans, salad and ingredients to make a dessert, about four basic salaries would be required in Cuba (2,100 Cuban pesos per month), according to the analysis published by the independent organization Food Monitor Program (FMP).
He calculation carried out by the organization showed that for a family of four people, about 8,200 Cuban pesos are needed, which represents just under two average salaries, or almost four times a basic salary in Cuba.
The analysis Based on the markets reviewed between Havana and Cienfuegos, they estimated that for a dinner you would have to pay 300 CUP for a pound of rice; 500 for one of beans; 50 pesos per head of garlic; 600, for a bunch of onions; 500 for a pound of tomatoes. For a bunch of lettuce, 200 pesos would be required and 600 for a pound of oil. For the pound meat for pork at least 1,000 pesos would be needed and for a hand of donkey banana, 200.
The cost increases if you add some dessert at dinner, since a nougat costs 700 pesos; a fruit bomb, 400 and each egg for a flan recipe costs 100 pesos; a pound of powdered milk, 900 CUP and a pound of white sugar, 350. To toast you would have to pay 1,800 CUP for a bottle of red wine or cider.
“In perspective: 800,000 retirees, depending on a minimum pension of $1,528 pesos, can buy (for an entire month) just one pound of two or three of the aforementioned products,” the site revealed.
