Cubans struggle to survive on pocket-size ration books

A man shows his ration book known as a “libreta,” backdropped by a framed image of Fidel Castro, at a state-run bodega in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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