Cuba says it will ration food and  products. It will ration beans, chicken, eggs, rice, soap and other . There is a  economic  in Cuba and there are many  of food. This is because the USA changed how it trades with Cuba. A U.S.  embargo makes it  for Cuba to buy food. Many people say the cut in fuel  to Cuba from Venezuela is the . A crisis in Venezuela means there is a two-thirds cut in  to Cuba.
Cuba imports about two-thirds of its food. It spends about $2 billion a  on food imports. Cuba can  import less food. Many supermarket  are empty. People must stand in  in shops. The government is rationing to stop  buying and keeping food. If people do , there is less food for others. A  in Havana said people could not buy  than four packets of  milk. One shopper said life was "".