The estimated basic basket – the essential, affordable items needed to meet the minimum dietary requirements for a household - costs at least 14 times the average salary in Cuba. According to international publications, less than 5% of the Cuban population can count on the equivalent of $3 per day, placing virtually all of us below the poverty threshold.
Interview by William Bello Sánchez with Juan Carlos Blaín Noste
The debate over the role of the private sector in achieving a prosperous Cuba can no longer be refuted with negative slogans based on hereditary fears. The empirical evidence is clear: when enterprises are allowed to operate with greater latitude, what emerges is efficiency, innovation, and value creation.
Interview series: “Entrepreneurship from Cuba and its diaspora: Stories 3 X 3”
La canasta básica cuesta al menos 14 veces un salario medio. Casi ningún cubano (más del 95%) cuenta con 3 dólares diarios, lo cual nos sitúa prácticamente a todos por debajo del umbral de pobreza, según publicaciones internacionales.