Cuba's communist-run government on Monday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro.

Cuba's government has cut the weight of its subsidized daily bread ration by a quarter, citing a wheat flour shortage. This change further strains the decades-old subsidy scheme. Many Cubans, earning around 4648 pesos monthly,

Cuba has reduced the subsidized bread ration for citizens, as the country ran short of wheat flour needed to produce the bread, Reuters reported, amid a deepening economic crisis that has led to the exodus of almost half a million Cubans to the U.

In a move reflecting the deepening economic crisis in Cuba, the government has announced a reduction in the weight of subsidized bread by 25%.