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.

The Cuban government has reduced the size of subsidized bread rations given to the population, slashing it by a quarter as the economic crisis the island is immersed in continues to deepen.

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's government has reduced the daily ration of bread for its residents from 80 grams to 60 grams. A typical slice of bread weighs about 40 grams, report Reuters. What's more, the flour is of such poor quality that it reportedly "tastes like acid.

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.