Cuba prosecutes man for selling avocados ... from his own tree

I’m small scale, but the ones who are really screwed are the farmers who invest money, time, and work only to have a bureaucrat come in at the end and seize their entire harvest,” he added.

The fine imposed comes at a time of widespread shortages, among them food, and out-of-control inflation that is battering the wallets of Cubans.

“This is incredible. There’s nothing to eat in Cuba and instead of allowing everyone who has fruit trees to sell their produce to mitigate the hunger, the inept mismanagement of Diaz-Canel dedicates itself to issuing fines and persecution. #CubaIsAFailedState,” wrote one of his followers.