7 In 10 Cubans Are Missing At Least a Meal a Day As Its Economy Continues To Collapse

7 in 10 Cubans are missing at least a meal a day as the country's economy continues to collapse, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal cited a survey by the Social Rights Observatory, a think tank that conducted a month of polling during the summer.

The poll also showed that 90% of the country's population is living in extreme poverty, and 70% of respondents say their main concerns are the lack of food and constant blackouts.

Moreover, 78% said they plan to leave the country. This adds to the 2.7 million who have already left since 2020, a quarter of the population. Hundreds of thousands have gone to the U.S., Havana-based demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos told the outlet.

In another passage of the piece, the WSJ said that Cubans are "going hungry, suffering from spreading disease and sleeping outdoors with no electricity to power fans through the sweltering nights.

And added that the situation is set to deteriorate further as oil shipments from Venezuela could decline more as a result of the U.S.'s military campaign against Caracas, which now involves the seizure of sanctioned tankers off the country's coast.

As a result, the Cuban regime is doing all it can to prevent Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from being toppled, the outlet added.

Thomas A. Shannon Jr., a former high-ranking U.S. diplomat who dealt frequently with the regime, told the outlet that Havana is "taking very good care of Nicolas Maduro and his immediate successors." "The Cubans are not going to go quietly into the dark night," he added.

The New York Times also reported earlier this month that Maduro has also leaned on Cuba as the Trump administration escalates its pressure campaign against his regime.

The outlet added that Maduro has also expanded the role of Cuban bodyguards in his security detailed and added more counterintelligence officers from the country to the Venezuelan military.