Cuba is facing a particularly delicate economic crisis: its citizens are desperately short of toilet paper.

 

The country has been badly hit by the world recession, and the price of 24 essential goods has been slashed to prevent the population slipping further into poverty.

 

However one item the government seems unable to control is the availability of loo rolls. Officials deny there is a shortage, but new supplies are not scheduled for delivery until the end of the year.