A Cuban who dedicates herself to prostitution as a way of life claims that this is the only way she has found to survive for herself and her two and a half year old daughter.
The young woman, a resident of Sancti Spíritus, revealed to the agencyCubaNet that she could work in the vector control activity, but that with a salary of just over 3,000 pesos it would not cover her daughter's basic needs.
"This is the only easiest way to earn enough or at least money to be able to buy the pampers, the food he needs and to be able to feed myself, because I don't have the father," he explained.
The woman, whose identity was not revealed, detailed what clients pay her and stated that this money does not free her from worries because, for example, a container of yogurt costs her 350 pesos.
"There are times when clients give me 3,000, 5,000... The one who is very tight gives me 2,500. What is 3,000 pesos? I have 3,000 pesos right now, I went out on the street and spent them already. They don't give anything , not even 5,000," he said.
This mother criticized young girls who prostitute themselves "for the sake of grace" and stated that she does it only for her daughter and that she doesn't care what people think.
"When I am with a client I say: 'This is for my daughter' and I close my eyes. And every time I arrive with some money for my daughter I always feel happy and content," she stressed.
The young woman longs to continue studying in the future and work on something else, to get ahead by her own efforts or because someone comes into her life who can help her.
She is also clear about what she wants for her little girl: that she not have to work hard and that she never knows what her mother did to support her. "I want my daughter to study, to be great in life, to never do what I did."
The economic crisis in Cuba pushes many women, especially young people, to sell their bodies for money.
Last September, threeyoung people of 19, 20 and 22 years old who were dedicated to that activity They told a Spanish tourist that they did it because "we like money and things are bad."
Once the three graduated from the middle level, they revealed that they had been in the "trade" for at least a year, that they only slept with foreigners, to whom they charged between 150 and 200 dollars, and that they were always very groomed and well dressed because "there are many girls doing this".
"We do it out of necessity, because this country is useless," said one, who stressed that she did not work with the State because she would only earn "three pesos."
"This life here in Cuba is the best, because [with] the State you spend a month working and what they pay you is 3,000 pesos. So, here, in one day you make 200 Americans. (...) In one week We may have 500 Americans, more or less, it depends," said another.
A few days later, the comedianLimay Blanco shared the shocking video of a 52-year-old woman who made him an indecorous proposal in the middle of the street, in exchange for 2,000 Cuban pesos to pay an alleged debt.
Limay asked her the reasons that led her to prostitute herself in Havana and she assured that she did not do it regularly.
"I separated from my husband three months ago and I am renting because I don't have a house, I am from Cienfuegos. My son left recently but he still can't send me money and the old man (landlord) wants his 2,000 pesos today," said the woman.
The artist doubted her words, but he still helped her, gave her the 2,000 pesos and asked her to stop doing that and find a stable job.
"God put his hand in my country. A mother no longer knows what to do to be able to bring a plate of food for her children. This already hurts and hurts a lot, may God bless us and excuse the bad words," he expressed.
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