At least 50 Cubans stranded in Peru after flight to Nicaragua was canceled.

More than 50 Cubans are stranded at the airport in Lima after their flight to Nicaragua was canceled, facing risks of deportation and difficulties in finding food.


About fifty Cubans have been stranded for a few days at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, after a flight that was supposed to take them to Nicaragua was canceled.

"We've been here for three days. Due to problems that occurred in Havana, caused by a storm, our flight was delayed by two hours. When we arrived here, the flight we were supposed to continue on had already left, and the airline is not taking care of putting us on another plane," said the Cuban opposition member Midaisy Marrero Gil, who is part of the group of stranded Cubans, to journalist Mario Pentón from Martí Noticias.

Marrero Gil said that since the 24 hours allowed by Peruvian immigration authorities for airport transit in the country have passed, they run the risk of being deported to Cuba.

Each Cuban paid 2,800 dollars for the plane ticket that was supposed to take them to Managua and never arrived.

The Cuban opposition member commented that the food situation is problematic due to the costs of products within the airport.

"Aapple costs you 2.50 dollars," she mentioned. "We are sleeping on benches, and when we can no longer take it, we end up on the ground," pointed out the woman who is traveling with her two children.

He said that despite having exceeded the legal stay time at the airport, the next flight to Cuba does not leave until July 25th. “During all that time, the airline does not take responsibility,” he pointed out.

"It is very hard to see ourselves in this situation and that no one takes responsibility for us. To see ourselves without support," he declared.

Flight cancellations to Nicaragua have been happening frequently in recent months, without Cuban travelers having the corresponding guarantees to recover the money they invest in leaving the island.

At the end of June, Cuban passengers who planned to travel to the Central American country with a stopover in Caracas, Venezuela, protested at the entrance of José Martí International Airport in Havana due to the cancellation of their flight without prior notice.

Meanwhile, in recent days it went viral as dozens of Cuban travelers demanded that the low-cost airline Wingo allow them to take a flight to Bogotá, Colombia, during a protest also at the Havana airport.

"We want to fly," the passengers demanded in unison to officials from the Colombian airline and the airport, following Wingo's decision to require a "visitor visa" from Cubans to make a stop in the South American country.

On their part, the visible opponents of the regime do not have guarantees of a safe entry into Nicaragua, Cuba's ally. A few days ago, the regime of dictator Daniel Ortega denied entry to the country for Cuban independent activist and journalist Yoel Acosta Gámez and his wife, Alisanni Lores Furones, when they were about to travel to the Central American country from Uruguay.

This was reported by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Cubalex in a post on their social media, in which they informed about the entry ban to Nicaragua imposed by the immigration authorities of that country.

In the midst of the worst migratory crisis in the country's history, Cubans have no avenues to protest, demand, or request the refund of their tickets from airlines or travel agencies, whether inside or outside the country. The authorities of the regime, instead of supporting their claims, respond with repression or agreements to harm their citizens.

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