An image that portrays the misery and scarcity in Cuba, while also being quite concerning, was shared on social media this Monday, provoking various reactions among internet users.
Journalist Yosmany Mayeta shared a photograph on Facebook showing a man transporting a small girl in a box placed in the back of a bicycle in Santiago de Cuba.
"This unfortunate image, where a reckless father is carrying his daughter in a box on the back of a bicycle, leaves much to be desired," noted the communicator, mentioning that the photo was taken on the busy Avenida Patria in the city of Santiago de Cuba.
Additionally, the journalist noted: “Exposing your daughter to a danger like this is not synonymous with loving someone,” a message that, along with the image, sparked controversy among followers.
Héctor Aponte Ávila stated, "People do not think, and because they do not think, things happen. Then they regret it. The level of unconsciousness is very high."
For her part, Mar Pérez expressed: “It’s lamentable, the desperation, hunger, and misery that our brothers and sisters are enduring prevents us from thinking about the consequences of our actions. That father may not even have enough to feed his daughter, he has no means of transportation, and public transport is as if it doesn’t exist. Let’s not judge without being in their shoes.”
In the same vein, Beatriz Barrios sparked the debate: “Irresponsible parents who jeopardize their children's lives. A few days ago, I saw a mother with her little girl, barely 2 years old, standing in front of her. I was mortified when I saw that; any bump, any sudden stop could make that little girl fall off that scooter.”
However, the Cuban government acknowledged the transportation crisis in the country, revealing that more than half of the provincial routes are currently paralyzed, as reported during the session of the Cuban Parliament last July.
Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, the Minister of Transport (Mitrans), stated that by the end of April, 52% of the routes operated by provincial transport companies were inactive, according to the official newspaper Granma.
Rodríguez acknowledged that the situation is more critical in the provinces of Camagüey, Granma, Villa Clara, Ciego de Ávila, Holguín, Matanzas, and Artemisa.
The leader Miguel Díaz-Canel has also acknowledged the disastrous state of transportation in Cuba, but asserted that it is a phenomenon linked to the global crisis.
During the YouTube program "Desde la Presidencia," which he hosts himself, the leader stated that the sector is going through its "worst moments in recent years."
As evidence of this, in June, images circulated on social media showing dozens of Cubans spending up to five days on the waiting list at the bus terminal in Havana.
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