Cuban without social care sleeps in a garbage dump in Morón

A Cuban denounced on social networks thevulnerable situation suffered by a person in Ciego de Ávila, who has been sleeping in a garbage dump for several days, without the authorities providing him with social assistance.

The Facebook userObdiel Torres Guevara He shared harsh photos of a man sleeping on a mountain of garbage, and indicates that they were recently taken in the Morón municipality.

"My God, what pain. These images were sent to me from thePatria town (on the outskirts of where the old railway terminal was) inMorón, Ciego de Ávila. Apparently a man has been sleeping there for several days. They notified the authorities three days ago and no one has come to the place," Obdiel said.

"Is this the Cuba we aspire to? "Is this the Cuba that they promised us of, by and for the humble?" the complainant asked himself and explained that 300 meters from that garbage dump there is a museum, decorated for tourists to visit.

"Tourists come thereHomeland or Death Museum, former Patria sugar mill. They do take care of that, but not this, because it is already in a suburban area," he said.

This week the case of another Cuban person who lives surrounded by garbage became known. It is about an old woman who wasfounder of Lenin Park In the Habana.

The woman survives thanks to the charity of her neighbors. His home is surrounded by garbage that people throw away without consideration. He has waste even on the roof of his house, but the regime is incapable of acting and guaranteeing him the minimum that a person can have, a clean environment.

Extreme poverty grows in Cuba

This week the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) denounced, in the VI Report on the State of Social Rights in the country, that "the88% of Cubans live in extreme poverty, 13% more than in 2022".

The official pressdoes not provide detailed information on this topic and when it comes to the cases of abandonment that are increasing in the country, affecting especially the elderly, they attribute it to themigration crisis. In this way they make theresponsibility falls on the family and not in the role that the State plays in this crisis.

This week thePrime Minister Manuel Marrero met with the governors of the provinces and, among other topics, debated a report on care forpeople in situations of social vulnerability in Cuba.

Granma He only mentioned the document, without specifying data, despite the fact that Marrero said that this was a "matter of vital importance, because it is the basis that supports the principles of the Revolution."

The communist official specified thatThere are few resources for that task. and pointed out that "it is up to the municipalities to guarantee basic care to each person", thus relegating responsibility in this delicate issue to local governments.