Old thermoelectric plant in Havana is the home of dozens of Cuban families

Dozens of Cuban families reside, with state approval, within the risky walls of an old, inactive thermoelectric plant in the Bay of Havana.

In 2001, the Cuban government closed the Frank País thermoelectric plant and the Ministry of Basic Industry, current Ministry of Energy and Mines, committed the inconsistency of responding to the housing needs of the population by letting people settle into living in the ruins of the company. state.

Transgressing elementary standards of safety and habitability, dozens of families live to this day in the facilities of the old Havana thermoelectric plant and there are no indications that their situation will change.

Images spread by the Secret Nature Facebook page, in this place, which should be destined for other purposes because it represents a protected natural area, even children reside in deplorable conditions.

"Even a tank has been transformed into housing, by opening spaces for a door and window. This building should have another purpose and the people who live there should have housing in better conditions and in another place," they said from Naturaleza Secreta.

TheFrank País Thermoelectric Plant It was completely deactivated in the early 2000s, because it had obsolete technology. This story is repeated in other plants whose current state of energy infrastructure reflects a critical scenario.

TheTiscornia Cove, where the old thermoelectric plant is located, is a protected area, the only one in the Bay of Havana and its basin. The government has said on numerous occasions that they will work on its functional rehabilitation but no actions are taken and the quality of life of those who reside there is increasingly worse.

This case is irrefutable testimony of government neglect that fails to protect both its citizens and the environment.