Intense rains cause landslides in Central Havana

The intense rains associated with the entry of a cold front in the Cuban capital caused the collapse partial of a building located in Havana Center.

The accident, which occurred in the early morning hours, left no people injured. According to the Municipal Assembly of Popular Power in Central Havana, those affected “were transferred to a protection center.”

The property, located on the corner of San Lázaro and Perseverancia streets, had already been the subject of a neighbor's complaint who protested against its poor state of conservation and structural problems.

“As you see, both buildings are deteriorated. One of them had its walls removed twenty-odd years ago and it's still there, propped up. The other one, where I live, is the same, destroyed. It is collapsing and we are waiting for it to collapse,” said the complainant in mid-October.

This Wednesday, the Municipal Assembly indicated in Facebook that “the authorities are in place and the necessary decisions are made, even when the weather conditions are adverse.”

Its publication was accompanied by the tags “#We areJuntoAlPueblo; #AlPuebloNosDemos; #WeArePublicServers; #CentroHabanaDetodos”, among others.

While the authorities exercise their art of launching empty slogans and bringing reality to the chimerical terrain of propaganda, Central Havana, the capital and the entire country suffer a hemorrhage of cases of collapses that aggravate the housing crisis in Cuba and, sometimes, they cost Cuban lives.

Walking down San Lázaro Street is a "risk sport" in Havana, several Cubans defined on social networks in mid-May. The buildings located on this busy road are in poor construction condition and have frequent collapses.

At the end of October, a man living in Havana He denounced the critical conditions of the building where he lives with his family, which is in danger of collapsing at any moment.

At the end of November, The balcony of a house located on San Lázaro Street collapsed, causing great destruction on public roads, but fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

“While some do business and earn millions from hunger, others have the little they have collapse. “This is the authentic Cuba, which according to some businessmen and economists is ‘suitable’ because it is a captive market,” the journalist denounced. Mario J. Pentón on their social networks.

In summer 2022, a building partially collapsed on the corner of San Lázaro and Genios streets, in Center Havana. This is located just a few blocks from the luxurious Paseo del Prado Hotel.

There was no loss of human life but a misfortune could have occurred because there were people living in that place. San Lázaro Street is a visible example of the impoverishment of Havana.