Cubans on social networks criticized the extreme poverty that hits thousands of elderly people, exposing the case of two elderly Cubans who live in extreme poverty in the province of Holguín.
The teacher "Rosbell Herdz Batista" shared inFacebook images of those affected in the hope that they will be seen by a local official.
"I share these photos so that you can see the situation in which these two elderly people live... and I hope that those who have to see them see it, and well without mentioning the medical history of each one," he posted.
The images show the house made of wood, zinc and stones, which is missing parts of the walls.
Inside there is an improvised bunk on sticks, and a wood stove.
Several Cubans commented on the publication and said that thousands of elderly people live "incritical situations like that and the government does nothing.
"You better than anyone came across those cases without being able to do anything and there are thousands of those since the cyclone that ended," said one of the Internet users.
"What hurts the most is that they are older people, the poor, already adapted to living like this, going through work and needs, cold and God knows how many things," considered another.
"This is the life of many in this country of impudence," said a woman.
Statistics reveal that elderly Cubans are the most affected by the economic and immigration crisis affecting the island.
This week, an elderly woman who lives in conditions of extreme poverty with her husband in Escondida, a rural town 90 kilometers from Holguín, admitted in conversation with Norge Ernesto Díaz Blak (Noly Blak) thatI was dizzy because I hadn't eaten anything.
The social activist - who usually helps people in his province thanks to supportive people who make donations - explained in a video broadcast on Facebook that he had visited the house because several drivers who circulate in that area had told him about the painful conditions in which the grandparents survive.
Recently the Cuban regime recognized that 1,236 communities in Cuba live in misery. This was admitted by the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, to Miguel Díaz-Canel during a work meeting in which she assured that 96% of the problems related to extreme poverty in the country are "in the process of comprehensive transformation." ", just when Cuba is going through one of the worst economic crises in its history.
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