They ask for help for a Cuban who lost everything due to floods in Havana

In the Arroyo Naranjo municipality of Havana, a woman faces the devastation of her home due to flooding caused by the Orengo River, without receiving help from the government despite continuous pleas.

The torrential rains in Havana have once again unleashed the tragedy of Araceli Calzadilla Herrera, a neighbor of Arroyo Naranjo who has lost everything to the flooding of the Orengo River.

This intermittent stream is the scourge of the town when there are floods and has left Calzadilla on the street without the authorities lifting a finger to prevent the progressive deterioration of his home, his neighborhood and his living conditions.

Reiner Suarez, who knows Araceli's story, has taken her case to social networks in search of solidarity. "For more than ten years he has suffered damage from floods that have endangered his life several times," he said.

Araceli's history is heartbreaking. In the year 2000he was in the border of dead, carried by the current. Since then, the floods have continued to flood his humble home, located at Hatuey 17 interior, near Pinar del Río and Bernabé Varona streets, in the town of Párraga.

Calzadilla's helplessness is evidence of the insensitivity of the regime. Repeated requests for help from the municipal government seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Viviana Barrios Sánchez, another person familiar with the case, highlights the injustice that Araceli suffers. "They have given housing to others who were not so bad, while she, alone and vulnerable, continues to wait."

The panorama described by the residents of Arroyo Naranjo is not far from that of many other cases ignored by a government incapable of providing answers to the most basic needs of its citizens.

Theaccumulation of garbage and debris, a result of the flooding and the lack of municipal cleaning services, only adds unhealthiness to the desperation.

This is not an isolated case. Many Havana families find themselves in a precarious situation every timethe rains do their thing.

The government has not yet offered a detailed report on the losses caused by the recent floods. They look the other way while their citizens clamor for a solution.

Araceli Calzadilla represents the struggle of many Cubans against adversity and state indifference. It is imperative that your voice, and that of so many others, be heard and that concrete and humanitarian measures be taken to avoid future disasters.