A collapse occurred early Monday morning in Santiago de Cuba, in which the wall of a kiosk collapsed, resulting in a scene that highlights the crisis in the country: people collecting bricks to be reused.
The journalist Yosmany Mayeta reported on Facebook that the incident occurred at the intersection of streets A and 3, in Vista Hermosa, in front of a Baptist Church.
"With the construction material crisis, some people have started to come to the area and take some bricks for their homes," pointed out the communicator, highlighting the serious situation in the country, where those building houses must resort to any available resource to meet their needs.
According to Mayeta, this is a very crowded corner in the neighborhood because the neighbors have turned it into a dump; however, there were no human casualties to regret after the collapse of the wall of the kiosk where viandas were being sold.
"Good thing it was night-time and no one was dumping trash or passing by, otherwise the wall would have fallen on them," commented a neighbor from the area to the journalist.
I advise drivers and motorcyclists who transit through this street to take safety measures, as there are still concrete and brick debris on the street that can be very harmful to those traveling in vehicles," warned Mayeta, highlighting the regime's inaction in addressing the issue of solid waste collection.
In 2023, Santiago de Cuba was one of the provinces that built the fewest houses, along with Camagüey, Holguín, and La Habana. This situation forces people to resort to any means to solve the ongoing issue of having decent housing, such as salvaging bricks from a collapse.
The regime has been failing to meet the housing construction plan for several consecutive years, but it has not failed in the construction of hotels, even though they have very low occupancy rates.
Granma reported that by the end of October, only around 13,300 properties were completed in Cuba, representing 54% of the annual plan.
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