"The seawall is sinking." Under this title, the official media 5 de Septiembre warns about several areas that are gradually sinking around the Bay of Cienfuegos.
"The wall remains unscathed, but the filling of the sidewalks is gradually eroding, causing the aforementioned decline and the appearance of cracks and holes (like the one in the photo), which hold all kinds of solid waste left by humans or the gradual withdrawal of trapped rainwater," reads one of the paragraphs in the comment that calls for taking "action in the matter."
The outlet explains that this space was built on land reclaimed from the sea. It is, moreover, one of the most emblematic places in the area, frequented by pedestrians.
It is not the first time that the beautiful bay and its surroundings lack attention. In 2023, the digital site revealed the existence of piles of waste, even labeling those dumps as "marine manure."
"Just 100 meters away from the promotional sign 'Cienfuegos enchants,' and much closer to the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, the bay of Jagua has created a sort of dumping ground (i.e., garbage dump) as the waves wash ashore a large part of what unscrupulous individuals discharge into its waters, without stopping to think about the damage they are causing to the environment," describes an article that appeared in the provincial newspaper 5 de Septiembre.
Last April, Cienfuegos, a city known as "The Pearl of the South" in Cuba, celebrated the 205th anniversary of its founding.
"Fernandina de Jagua" was the original name of this village founded by French colonists in 1819, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Don Luis De Clouet.
In 1829, the area was renamed "Cienfuegos" in honor of the Captain General of the Island, Don José María Cienfuegos y Jovellanos. At the end of the 19th century, it was granted the status of a city.
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