A group consisting of several mothers of large families, 19 children, a bedridden individual, and a pregnant young woman faced an eviction attempt on Friday in Santiago de Cuba from the old Ice Factory, which they have occupied since last May due to serious housing issues.
Journalist Yosmany Mayeta reported on Facebook that a group of people occupied the old building located on Barracones Street, which had been used as a garbage dump, because they were desperate due to the “deception and lies of the government” after years of waiting for a housing solution.
Mayeta pointed out that after two months of occupation, an individual, supported by the City Government and the Director of Physical Planning, known as Bárbara, authorized the expulsion of the mothers from the site.
This Friday, when they arrived at the location, the women found the door forced open and the alleged owner inside, blocking their access, "while the children were present," reported Mayeta.
The video shared by the journalist clearly shows the high level of desperation among these mothers, who, in a violent act, destroyed the structure that was blocking their access to their children and to what they consider their only refuge.
Additionally, they expressed fear for their safety, claiming that the alleged owner of the factory threatened them. This situation has caused concern and fear among the women, who are worried for their lives and the safety of their children.
Last Monday, a Cuban reported the eviction of his octogenarian grandmother from her home in Bayamo, Granma, and condemned the total inaction of the National Police (PNR), which refused to accept the complaint.
In the Facebook group Revolico in Havana, the user Ali Sami shared two posts a few hours apart, detailing the situation of Ms. Libia Sablon Aguilera, who is suffering from a hip fracture at the age of 83.
In April, the Cuban Edelvis Reina Fonseca del Toro, mother of an eight-year-old girl, reported that authorities are threatening to evict her and demolish the small rustic house she built through her own efforts in the San Miguel del Padrón municipality of Havana.
Fonseca, 51 years old, built a room with wood and zinc sheets about two months ago in the Las Yaguas neighborhood of Cuncuní, where he lives with his daughter, reported the newspaper CubaNet.
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