Great outrage has been caused among several parents in Villa Clara by the fact that their children, who are completing Active Military Service (SMA), are being forced to donate blood and threatened with having to do more night shifts if they refuse.
The Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press (ICLEP) echoed on Facebook the outrage of parents and reported that young people in military service are being forced to donate blood: “They threaten them with revoking their home visit permits or increasing the frequency of night shifts.”
The parents told ICLEP that they are not against their children participating in a generous act like donating blood, if they wish to do so. However, they stated: "What we do not consider right is that they should do it under pressure."
The organization stated that in Cuba, military service is mandatory, and young people are forced to submit to "despotic structures, humiliations, and mistreatment."
The pressure that young people are subjected to has led some to attempt to take their own lives.
In June, a 20-year-old soldier residing in the municipality of Santa Clara died after jumping out of the window of a bus belonging to the Military Construction Company No. 4 of Matanzas, with license plate B 194 585.
The official broadcaster CMHW reported that the incident occurred around 10:00 AM, at kilometer 254 of the National Highway, in the province of Villa Clara, and that the young man died instantly due to the impact with the pavement.
The note indicates that Muñoz, along with 11 other soldiers, three civilians, and the driver, was traveling to the city of Matanzas, where he would continue his mission as part of the SMA.
In 2023, Julio César Correa Hernández reported that his grandson took his own life.
"I want to make this report at a global level, my grandson Maikol took his own life around 6:00 PM, during the mandatory service of this country," the man reported on Facebook.
Maikol Arcia Hernández's grandfather, the young recruit, explained in his post that his grandson suffered from mental disorders that had not been properly assessed by the military medical authorities.
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