Cuban regime dissolves the National Institute of Social Security.

In the midst of a serious crisis that has pushed a large part of the Cuban population into extreme poverty, the regime of the island dissolved the National Social Security Institute by decree.

In the regular meeting of the National Assembly of People's Power held in September, the deputies approved the Decree Law for the Dissolution of the National Social Security Institute, national television reported.

According to the official report, the Ministry of Labor will now assume the role of "controlling the application and effectiveness of protection and social security" in the country.

For its part, the provincial functions will be assumed by the labor and social security directorates in the provinces, it detailed.

The Cuban regime faces the exodus of the economically active population, while social security is insufficient to minimally cover the needs of residents on the island.

This year, it approved four new decree laws, among which stands out a new regulation related to the social security of Cuban workers contracted abroad and with their residence established in the national territory.

The decree law "On the Special Social Security Regime for Workers Who Individually Contract to Work Abroad" established the special social security regime that workers residing in Cuba who contract outside the national territory on their own will have to adhere to.

These decrees were aimed at reorganizing "issues with a greater impact on the population, such as those that affect the reactivation of productive capacities and the generation of foreign currency income for the country," as reported.

The demographic dynamics in Cuba reflect the impact of the economic and migratory crisis on a society that is losing its young people, while its elderly population is growing in a context of inflation and increasing extreme poverty.

Currently, elderly people make up the only population group that is growing in Cuba.