Placement of plants in a cinema in Santiago de Cuba generates controversy on social media.

The placement of ornamental plants and fences on the facade of the Cuba cinema in Santiago de Cuba, in order to prevent homeless people from using the corridor to sleep, has sparked controversy on social media.

Eduardo Meneau shared in the Facebook group "Old Photos, Province, Santiago de Cuba" an image that shows the entrance of the emblematic cinema of the city, generating divided opinions about the controversial decision.

Some criticize the decision to install fences and add ornamental plants, elements that not only clash with the building's façade but also become architectural barriers.

However, most opinions agree that the initiative seeks to "hide" the homeless people who usually sit on the staircase leading to the building and use that space to sleep at night.

Hector Labadí Hierrezuelo stated: “I believe it was to prevent the wandering people from being there, something that could have been eliminated, and now at this time Enramadas is completely crowded with them and even children asking for money.”

For her part, Josefa Montalvan Santana criticized the measure, expressing the opinion that the decision, which limits both the entry and exit of people, could lead to a disaster: “No one thought that if there is an event and an earthquake or a fire occurs, people inside would be trapped; I don’t know how the firefighters and civil defense allow this.”

Internet user Ramon Avivar pointed to a possible act of corruption: “How much did the mipyme or the TCP that did the work charge? Following the money trail has always yielded results.”

Others, like Coolhand ELpeje, believe that the solution is precisely to address the issue of homelessness, rather than hiding the dirt under the rug: "The city should do a better job socially; there could also be a possibility to think a little more and look for a better solution to those problems that didn't fall from the sky; there must be a cause...".

"They did that to prevent people from wandering and sleeping there at the entrance; they don't care about the aesthetics or the architecture of the city. The canopied street lost the beauty that characterized it long ago; now it is a dark corridor, with dim windows, decorated without taste," expressed María Caridad Llopiz Carbonell.

The measure, however, has also found supporters.

María Antonia Medina Téllez noted that she found it "appropriate," as she believes it was necessary "to avoid people in depressing conditions lying down. The last time, the plague did not allow me to walk past the walls full of m... and urine."

This same opinion is shared by Carlos Terrero, who pointed out: “It had already become a public bathroom, a bed for drunks and homeless people. I believe it was the best decision; sometimes to have an opinion about something you need to be there, not wanting to bother anyone, but for me, it was the best for such an iconic place in my Santiago.”

However, recently the Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, criticized the management of some regime leaders, whom he accused of being "clumsy" and of having an attitude lacking sensitivity toward the problems that concern the population.

Meeting in Gibara with locals whom he claims to represent from his seat in the National Assembly of People's Power, the prime minister "learned of their concerns and anxieties," according to a report from the official television news (NTV).

However, acts of "sloppiness" are constant in Cuba.

Recently, a new episode was evidenced on the streets of Havana, generating mockery on social media, after a Cuban identified as Yulier Rodríguez shared a video showing a defective painting on the curbs of Calzada de Luyanó.

"I’m walking along the Calzada de Luyanó, and they are painting the curbs because you know that every time one of these frauds is about to pass, they paint the curbs, and suddenly I ask myself, Tato what is this," the user commented, laughing in his Facebook post.