A video circulating on social media has shocked thousands of users due to the heart-wrenching testimony of an elderly Cuban man who claims to be dying without assistance or resources.
"My wife has died, and I am dying too; I need help. I have neither food nor water," the man confesses in a shaky voice, visibly ill and dejected, in a recording that exposes the harsh reality of present-day Cuba.
The user of Facebook Irma Lidia Broek was the one who shared the short film, alongside a message of outrage and condemnation.
"I just received this video and it is absolutely heartbreaking. Where is the humanitarian aid? Where are the food, the medicines, and the nearly 80 million dollars that were supposed to be sent to the victims in eastern Cuba? What they're doing to these people is a crime. It's criminal neglect, a mockery, and a blatant theft from those who have lost everything. Enough with the lies and the complicit silence!" Broek expressed.
The publication does not reveal the name of the elderly man or the exact location where he lives, but the scene reflects the plight of thousands of Cubans who survive alone in precarious conditions, without access to medications or basic food supplies, amidst a chikungunya epidemic that has spread across the country.
The situation has triggered a wave of reactions and complaints against the regime in Havana, accused of abandoning the most vulnerable while continuing to justify the health and food crisis with supposed external causes.
Human rights organizations and activists both inside and outside the island have reiterated that the Cuban government is concealing the true extent of the emergency, as hospitals collapse and the elderly are left without support.
The reality depicted in this video is not an isolated case, but rather a daily occurrence in a Cuba where extreme poverty, illness, and state neglect lead to dozens of complaints every day on social media.
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