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An image on social media shows the urban bus stop known as La Fortuna, in Havana, practically turned into a graveyard of buses.
Dozens of vehicles are found abandoned, dismantled, and covered in rust, reflecting the deep deterioration of the public transport system in Cuba.
In a photograph shared by an anonymous participant in the Cuban Buses Facebook group, there are lines of buses reduced to metal shells. Many have lost windows, seats, engines, and even wheels. Others remain incomplete or partially dismantled, surrounded by weeds and structures corroded by time.
The scene illustrates the progressive deterioration of an infrastructure that once housed and maintained active urban transport units in the capital. Today, many of those vehicles appear to be destined for abandonment or scrapping.
In March 2025, the Cuban government itself acknowledged the serious public transportation crisis. The minister of the sector, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, highlighted among the causes the shortage of spare parts, the lack of fuel and lubricants, as well as the aging vehicle fleet.
The consequences are visible in the daily lives of the citizens. Long waits at bus stops, suspended routes, and overcrowded vehicles are part of the routine for thousands of Havana residents who rely on state transportation to get around.
What in other countries would be a maintenance or management issue has become a structural transport crisis in Cuba.
The image of the bus stop in La Fortuna, filled with destroyed and forgotten buses, has become a symbol for many of the decline in basic services in Cuba.
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