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Filtered images show the interior of a warehouse attributed to the reserves of the Cuban government, allegedly under the control of GAESA, filled with mattresses and personal hygiene products, while millions of Cubans are unable to access these basic items.
The photographs were published this Tuesday by journalist Mario J. Pentón on Facebook under the hashtag #denunciaciudadana. According to the complaint accompanying the images, the warehouse is full of mattresses and personal hygiene products.
The five images show a large industrial warehouse with a metal beam ceiling, fluorescent lighting, and a concrete floor.
In the aisles, long rows of pallets can be seen, stacked with mattresses wrapped in transparent stretch film, secured with straps that partially reveal the initials "GI" and the brand "GARSO".
Multi-level industrial shelves, filled with uniform orange and brown cardboard boxes, line the back and side walls of the warehouse.
Some of the images display pixelated or distorted areas, indicating that they were digitally edited to hide identifiable people or objects before being shared.
The complaint takes on special significance in the context of the humanitarian crisis that Cuba is experiencing, where the shortage of mattresses and hygiene products is severe and chronic.
After the hurricanes Oscar in October 2024 and Melissa in November 2025, thousands of victims waited weeks to receive the mattresses promised by the State.
In Guantánamo, following the passage of Cyclone Melissa, 1,580 state reserve units were sold for 3,730 pesos to those affected, while others were distributed free of charge.
It was also reported dozens of mattresses were seized in homes in Santiago de Cuba intended for illegal resale, diverted from official distributions to hurricane victims.
In hospitals like Juan Bruno Zayas in Santiago de Cuba, the Union of Military Industries of the FAR donated only 100 mattresses to complete 800 beds in December 2025. Months earlier, in February 2025, elderly patients at the Mártires de Bolivia Teaching Hospital were sleeping without sheets on worn-out mattresses.
GAESA, the business conglomerate controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), dominates between 40% and 70% of the Cuban economy and operates with total opacity, without oversight from the Central Bank or the Comptroller General of the Republic.
The conglomerate controls 95% of the financial transactions in foreign currencies in the country and has accumulated estimated reserves of more than 18 billion dollars. In 2024, it received 9.26 billion Cuban pesos from the State and paid only 920 million in local taxes, with zero contribution in dollars.
United States classified GAESA as a tool of repression rather than a commercial enterprise in October 2025.
The economic analyst Emilio Morales sums it up accurately: a military elite governs and the government obeys.
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