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A 38-year-old woman suffering from leukemia and her son are surviving in extreme poverty in the La Posta community, in the municipality of Majibacoa, Las Tunas, without receiving any assistance from the Cuban government.
The situation became public thanks to a post in the Facebook group "Revolico lo que necesitas, Las Tunas", where photographs of the woman - showing visible signs of severe malnutrition - her child, and their very dilapidated wooden home moved dozens of users.
Merisleydis Pérez, the author of the publication, described the situation with urgency.
"I turn to the solidarity that characterizes us Tuneros to contribute a small grain of sand and provide assistance to this mother and her son, whether with food, clothing, hygiene items, or anything that may be useful to them," he said.
Pérez specified that pain medications are also needed and that any donation, "even 20 pesos on a card," will be appreciated.
She assured that everything will be handled "transparently for the peace of mind of the donors" and that she herself plans to deliver aid in person.
Those who wish to make contact can call 58256825; for those who prefer to go in person, it was specified that the family lives across from the bakery and the social club of La Posta Majibacoa, about 12 km from the city of Las Tunas along the Bayamo road, past the red embankment.
What outraged the commentators the most was not just the image of the sick woman, but the institutional neglect it reflects. "The government knows very well, and it's not just now; they have needed help for years," wrote one user. Another was more direct: "The government is completely uninterested in the people. The people are left to fend for themselves... there are the consequences."
The case erupts at a particularly critical moment. Just days before the publication, the regime issued the Resolution 150/2026, which eliminates price caps on basic foods such as chicken, oil, powdered milk, pasta, and sausages.
The commentators directly linked that measure to the worsening situation of the most vulnerable: "Now everything will get worse, because there are no price caps; micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises can sell all their products at whatever price they want, and the people just have to endure."
About the measure that relaxes the regulations for small and medium-sized enterprises, removing the cap of 100 workers and deregulating their prices, another commentator warned: "With these new laws, they will reduce the number of social and vulnerable cases, and it helps nothing."
Majibacoa is one of the most underdeveloped municipalities in Las Tunas, a province that lost 11.5% of its population in eight years and ended 2024 with 475,343 inhabitants. Its municipal capital lacks a water supply system and other essential basic services.
In all of Cuba, 96.91% of the population lacks adequate access to food, according to data from 2026, and cancer patients are facing interruptions in their treatments due to a shortage of medications, a crisis that has worsened since January 2025 when more than 64% of the drugs that BioCubaFarma was supposed to supply were out of stock.
In March 2026, officials from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security acknowledged that there is not enough budget to support all vulnerable individuals.
The pattern repeats: serious illness, extreme poverty, abandonment by the state, and citizen solidarity on social media as the only lifeline. "How sad, for God’s sake, each case is worse than the last... Cuba hurts in the soul," summed up a commentator.
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