Teachers in Camagüey report two months without receiving their salaries, and the response is that "there is no money."

Teachers and staff at the Vicente Chávez Mixed School, in the community of Los Ángeles, Vertientes municipality, Camagüey, report that they have gone two months without receiving their salaries, a situation that has left many families without the resources to meet their most basic needs.

The complaint was made public on Facebook by Yerenis Cabrera León, the daughter of one of the center's employees, who stated that her family had hidden the problem from her for weeks to avoid worrying her.

"Today I found out that my dad and all the workers at that school have gone two months without getting paid," she wrote.

According to his account, teachers and other staff have not received their salaries since May, despite continuing to work under what he described as "horrible" conditions. The only explanation he claims they have received from the authorities is that "there is no money."

"A school so large, with so many teachers, and yet those same teachers do not have a meal today. But 'there's no money,' that's always the same response... There's no money, no shame, no dignity, no respect," he denounced.

The post was shared by the page Vertientinos por el Mundo and quickly began to circulate among users inside and outside the island.

Education, among the most affected sectors

The lack of payment exacerbates the crisis facing the Cuban education system.

Teachers receive salaries that range from 2,500 to 3,000 Cuban pesos per month, an amount equivalent to approximately six to ten dollars at the informal exchange rate, which is insufficient given the cost of living on the island.

At the same time, Camagüey began the school year 2025-2026 with over 2,000 vacant teaching positions, while the national deficit exceeds 24,000 teachers.

The combination of low salaries, unpaid wages, and the deterioration of working conditions has accelerated the departure of professionals from the sector, deepening the crisis of public education in Cuba.

Upon concluding her publication, Cabrera León summarized the feeling of helplessness that, according to her, many Cuban families share.

"What great sadness. A country so beautiful that it was, and now all that remains is ashes," she wrote.