A neighbor from the San Agustín district, in the Havana municipality of La Lisa, reported on Facebook this Tuesday the existence of in the middle of the street, while the residents of the neighborhood spend entire days without a drop in their homes.
Elizabeth González Aznar detailed two points of waste that, she claims, no institution has addressed despite formal complaints filed two years ago.
The first one is located at the intersection of 240 and 39 streets, almost opposite the headquarters of the Popular Council of San Agustín Lisa, where the president of the council himself, known as "Comrade Chamizo," resides.
"The water that flows there runs like a river on both sides of 240 Street down to 33 and sometimes even further down. Along its path, it mingles with overflowing garbage dumps, creating a truly disgusting scene," wrote González Aznar.
The second discharge corresponds to the cistern of a building on Avenue 33 between 238 and 234, which loses several cubic meters during each pumping cycle. Residents of the property attribute the problem to a broken float or a cracked cistern. The author describes it bluntly: "It's really a crime."
González Aznar recounted that he reported that second outflow two years ago to the then director of Water in La Lisa, identified as "Claudia." The response he received was that the matter fell under Housing, not the water department. "Given the circumstances, and as you can see, the dump is still there—neither housing, nor water, nor anyone; indifference is stronger," he wrote.
In addition to those two points, the author noted other major water outlets in San Agustín: one on 39th Street between 240 and 244, in front of the Olof Palme secondary school, and another at the corner of the Ramón López Peña primary school.
The complaint points directly to the inaction of local leaders. "The streets do not seem like those of a neighborhood where people live; they really resemble a pigsty," he wrote, questioning how the president of the local council can witness the drainage issue daily from his own office without taking action.
Last January, another resident of San Agustín reported 22 days without water, and in April of that same year, a breakdown left families in the Novia del Mediodía People's Council without supply for more than 10 days.
In July, residents of La Lisa protested in front of the municipal headquarters of the PCC after more than fifty hours without electricity, demanding water, food, and freedom.
The problem is not exclusive to the neighborhood. According to a report from state television a few days ago, more than 3.1 million people in Cuba are suffering from total or partial water outages.
In October 2023, the government acknowledged the existence of over 4,000 leaks nationwide, with more than 2,000 located in Havana, without any sustained improvement in the situation.
González Aznar concluded his publication with a direct appeal to the president of the country: "We need to purge the leadership levels of this country like weeds; otherwise, it's impossible to solve the people's problems. Get in the cars, drive through the streets with the windows down, and there it all is."
And he added, "This people is exhausted; we live surrounded by problems that get worse every day, and these are basic needs without which we cannot survive."
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