Abandonment

Preston, the sugar town that Castro's regime brought from splendor to ruin

Meliá completes its exit from Cuba and stops operating its 34 hotels on the island

Hours-long queue to enter El Náutico: The reality of Cubans that Díaz-Canel did not see during his visit

Aging in Cuba is a tragedy: miserable pensions, hunger, and abandonment

Rancho Boyeros is falling apart: calls to rescue the "cathedral of Cuban cattle farming"

This is what the Chapel of the Servants of Mary looks like in Camagüey, expropriated by the regime in 1961

Chess player Jesús Nogueiras accuses INDER of denying him a meal: "It's the result of not leaving Cuba."

Chernobyl? No, it's the former Coney Island of Havana turned into ruins

Ghost town? Gibara showcases empty beaches, deserted businesses, and a paralyzed economy

Vandals deface plaque dedicated to Pablo Neruda at Loma de la Cruz in Holguín

Broken banks, ruined pools, and official silence: this is how the Ciudad Escolar Libertad survives in Havana

"Pay me 30,000 and I'll keep it running": a Cuban's proposal to the government of Matanzas

"And this is without an earthquake": Cubans facing the destroyed streets of Havana

From architectural icon to symbol of abandonment: residents report that the Focsa is falling apart amid alleged corruption

"A giant on the floor": Cubans mourn the destruction of a sugar mill in Holguín

From cradle of talent to ruin: neglect devours the emblematic Vocational José Martí of Holguín

Cubans: "Our Havana, our desolate Malecón"

Cuban mourns the destruction of Puerto Escondido campsite: "This breaks my heart."

"It’s like the country": The 'Pirijod de Manuel', an iconic underground pedestrian crossing in Holguín, now abandoned

The invention of Tapia that ended up becoming the "lake of nightmares."

The Camagüey Ballet struggles to avoid disappearing amid "visible and painful" hardships

Abandonment swallows the Río Cristal recreational complex nine years after its costly renovation

Palacio de Aldama, another architectural gem that is being destroyed in Cuba

"More Inflated Information": Cubans lash out at Cubadebate for glorifying the Family Care System

"My grandfather turned 88 years old without being able to gather his daughters": Cuban denounces isolation of rural communities in Cienfuegos

"We are hungry": residents of Baconao, Santiago de Cuba, report neglect and isolation

Tarará: A ghost town in Cuba

El Mambisito, from a playground to ruins: this is how another recreational symbol of Holguín sinks

"I don't recognize my neighborhood with so much neglect": Cuban shows the streets of Manzanillo

"I had never seen Matanzas so dirty and dull": Cuban laments the city's decline

Cuban woman reports total abandonment in her municipality: No internet, no electricity, no water, no answers for the people

Abandonment turns the historic Lincoln Hotel into another Havana ruin

The fallen sculpture base on the boulevard in Holguín has been obstructing the passage for over a month without anyone removing it

Ruins in Cuba: What Remains of the Havana Yacht Club

"Total abandonment" of the Ateneo de Holguín: "It hurts to see it like this"

"Our Final Resting Place": Cuban Laments the State of a Cemetery in Santa Clara

The blinkers of power: they denounce the disconnection of the ruling elite from the daily crisis in Cuba

Partial collapse at the old cafeteria in Colón, Matanzas: authorities had warned about the danger since 2023

Without a fence or protection: vulnerable to looting, a monument honoring mambises in Cárdenas, Matanzas

"Holguín hurts": garbage, landfills, and neglect consume what was once the cleanest city in Cuba

Between rust and ruins: this is how the Raúl Díaz Argüelles sports complex survives decades after the Pan American Games

They are seeking help for an 85-year-old Cuban grandfather in Camagüey

Two Cuban boxers leave delegation in Spain and are already training in Mexico ahead of their upcoming professional debut

Heritage at Risk: Abandonment of the Iconic Lacret Morlot Bridge in Matanzas Criticized

Amid motorcycles, garbage, and thefts: decay takes over Calle del Medio in Matanzas

Sculptures in the Holguín Market Square are also at risk of collapsing

Part of the roof of the Ismaelillo theater in the city of Holguín has collapsed

Abandonment in Cuba: from train station to garbage dump

Amidst landfills and neglect, the playground in Matanzas has even lost its historic plaque dedicated to the Physician of the Poor

Negligence has taken its toll: sculpture collapses on Holguín boulevard after weeks of warnings ignored by authorities

Even the regime's colonels are not safe: an elderly mutilated man is dying without medical attention in Havana

From playground to garbage dump: this is how Los Caballitos, a symbol of childhood in Holguín, ended up

Nieves Nivis, "La Torbellino" of Para Bailar, has passed away after years of illness and institutional neglect

Abandoned restaurant in Cuba: The story of a confiscated chalet in Boca Ciega

Cayo La Rosa: The Cuban town that once had a factory, an airport, and a hospital, and today lives in nothingness

Abandoned and in ruins: this is how the Lidia Doce Elderly Home in Bayamo looks

"Two more days and she would have died": Neighbors save abandoned elderly Cuban woman in San Miguel del Padrón

Cuban grandmother is abandoned in San Miguel del Padrón

"Everything is destroyed": images of Cárdenas evoke sadness and nostalgia

"It is falling apart": Alarm over the destruction of a historical gem in Guanabacoa