Garbage

Laritza Camacho on the holidays: No transportation, garbage, landslides, and people gathering water with buckets

Warning about a bedbug infestation spreading in Havana

Guantánamo reports 23 suspected cases of dengue, and two municipalities remain in epidemiological alert

After what this Cuban did for his neighborhood, it's incredible how the neighbors paid him back: "Incredible."

A Cuban shows a garbage dump at the corner of her house: "My God, that's why there are so many diseases and so many issues."

Black waters, garbage, and neglect: this is how the La Marina neighborhood in Matanzas survives

The collapse of Monte Street in the Cuban capital: the corner of El Cadete now smells of neglect and garbage

Fire in Camagüey landfill alarms neighbors due to authorities' inaction

The UNDP offers $75,000 for environmental projects in Cuba, but the regime decides who can receive them

Incredible what they pay for the trash left after the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

"Neither Afghanistan nor Ukraine": one of the main access routes to Holguín resembles a war zone due to a burning landfill

Havana regresses three centuries: bags filled with excrement and garbage revive the unsanitary conditions of the colony

Garbage in Cuba: An entire street closed in Bayamo

Garbage and wastewater in the streets of Havana threaten the food security of Cubans

"And this is without a earthquake": Cubans face the destroyed streets of Havana

Garbage collection on La Rampa will have a fee: 100 pesos per household and 15,000 for private entities

"Only country where garbage collection is news": Cubans react to the start of the collection project in Havana

Cuban in Miami collects clothes from the trash to send to Cuba: "That solves anyone's problem."

Cuban in front of the garbage on an entire block: "This is creative resistance."

Burning trash dumps turn neighborhoods in Holguín into a health trap

The Yayabo River, a symbol of Sancti Spíritus, is drowning in trash and the inaction of the authorities

Not even Saint Jude Thaddeus can get them to pick up the trash in front of his church in Central Havana

El Cerro has the key... and also a swamp of waste in the heart of the Cuban capital

"Into what every corner of Bayamo has become."

Huge dump raises concerns in Guantánamo: "Rats enter houses and the stench doesn't let us live."

Cuban: "What a punishment it has been to stay in this country."

A garbage dump catches fire in a central street of Cárdenas

Lázaro and César patrol a corner of Centro Habana: neighbors pay them to prevent littering

Rivers turned into landfills: garbage exacerbates flooding in the city of Holguín

Another landfill on the way: the accumulation of garbage is increasing in front of the playground in Holguín

The municipality of Holguín will celebrate a July 26 of "victories," amid 40-hour blackouts, water shortages, and accumulated garbage

The streets of the revolutionaries: mountains of garbage, risk of epidemics, and neglect in the heart of Centro Habana

A massive garbage dump overflows at the 8 plants in Artemisa

From Casserole Protest to Flames: Protests Intensify in Cuba

"Hopefully it's true": Cubans regarding the new waste recycling project in Havana

Journalist returns from Cuba with the feeling that people are hoping someone from outside will save them

Hatibonico River: pollution and waste condemn the most important river in Camagüey to oblivion

Infestation of bed bugs reported in maternity hospital in Matanzas

Guantánamo relies on cart drivers and animal traction to cope with the garbage crisis

Rigoberto Ferrera is looking for the recipe most needed by Cubans

Minsap warns of a potential dengue epidemic as trash, drainage issues, and power outages contribute to the proliferation of mosquitoes

"Holguín is a complete dump," Cubans denounce amid the collapse of communal services

Díaz-Canel wants to turn waste into "millions in revenue" for Cuba

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

"I had never seen Matanzas so dirty and lifeless": Cuban laments the deterioration of the city

A month without garbage collection in Cienfuegos while authorities discuss preventing hepatitis

Even Saint Jude Thaddeus can't handle this impossible cause: the garbage near his church in Central Havana

Trash and health hazards are gaining ground in the "Cradle of Cuban nationality."

The Pearl of the South sinks in garbage: residents of Cienfuegos report a neighborhood turned into a dump

The sale of trash in Cuba: "All of this is recycled and people want it."

Catholic Church of Santiago de Cuba issues a plea to the government: "The situation has become unsustainable."

Mountains of trash, mosquitoes, and deaths: The New York Times exposes another side of the crisis in Cuba

In Cuba, "they have put band-aids where deep surgeries should have been performed," says Leonardo Padura

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

"Havana can't take it anymore": Cubans react to the litter in the streets

Animal-drawn carts will once again collect solid waste in Nuevitas

Marrero says that Fidel and Raúl Castro protected the environment in Cuba

Abandonment in Cuba: from train station to dump

"And then?": Cubans question cleaning day at a pediatric hospital

Complaint on social media forces cleanup of trash near the Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas