Garbage

A garbage dump and wastewater surround the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Center in Havana's Vedado neighborhood

Trash crisis in Holguín: residents report total abandonment by the authorities

A dumpster around a church in Santiago de Cuba defies the sign that prohibits littering in the sacred place

In Camagüey, even the headquarters of Hygiene and Epidemiology is not exempt from the garbage crisis

Park in Sancti Spíritus turned into a dump

Enormous trash heap on one of the main avenues in Camagüey

"God, have mercy on us": Cuban woman denounces garbage accumulation behind the William Soler Children’s Hospital

"How messy!": A Cuban returns to Havana after seven years and discovers why her family cannot keep the house clean

ETECSA asks not to burn garbage near its networks, without claiming for it to be collected

Trash blocks the entrance of a home in Matanzas and forces neighbors to clear the debris

"We cannot get tired," says Díaz-Canel in Los Sitios, and Cubans respond on social media: "Enough of the repressors."

Biological waste and sharp objects are accumulating uncontrollably at the Bejucal polyclinic due to bureaucratic hurdles

Guantánamo is counting on five tricycles to clean its streets, but residents are skeptical about their impact

Mobilization in a neighborhood of Camagüey due to the supposed visit of Díaz-Canel: "They picked up the trash because he’s going to pass by."

A bear enters the backyard of a house in Florida, opens a refrigerator, and takes a drink: it was all recorded

Italian press depicts a Cuba "on the edge": doctors earning 11 euros, empty tourist cities, and two hours of electricity

Sponsored by the fall of the SEN and public health issues: Cubans create their version of the Victoria's Secret show

A government-affiliated newspaper proposes that Havana residents pay 100 pesos for garbage collection due to the decline in state services

Grandparents who "carry all the garbage of that system," denounces Cuban journalist

They report an expansion of an improvised dump in front of a 12-story building in Holguín

Flooding has been reported in the Matanzas town of Guásimas, Cárdenas

A wall of garbage at the foot of a crumbling building: that's how filthy Belascoaín Street in Havana is

Until when? Accumulated garbage reported next to residential buildings in Holguín

Trash on the tracks forces the Havana-Guantánamo train to stop in Las Tunas

Trash invades beach in Mayabeque: "How long are we going to normalize this?"

Cuban in front of the garbage dumps in Havana: "Walking all of Cuba right now is feeling disgust"

"Children reaching out to you," "elderly people immersed... in the dumpsters": a sharp chronicle by a journalist from Matanzas

Three municipalities complicate the epidemiological situation in Las Tunas, and fumigation is progressing with limitations

Public services in Cienfuegos are operating with only 25% of the necessary workforce

Governor of Guantánamo calls attention to the mayor and the Municipal Services for the landfills and the neglect of the city

Cubans complain about trash dumps in Holguín: "Communal services aren't interested."

The unusual warning from MINSAP regarding food preservation in Cuba

Trash Dump Reported in Matanzas: "How far are we going to go?"

Zanja, another street in Havana suffocated by garbage

Las Tunas celebrated 230 years with trash dominating its streets

Real or AI? Images of a man covered in mosquitoes in Batabanó raise doubts and alarm

A dumpster blocks the corner of downtown Matanzas: "Are our leaders blind?"

"Havana is a corpse in the sun": garbage and neglect surround the Zanja funeral home

"Fallen Hands Syndrome": Sister Nadieska Almeida describes the exhaustion experienced by parts of Cuba

Cuban Ministry of Health acknowledges an increase in contagious diseases and links it to the water and sanitation crisis

Enormous dump grows alongside the Malecón in Baracoa: residents report bad smells and pests

"It's sad to see this in Cuba with so many illnesses": people rummaging through the trash in Havana

"If Vedado is like this, how must the rest be?" Trash piles up in heaps in the central Havana neighborhood

Trash and Indifference in Cuba: "The Great Stench," laments Holguin writer

Holguín is facing outbreaks of Aedes aegypti with 50 fumigation teams donated by the PAHO

Authorities intervene in a building in critical condition in Santiago de Cuba following a report on social media

A huge garbage dump next to the train tracks in Las Tunas is causing outrage among residents

Trash near schools and a preschool: neighbor makes a desperate appeal in Holguín

Dengue in Cuba exceeds 7.4 times the expected level in 2026, and the peak usually occurs in October

Twelve laws will take effect in Florida on October 1

Cubana shows her tricks for not wasting anything and sparks comparisons with other countries

Residents of the Minfar 3 building, near the Plaza de la Revolución, report a garbage overflow

The municipality of Manuel Tames in Guantanamo is on alert due to cases of fever and the proliferation of micro-dumps

Banks without signs, graffiti, and missing fences: vandalism wreaks havoc in Cienfuegos

Cuban in Boyeros reports possible water contamination and demands solutions

A mountain of garbage blocks the passage of the Havana-Guantanamo train in Las Tunas

ETECSA asks not to litter next to its poles, and Cubans respond: "Should we eat it?"

Ana Hurtado expresses her surprise at the litter in El Vedado, a reality that Cubans have been denouncing for years

The Los Chinos market in Holguín was cleared to clean the area, but trash surrounds the new kiosks where food is sold

Activist criticizes the CITMA minister for the announcement regarding the regulation of solar panels: "Cuba needs less control over those who are surviving."