Trash

Laritza Camacho wants a business of ideas in her neighborhood: "Let's together remove the trash that stinks and the one that organizes and lies."

"Garbage mafias in Cuba? Testimonies point to clans, violence, and an organized business in the landfills."

From public service to private business: a small and medium-sized enterprise will charge 100 CUP for garbage collection in Isla de la Juventud

What was left after "collecting" the trash in San Miguel del Padrón

Garbage takes over Las Tunas and forces the search for solutions in the private sector

Trash blocks a street in Holguín and threatens food stalls

Mayabeque Beaches in Critical Condition: Trash Takes Over Cuban Recreational Spaces

In photos: Rivers and bay of Matanzas overflowing with trash

Trillo Park, among waste and worms: neighbors report garbage overflow in Centro Habana

Trash overflows in Trillo Park in Central Havana, and residents are upset: “With the stench and the worms, where are we going to end up?”

Anna Bensi shows her neighborhood and jokes: "The trash will open a criminal case against me."

"What irony! With so many garbage eaters around": Ulises Toirac sparks reactions on social media

Laritza Camacho on the holidays: Without transportation, with garbage, landslides, and people gathering water with buckets

Warnings issued about a bedbug infestation spreading in Havana

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

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

Cuban shows a trash bin 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 today smells of neglect and trash

Fire at Camagüey landfill alarms neighbors amid authorities' inaction

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 looks like a war zone due to a burning garbage dump

Havana steps back three centuries: bags filled with feces and garbage revive the unsanitary conditions of the colonial era

Garbage in Cuba: An entire street closed in Bayamo

Trash and sewage in the streets of Havana threaten the food security of Cubans

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

Garbage collection on the Rampa will have a fee: 100 pesos per household and 15,000 for businesses

"Only country where garbage collection is news": Cubans react to the launch of a 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 trash for an entire block: "This is creative resistance."

Burning garbage dumps turn neighborhoods in Holguín into a health trap

The Yayabo River, a symbol of Sancti Spíritus, is suffocating amidst garbage and the inaction of the authorities

Even San Judas Tadeo can't get them to pick up the trash in front of his church in Centro Habana

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

"In what each corner of Bayamo has become"

Giant garbage dump raises concern in Guantánamo: "Rats are entering homes and the stench is unbearable"

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

Trash bin catches fire on a central street in Cárdenas

Lázaro and César watch over a corner in Centro Habana: neighbors pay them to prevent littering

Rivers turned into dumps: garbage worsens flooding in the city of Holguín

Another landfill on the way: garbage accumulation grows in front of the children's park in Holguín

The municipality of Holguín will celebrate July 26 as a day of "victories," amidst power outages lasting 40 hours, water shortages, and accumulated waste

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

Enormous trash dump overflows at 8 plantas in Artemisa

From Casserole Protest to Fire: Protests Intensify in Cuba

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

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

Hatibonico River: pollution and garbage condemn Camagüey's most important river to oblivion

They are reporting an infestation of bedbugs in the maternity hospital of Matanzas

Guantánamo relies on cart pullers and animal traction to tackle the waste crisis

Rigoberto Ferrera is looking for the recipe that Cubans need the most

Minsap warns of a possible dengue epidemic as garbage, leaks, and power outages contribute to the proliferation of the mosquito

"Holguín is a total dump," Cubans denounce in light of the collapse of municipal services

Díaz-Canel wants to turn waste into "million-dollar income" 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 dull": a Cuban laments the city's decline

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

Not even Saint Jude Thaddeus can handle this impossible cause: the trash near his church in Centro Habana

Trash and sources of unsanitary conditions are gaining ground in the "Cradle of Cuban nationality."