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Are there garbage mafias in Cuba? Testimonies point to clans, violence, and an organized business in the landfills

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

What remained after "picking up" the trash in San Miguel del Padrón

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

Garbage blocks a street in Holguín and threatens food vendor stalls

Early morning chaos in Santiago de Cuba: Thefts, police chase, and a fire

In photos: Rivers and bay of Matanzas overflowing with garbage

Old Havana can't stay clean for even two hours due to the mismanagement of waste

Trash spills over Trillo Park in Central Havana, and residents are fed up: “Between the stench and the worms, where are we headed?”

Anna Bensi showcases her neighborhood and quips, "The trash will open a criminal case against me."

Ulises Toirac on garbage dumps in Havana: "in every neighborhood, an infection"

Warning about a bedbug infestation spreading in Havana

"If Eusebio Leal were to come back to life, he would die again," lament Cubans as garbage engulfs the work of the historian in Old Havana

A Cuban shows the trash bin on the corner of her house: "My God, this is why there are so many diseases and so many issues."

The CDRs monitor the blocks... but not the mountain of trash that is burning next to their headquarters in Vedado

Fire in Camagüey landfill alarms neighbors due to the inaction of the authorities

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

"Neither Afghanistan nor Ukraine": one of the main access roads to Holguín looks like a war zone due to a burning dump

Havana lapses three centuries: bags of feces and trash revive the unsanitary conditions of the colonial era

Trash in Cuba: An Entire Street Closed in Bayamo

"And this is without a earthquake having occurred": Cubans facing the destroyed streets of Havana

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

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

Burning waste dumps turn neighborhoods in Holguín into a health trap

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

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

"What each corner of Bayamo has turned into."

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

Lázaro and César keep watch over a corner of Centro Habana: neighbors pay them to prevent garbage from being thrown

Havana normalizes the unhealthy: food sales amid accumulated garbage on the streets

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

Another landfill in the making: the accumulation of garbage is growing in front of the playground in Holguín

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

A gigantic garbage dump overflows at the 8th floor in Artemisa

From the pot banging to the fire: Protests intensify in Cuba

Mass protests in Centro Habana hours before the PCC Plenary: Cauldrons, fire, and police near the Capitol

"Another achievement of the Revolution": Neptuno Street in Havana nearly blocked by garbage

Guantánamo turns to porters and animal traction to tackle the waste crisis

Garbage dump nightmare in Nuevo Vedado: five overflowing tanks and neighbors at their wit's end

A mountain of trash blocks an intersection in Central Havana as fears of summer epidemics grow

Minsap warns of a possible dengue epidemic as trash, leaks, and blackouts contribute to the proliferation of mosquitoes

"Holguín is a total dump," Cubans report amid the collapse of communal services

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

A month without garbage collection in Cienfuegos while the authorities talk about preventing hepatitis

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

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

The Pearl of the South is sinking in garbage: residents of Cienfuegos are reporting that a neighborhood has turned into a dumping ground

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

Neighbors of the Casino Deportivo organize their own trash collection in response to the collapse of public services

“Communal, please!”: a garbage dump expands next to a Children's Circle in the heart of Vedado

A year of neglect: sewage system in Holguín overflows with raw sewage in the middle of the street without an official response

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

Animal-drawn carts will resume collecting solid waste in Nuevitas

Abandonment in Cuba: from train station to garbage dump

A social media complaint forces the collection of trash near the Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas

Cacerolazos in Havana: Residents of Playa and El Vedado protest against power outages

"The Capital of Garbage": Another waste fire exposes the health crisis in Central Havana

Argentinian journalist compares Havana to a 'war zone' after documentary

The streets of the revolutionaries are still buried in trash: viral video captures the neglect in a central area of Havana

Neighbors report blocks filled with trash in Matanzas: mice, foul odors, and blocked intersections