Hygiene

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

Burning dumpsters turn neighborhoods in Holguín into a health trap

The Yayabo River, a symbol of Sancti Spíritus, is suffocating amid trash and inaction from the authorities

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

Cockroach infestation reported at the Harris Brothers store in Havana

Havana normalizes the unsanitary: food sold amid accumulated garbage in the streets

Rivers turned into dumps: waste exacerbates flooding in the city of Holguín

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

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

Guantánamo is resorting to cart pushers and animal traction to cope with the waste crisis

A mountain of trash blocks an intersection in Centro Habana as fears of summer epidemics grow

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

"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 discuss preventing hepatitis

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

Warnings about water quality in Camagüey: Odor and cloudy color in the liquid

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

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

Indignation over the treatment of the remains of José Martí's son during an exhumation at Colón Cemetery

The blinders of power: they denounce the disconnection of the ruling elite from the everyday crisis in Cuba

“Communals, please!”: a garbage dump expands next to a children's center in the heart of Vedado

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

Authorities in Camagüey admit to selling expired toothpaste: "It can be used without risks."

Amid motorcycles, trash, and theft: decay takes hold of Calle del Medio in Matanzas

"And what then?": Cubans question cleanup efforts at a pediatric hospital

"Cubans preparing for hantavirus": Rats reported at the National Hospital Enrique Cabrera in Havana

The streets of the revolutionaries remain buried in garbage: viral video captures the neglect in a central area of Havana

Journalist reports a dump one block away from the Matanzas Pediatric Hospital

Rigoberto Ferrera, "The Whip of the Communals," continues to denounce the waste and its burning on the streets of Havana

A neighbor in Centro Habana accuses the government and state entities of "counter-revolution" after leaving a block without electricity, water, and elevator service

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

"In Cuba, there have been difficult periods, but in none was there so much chaos, so much neglect... so much trash," denounces a journalist from Matanzas

They describe the epidemiological scenario in Matanzas as "complex" due to an outbreak of hepatitis

Cuban in the Dominican Republic remembers things that nobody outside of Cuba can imagine

Cuban mother reports a plague of flies in El Cerro: “I have a baby and it’s unbearable.”

Garbage and debris block railway lines in Bayamo, putting human lives at risk

They are planning a new well to alleviate the critical water situation in Matanzas

Water is a concern in Cienfuegos: old infrastructure and shortages challenge the community

Trade in Las Tunas halts the sale of regulated toothpaste and announces tests following population alarm

Dumpsters burn in Holguín: the once "cleanest city in Cuba" breathes toxic smoke every night

"A tremendous mess": Cuban denounces sewage water flooding a street with a school and daycare

Camagüey Provincial Hospital adds new complaints: standing water and garbage near the operating room

Unsanitary conditions reported in the Intensive Care Unit of the Contramaestre Hospital in Santiago de Cuba

Government admits health deterioration in Santiago de Cuba: elevated vectors, poor sanitation, and unchlorinated water

Prices in Cuba: A tube of toothpaste costs more than 1,000 Cuban pesos

Horrified Cuban sees a street in Havana: "Three kilometers of trash"

Sandro Castro runs out of toothpaste and asks his fans for donations

Health alert in Matanzas due to hepatitis outbreaks in several municipalities

Will Holguín become the cleanest city again? Residents demand systematic garbage collection

Outrage over the garbage dump in the city of Matanzas: "How long will they blame the blockade?"

Trash burned near the polyclinic in Guanabacoa amid the collapse of waste collection in Havana

"This seems like a big mockery": Cuban artist denounces incomplete garbage collection in Havana

Announcement of a foreign investment project for waste collection amid the health crisis in Havana

ETECSA warns of garbage burning that damages telecommunications as waste overflows in Havana

Who collects the garbage in Havana?

Ulises Toirac's suggestion to the army to produce electricity in Cuba

Neighbors report: Authorities order dumping of garbage in front of the pre-university in Havana

Desecration and neglect: This is how the municipal cemetery of Mayabe looks

Sewage waters under the beds: reports of unsanitary conditions and risk of infections at Juan Bruno Zayas Hospital in Santiago de Cuba

Liquid soap spill in Santiago de Cuba prompts intervention by firefighters