Hygiene

"If Eusebio Leal were to rise again, he would die once more," lamented Cubans as trash devours the work of the historian in Old Havana

Cuban child touching the coffee pot at home: "It's soot-covered because communism leads to this."

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

A Cuban woman cleans the hospital bathroom where her daughter is being treated: "At least I will feel a little bit of comfort."

Mother of political prisoners denounces that the Quivicán prison has no water and her sick son is in danger

Ice Cream in an Ashtray: The New Image of the Collapse of Gastronomy in Cuba

The CDR keep an eye on the blocks... but not on the mountain of garbage that is burning next to their headquarters in Vedado

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

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

Havana regresses three centuries: bags filled with excrement and trash revive the unsanitary conditions of the colonial era

Waste in Cuba: An entire street closed in Bayamo

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

"And that's without a earthquake having struck": Cubans facing the destroyed streets of Havana

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

Burning trash bins 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

A pest of cockroaches reported at the Harris Brothers store in Havana

Havana normalizes the unsanitary: selling food amid accumulated garbage on the streets

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

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

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

Guantánamo resorts to pushcart operators and animal traction to tackle the waste crisis

A mountain of garbage blocks an intersection in Central Havana as fears of epidemics rise during the summer

Minsap warns of a possible dengue epidemic as waste, leaks, and power outages promote the proliferation of mosquitoes

"I don't recognize my neighborhood with so much abandonment": 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 situation: the garbage near the church in Centro Habana

Warning about water quality in Camagüey: Odor and murky color in the liquid

Garbage and sources of unsanitary conditions are gaining ground in the "Cradle of Cuban Nationality."

The Pearl of the South is drowning in trash: Residents of Cienfuegos report a neighborhood turned into a dump

Outrage 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 daily crisis in Cuba

“Communal, please!”: a garbage dump expands next to a Children’s Circle 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."

Among motorcycles, trash, and thefts: decay takes over Calle del Medio in Matanzas

"And after that?": Cubans question cleanup efforts at a pediatric hospital

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

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

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

Rigoberto Ferrera, "The Whip of the Communal", continues to denounce trash and its burning in the streets of Havana

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

From playground to garbage dump: this is how Los Caballitos, a symbol of childhood in Holguín, came to an end

"In Cuba, there have been difficult periods, but none have seen as much chaos, as much neglect... so much garbage," denounces a journalist from Matanzas

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

Cuban woman in the Dominican Republic recalls things that no one outside of Cuba could imagine

Cuban mother reports a plague of flies in Cerro: "I have a baby, and it's unbearable."

Garbage and debris block the railway line in Bayamo, endangering human lives

A new well is being planned to alleviate the critical water situation in Matanzas

Water is a concern in Cienfuegos: outdated infrastructure and scarcity challenge the community

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

Trash bins 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 a daycare center

Camagüey provincial hospital adds new complaints: standing water and garbage near the operating room

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

Government admits health deterioration in Santiago de Cuba: high vector levels, poor sanitation, and unchlorinated water

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

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

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