Poverty

"Every day of the Revolution is a victory," says the government, and the people reply: "Every day there is more misery."

Holguin poet dies after living homeless

“My nation is mortally wounded”: The heart-wrenching cry for help from writer Wendy Guerra amid the collapse of Cuba

Michel "Blade-less" Torres and the false epic of the blackout

Cubans respond to Gerardo Hernández: "The Yuma may not be paradise, but Cuba is hell."

Gerardo Hernández: "Haters portray 'la Yuma' as the earthly paradise."

Ulises Toirac to the government of Cuba: "The future cannot be after we are dead."

Family left homeless after fire in Santiago de Cuba

Cubans collect expired beer cans thrown in the trash in Havana

The Cuban regime seeks to strengthen its ties with the Spanish government

Manuel Marrero continues his tour of shelters for the homeless in Cuba

Eating ice cream, always having coffee and milk, or eating fried chicken: the unreachable luxuries for older adults in Cuba

Trump demands immediate eviction of homeless people: "They have to leave now"

Mother and her two children lose everything in a fire in Guantánamo: They were left with only the clothes they were wearing

A family sleeps under a platform and eats leftovers at the agricultural fair in Matanzas

Marrero visits "vagrants" in Ciego de Ávila following the scandal involving the Minister of Labor

Social promises without funding: the reality of care for impoverished individuals in Las Tunas

A center opens to house "vagrants" in Villa Clara

"‘Invisible’ people in Matanzas: government hides poverty and abandonment under the carpet of euphemisms."

The former Minister of Labor and Social Security of Cuba has disappeared, even from X

Cuban elderly man with a disability surprises by exchanging art for food

Yordenis Ugás after the resignation of the Minister of Labor: "Canel, Marrero, Lazo, and the entire Communist Party should resign as well."

Marrero speaks about the resignation of the Minister of Labor and Social Security: "She was brave."

Minister details in figures the deep crisis of the Cuban food industry and announces measures

Díaz-Canel acknowledges during a full parliamentary session that there are homeless people in Cuba and criticizes the minister's "superficial" judgments

Ulises Toirac lashes out at the minister and declares himself a "beggar": Here are his arguments

Silence at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security following the controversial statements made by the minister regarding beggars

Luis Alberto García reveals what is most concerning about the minister's intervention regarding the homeless in Cuba

Díaz-Canel speaks out about the statements made by the Minister of Labor and Social Security regarding begging in Cuba

New Trump law puts Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries at risk: Here's what changes

Cubans sentenced in the U.S. for attempting to steal marijuana: The reasons behind the crime

They are seeking help for a Cuban mother with a disability: "Her house is barely standing."

The heartbreaking scene between a Cuban mother and her young son that has gone viral

Díaz-Canel admits to child labor and begging in Cuba after years of official denial

They are asking for help for a 12-year-old Cuban girl and her grandmother in the U.S.: This is their dramatic situation

From Abandonment to Propaganda: Cuba Celebrates the Achievement of Rescuing Its Own Beggars

Cuban boxer Félix Lemus denounces government abandonment: "No one cares about me, nor do they know where I am"

Cuban distributes food to those in need on the streets of Miami: "May God multiply the good you do."

Does anyone know her? A Cuban in the streets of Miami has been without news from her family for years

Elderly woman in Guantánamo lives with a plague of mice in her house

Economist calculates the monthly cost of basic food for two people in Cuba: The result is dramatic

Doctor Francisco Durán discusses the increase of "buzos" on the streets of Cuba

The reaction of a group of Cubans following the arrest of a street vendor in Havana

Leonardo Padura on Havana: "Marginalization, violence, poverty, and inequality have increased."

Without edge but with envy: The official obsession with punishing others' prosperity

An elderly man found dead on the streets of Havana

Cuban woman with twins faces homelessness in Miami and desperately seeks help

Cuban man living under a bridge in Miami thanks the community for their support: "I am okay."

"On the coast, there is always food": Homeless Cuban shares how he survives in Cienfuegos

Solidarity in Holguín: Cubans donate home to mother in extreme poverty

"One-way ticket to Cuba": Milei recalls his response to a journalist defending the regime

Poverty is decreasing in Latin America, but inequality persists, claims CEPAL

Canada donates $400,000 to support communities in Guantánamo affected by the hurricane

More than 39% of retired Cubans survive on minimal pensions

A Cuban mother sells alongside her daughter on a street in Camagüey

Díaz-Canel promises that Cuba will overcome the economic crisis: "We will get through it."

Sick elderly man sleeps in the open air in Cienfuegos

A Cuban tells two tourists about the situation in the country: “Here people even eat the cats.”

Cuban denounces the misery in Havana: "Poverty is reflected in the streets and in the people."

Help is requested for a girl in extreme poverty in Camagüey: “Camila survives thanks to solidarity”