Poverty

Jonathan, a Cuban with visual impairments, is assaulted while selling bread on his bicycle to make a living

With a whistle and up the hill: bread seller in Santiago de Cuba

Urgent help is sought for a 75-year-old woman who is taking care of her daughter with cerebral palsy alone in Camagüey

Changes to the Food Stamp program starting in October

When the body becomes currency

"The vulnerable in Cuba are no longer segments... they are the majority of the people," warns an academic

Aymée Nuviola wonders what else needs to happen in Cuba for it to be enough

Cuban writer demands public information on the "millionaire compatriots of socialism."

Solidarity project gifts money to a Cuban grandmother and her granddaughter with cerebral palsy, and will seek more donations

They threw 50 peso bills during a santiaguera conga... and then the music stopped

The harsh reality of retired seniors in Cuba: "I didn't even have enough to buy today's rice."

Get up, fight, and don't lament any longer!

The harsh reality of a retiree in Cuba: Working at 77 years old to be able to eat

Cuba redefines its social protection model: Who will now receive assistance from the State?

They are seeking help for a Cuban mother and her three children who live in extreme poverty in Holguín

Cuba, in the basement of the global economy

Eleven-year-old Cuban boy works collecting cans to help his mother: "Please, help me."

Amir Valle: Cuba, "a private estate of the Castros," "where people are dying of hunger"

Cuban to content creators: "They are not romanticizing poverty. It exists. It is real."

Díaz-Canel insists that the measures are not due to pressure from the U.S. and that they will not forget the poor

Arturo Sandoval loses hope of returning to Cuba: "It’s a wound that never heals."

A mother with leukemia and her son live in misery in Las Tunas while the regime ignores them

Anna Bensi: The Cuban dictatorship sells us "backwardness as heroism."

The Castro power group is the "primary responsible party for the national ruin," asserts a Cuban academic

"We have to resist": What an elderly woman does to survive the crisis in Cuba

"The failure of the revolution is an undeniable fact," says a Chilean journalist knowledgeable about Cuba

"Cuba needs an international humanitarian intervention," asserts a prominent demographer

Yoani Sánchez: Those Who Return to Cuba and the Country That No Longer Exists

"There is a war in Cuba": Armed state against unarmed people, according to analyst Juan Antonio Blanco

"Mercenary is one who fights without a soul": controversial letter from a Cuban in the Russian army

Marco Rubio: "Cuba should not be a poor country."

"May our mothers never again die in loneliness and sadness," demands a Cuban professor and jurist

Cayo La Rosa: The Cuban town that had a factory, airport, and hospital, and today lives in emptiness

"The 'revolution' and the cult of Fidel: 'The most refined scam of the Latin American 20th century,' analyzes Cuban academic"

They are asking for help for a girl in Cuba showing signs of severe malnutrition

Ferrer responds firmly to German chancellor who rejects military intervention in Cuba

Almost 9 out of 10 Cubans have to "invent" to avoid hunger, according to a survey

Milagros, a retired Cuban nurse, is crying out for help to rebuild her crumbling house

"I go for up to three days without eating": They seek help for a Cuban woman and her son with mental health issues in Holguín

It is reported that a former boxer known as "Sports Glory" is living as a beggar in Santiago de Cuba

They celebrate the birthday of the Cuban poetess Isabel Mendoza, who survives in poverty

Writer Dania Ferro shares the dream of many Cuban emigrants: to return and rebuild the towns of the island

Food waste in a Cuban hotel while the population faces shortages and power outages

Ulises Toirac: "The economy of 'revolution' has never been able to stand on its own."

"Resisting is not enough": Father Alberto Reyes reminds us that life is more than just survival

Cuts in Florida threaten to leave thousands of HIV patients without treatment

"Have you eaten?": Young Cuban gives lunch to elderly in need on the streets of Havana

"Those without dinner, come on in": Mulgoba neighbors open their doors so that no one goes hungry on Christmas Eve

"Every day of the Revolution is a victory," says the power, and the people respond: "Every day is more misery."

Holguín poet dies after living on the streets

"My nation is mortally wounded": Heartbreaking cry for help from writer Wendy Guerra amid the collapse of Cuba

Michel "Blunt" Torres and the false epic of the blackout

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

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

Ulises Toirac to the Cuban government: "The future cannot be after we die."

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 unattainable luxuries of older adults in Cuba