Poverty in Cuba

Díaz-Canel asserts that the economic transformations aim to “reduce inequalities and broaden social justice.”

Bruno Rodríguez denounces extreme poverty in the world while remaining silent about that in Cuba

"How could I have imagined that someone would remember me!": Cáritas delivers aid from the U.S. to vulnerable families in Matanzas

"The show car": This is how Gerardo Hernández referred to the new Tesla, and internet users responded with mockery

A state-run cafeteria in Havana has only served chicken once in 2026, according to its manager

The AHS award is presented to Frei Betto, who advised Cubans to fry potato peels

"I sacrificed myself for the Revolution, and no one remembers me": Legend of Cuban baseball Braudilio Vinent denounces abandonment and misery

Alina Bárbara López: "In Cuba, rather than a crisis, one could speak of a civilizational regression."

In tears, a Cuban influencer denounces the sad reality of the elderly in Cuba: "They are dying."

In less than 24 hours: Help arrives for elderly Cubans in extreme poverty

Three-time Olympic champion Félix Savón from Cuba is spotted in a garbage dump searching for food, and Limay Blanco comes to his aid

Cuban doctor: "I had to make one of the most difficult and ironic decisions of my life: to give up practicing medicine."

"The blockade bears your name and the last name Castro": Cubans respond to Díaz-Canel after he blamed the U.S. for the lack of food

Pro-government journalist criticizes the prices of the new Neighborhood Markets: "They should be called Affluent Neighborhood Markets."

"We are hungrier than a dog": The struggle of two elderly Cubans

Miami-Dade tax collector calls for an investigation into alleged links to the Cuban regime of an advisor to the New York mayor

"The Cuban has shown that he knows how to die": MINFAR dusts off the discourse on sacrifice amid the crisis

From Raúl Castro to Miguel Díaz-Canel: The Death of the Ration Book and the Future of Food Stores in Cuba

Baptist church in Havana provides food, clothing, and household items to the elderly and underprivileged families

A Cuban woman becomes emotional upon receiving food from a follower: "Through her, I can eat them."

Authorities in Santiago de Cuba acknowledge that more than 10% of the population is in a situation of vulnerability and announce food assistance modules

Is Raúl Castro still in charge, or does it no longer matter who is in command?

Cuban girl, 12, sells sweets to help her family: "Our house fell down."

158 years after the Grito de Yara: from the aspiration for prosperity to the food crisis in Cuba

INDER denies neglecting Cuba's Sports Glory, Bernardo Comas

"Children reaching out their hands," "elderly submerged... in the trash": a piercing chronicle from a journalist in Matanzas

Homeless people and sewage water: a scene of abandonment in El Vedado

Father Alberto Reyes: "We cannot wait for things to change by themselves."

Who will invest in rebuilding Havana? Opportunities and obstacles of the new Housing Law in Cuba

"In the garbage, asking for food": Cuban denounces to Miguel Díaz-Canel the increase of poverty in Cuba

Cuban to Díaz-Canel: "Less talk and more food and respect for human rights."

Sacrifices for the people, yachts for the Castros: The good life of Fidel and Raúl in images

Leader defends neighborhood markets in Guantánamo, but Cubans report unaffordable prices

"This breaks the heart": a Cuban shows how much a piece of meat costs and compares it to an elderly person's pension in Cuba

Cuban in response to Marrero's promises: "He believes in his delusion that it is possible to deceive another generation of Cubans."

Former world boxing champion Bernardo Comas lives with senile dementia under the care of his mother in a house with leaks in Camagüey

Cuban teenagers share their snack with a needy man

Cuban elderly woman regarding the blackouts: "It’s an abuse against the people, because the rulers live however they like."

Ulises Toirac on the crisis in Cuba: "I do not want to get used to a sixth-world country."

International press certifies the death of the ration book: AFP tours Havana and finds warehouses closed after decades of rationing

Vanderbilt Survey: three out of four Cubans blame the regime for the crisis, and almost six out of ten prefer ties with the U.S. over independence

A single father of three children reports that he is being threatened with jail if he does not vacate a premises in Havana

Thanks to a follower, a family is cooking beef and distributing it among those in need on the streets of Cuba

Cuba: "What used to be food for the poor is now a luxury."

Cáritas distributes aid from the U.S. in Camagüey: 300 families receive food and hygiene kits

Bishop and clergy of the Episcopal Church of Cuba break their silence: they denounce hunger, blackouts, and support Ana Bensi in a letter to the Cuban people

Analyst reports that in Cuba, bodies are buried in mass graves due to a lack of coffins

A Cuban boy receives toys in Cuba with immense excitement, but everyone ended up looking in the background: a detail that broke hearts

Morales Ojeda reaffirms the discourse of participation, inclusion, justice... and the networks respond: "No one believes in you anymore."

Leonardo Padura on present-day Cuba upon receiving the Liber Award: "It has become a daily hell."

Marrero promises five pounds of rice, one pound of sugar, and another pound of beans per month to 883,000 Cubans with the greatest vulnerability

Jon Lee Anderson, in Italy: Cuba is experiencing a crisis "maybe worse than the one in the 90s" and 20% of the population has already left

Wife of Olympic champion Andrés Aldama seeks help amid abandonment situation in Matanzas

Cigars in August, beans in September, and nothing in October: These are the products of a warehouse in Cuba

They are transforming private homes into food shelters for vulnerable individuals in Isla de la Juventud

Having a relative abroad would be enough to be excluded from the oil sold to individuals deemed vulnerable at the supermarket in Camagüey

Santiago de Cuba redefines who is vulnerable, while the State distributes "the little" that is available

Researcher: "The Cuban Military Service concentrates its damage... on the most vulnerable sectors."

Cubans: Are we really living?

Laritza Camacho on the crisis in Cuba: "No one would miss the taste of bread if they weren't eating stone."