Poverty in Cuba

Elderly people in Granma must draw water from the Cauto River to survive: "Water that cannot be drunk."

Elderly man with cancer goes without treatment due to inability to purchase supplies and medications in Cuba

Guanabacoa fire was not accidental: Neighbor recounts how the events unfolded

Díaz-Canel calls for the reconstruction of Cuba after six decades of destruction: Did he confess the real reasons?

Cuban influencer helps an elderly woman: "I didn't imagine finding this in her house."

The heartbreaking video of a Cuban boy who breaks down in tears upon receiving rackets as a gift: "It broke my heart."

"How long will this humiliation continue?": Donation of meat to a nursing home sparks outrage over conditions

Official press recalls Fidel Castro's farewell and social media erupts: "Turned to ashes just like he left Cuba."

Bruno Rodríguez talks about poverty and child mortality in the U.S., and he is responded to: "Check the figures from the island."

"This is what a retiree can buy with their pension": Cuban influencer showcases misery in viral video

The Cuban regime targets the informal currency market, and families are feeling the impact on remittance transfers

Cubadebate promotes Colombian oil and Cuban rum for export and faces a barrage of criticism

Cubans face the worst crisis in decades, warns independent organization

Informal market rate in the regime's sights: El Toque reveals the poverty and inequality of “dollarized Cuba”

Cuban retirees stand in long lines at the bank in Cárdenas to collect their miserable pensions

Cuban shows the poor conditions in which she survived in Cuba: "I cooked a lot with firewood here."

Lis Cuesta continues her journey through the east and visits a school in Santiago de Cuba

Cuba in survival mode: This is how to create a stove with sawdust to cook without electricity or gas

Gerardo Hernández mocks poverty in the U.S., and Cubans remind him of the misery in Cuba

The legacy of Fidel: to destroy the Cuban middle class in order to create a country with 99% poor and 1% rich

Díaz-Canel asserts that Fidel Castro continues to speak to him nine years after his death

"Here we have been left adrift": Residents of Damajayabo, Santiago de Cuba, report

Cuban mother of three children showcases her humble home in Santa Clara, and everyone notices the same thing: "Everything is very difficult for me."

They use ETECSA vehicles as hearses and ambulances in Cuba

"Why does Cuba no longer excite even its former defenders?" according to a Chilean professor

The harsh confession of a sick Cuban: "My wife died and I am dying."

Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba: What sense does it make as a people to endure the hardships we are experiencing?

"Giant" fairs and modules for the vulnerable: the government's promise in Villa Clara for the end of the year

Santiago mother denounces corruption in donations for children and the elderly: “This is theft.”

Documentary about the family from Ciénaga de Zapata wins the top award at a Film Festival in Spain

A story of love and empathy: Elderly woman receives a new bed thanks to the unity of the community

Cuban healer shares reflection after Hurricane Melissa: It wasn't the cyclone, it was poverty that left you homeless

While some receive aid for free, cyclone victims in Guantánamo will have to purchase mattresses from the reserve at a cost of 3,730 pesos

"A country that doesn't work": The Economist warns about the collapse of Cuba

The Catholic Church distributes aid to those affected by Hurricane Melissa in towns of Santiago de Cuba

"Here there is money, but I don't know where it comes from": Cuban from Guanabo sparks debate on TikTok

Cuban woman seeks help for her family in eastern Cuba after losing everything due to Hurricane Melissa

Reported situation of a single mother with three children in Santiago de Cuba: "Her children sleep outdoors."

"It broke my heart": Cuban influencer shares a shocking story of a child in the streets of Havana

Out of ideas: Díaz-Canel calls on Cubans to "think" about how to overcome the crisis

Message from Díaz-Canel on the 506th anniversary of Havana: "It calls on us to take care of it."

Miguel Díaz-Canel to Cubans in crisis: "We call on you to think about what we are capable of creating."

Misery Exposed: Hurricane Melissa Reveals Six Decades of Structural Poverty in Cuba

Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba calls to "build a society where no one relies on handouts."

Cuba is sinking into extreme practices: Hunting birds, cats, and iguanas to survive

In Santiago, I experience pain, abandonment, and misery once again

Facundo mocks the reception of Díaz-Canel by the people in Guantánamo

Elderly man in Santiago de Cuba loses his home for the second time after Hurricane Melissa passes through

Bruno Rodríguez criticizes inequality in the U.S., and responses on social media include: "You have to be shameless."

Díaz-Canel boasts about the popular support received in Guantánamo and sparks a flood of criticism on social media

Marrero visits Cauto Cristo and asks hurricane Melissa's victims how their mattresses are: “If needed, we'll also give them money.”

Parallel reality: The "smart" Havana that the regime promotes versus the true face of a city in ruins

"Isla féretro": The powerful denunciation of a Cuban musician against the collapse of the country

Cuban mother speaks out against Díaz-Canel: "We are dying of hunger"

Urgent help is requested for a child in critical health conditions in Ciego de Ávila

"You're not living up to the profile": Strong criticism from a Cuban towards Díaz-Canel for his attitude with an elderly woman following the passage of Melissa

"My nation is fatally wounded": Heartbreaking cry for help from writer Wendy Guerra in the face of Cuba's collapse

They gifted a television to a Cuban family that had never owned one: "We used to watch the soap opera at our neighbor's house."

Aren't there beds for the victims? There are plenty of empty hotels, but there's a lack of will and empathy among the leaders

Each hurricane reveals "a Cuba in rags" and the structural poverty of the country, claims the writer