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Will Holguín become the cleanest city again? Residents demand systematic waste collection

Trash bin set on fire near the polyclinic in Guanabacoa amidst the collapse of waste collection in Havana

Black water and flooding affect homes in Vista Hermosa, Santiago de Cuba

Cuban government insists on relocating workers due to energy crisis and fuel shortages

Creative resistance or revolutionary regressive? They improvise a funeral carriage in Bayamo due to lack of fuel

Manuel Marrero urges Cubans to pick up litter this weekend: "We will continue to fight."

Announcement of a foreign investment project for garbage collection amid the health chaos in Havana

A Cuban shares what impacted her the most about Cuba upon returning after two years abroad: “I couldn’t believe it.”

ETECSA warns of trash burning that damages telecommunications as waste overflows in Havana

Fire in the basement of the Focsa building in Havana mobilizes firefighters

Who collects the garbage in Havana?

Cuba on the brink: a municipality starts making handcrafted coffins due to a shortage of caskets in the country

Holguín: The Other Death After Death

"Another achievement of the government": The ruling party admits that Las Tunas has become a dump and social media does not forgive

Residents report: Authorities order dumping of garbage in front of pre-university in Havana

Cuban regime acknowledges the collapse of the capital: Transportation, housing, water, and public health in crisis

Lack of fuel further sinks Havana among mountains of garbage

Is the street for the revolutionaries? Trash and sewage water have taken over those of Jesús María, Old Havana

Announcement of the start of construction for the crematorium in Sancti Spíritus after years of delays

15 electric vehicles are added to funeral services in Havana

Only after a complaint from the parish priest did authorities remove garbage in front of the Santísima Trinidad church in Santiago de Cuba

A recurring danger: Neighbors tired of waiting improvise a solution for an uncovered drainage in Santiago de Cuba

Catholic Church in Santiago de Cuba denounces neglect and dirt in front of the house of God

Governor promotes successful management; residents wonder where the "progress" is in a city that is devastated and with collapsed services

Another coffin falls from a hearse in Cuba: the funeral collapse leaves corpses in the street

Havana accumulates trash, and the government admits it does not know how much is generated

Minrex workers are assigned to spray in Plaza de la Revolución

Viral outbreak leaves a deceased doctor and a sick building in the heart of Santiago de Cuba

Trash in front of the cemetery: neglect in Guantánamo no longer even respects the dead of San Rafael cemetery

Old Havana forces residents to take their garbage directly to the truck: doubts, complaints, and mockery of the new “experience”

Municipal authorities justify the state of the Camagüey cemetery, but the delayed response does not erase the neglect

From a clean city to a hotspot for infection: trash, mosquitoes, and diseases are reshaping the face of Holguín

“We live among trash and diseases”: mountains of waste suffocate Havana amid a health crisis

Neighbors block street in Santiago de Cuba with garbage

Syringes are found in a park in Havana, and the question is inevitable: what were they doing there?

A country overwhelmed by garbage: Díaz-Canel's failure in the face of the health crisis in Cuba

Díaz-Canel after sweeping leaves at the Palace: “There are people who think others should solve their problems.”

Díaz-Canel calls for order in Havana, and the Cubans respond: "Abandon power."

From minimizing dirt to sweeping it away: Johana Tablada joins the cleanup of trash in Havana

Las Tunas: leaders blame citizens and private businesses for the decline in hygiene

Authorities in Matanzas promise cleaning efforts as the health crisis worsens

CITMA Minister admits crisis: “Trash is scattered all over Havana”

Just a few meters from Varadero, Santa Marta is sinking in garbage and diseases

Families lose roofs and crops due to extreme phenomenon in Maisí: What happened?

Government justifies the lack of trash containers in Havana: “They are used to make clothesline pins.”

Officialist journalist on garbage in Havana: there is a rampant institutional indifference

A Minrex official justifies the dirtiness of Havana: "We are not the country with the most garbage."

A garbage dump and overflowing pit turn a central corner of Sancti Spíritus into a symbol of neglect and unhealthiness

Rancho Luna, the coastal jewel of Cienfuegos, drowning in trash and neglect

"There are people who live smelling the stench of human waste": Young person denounces unsanitary conditions and neglect in the streets of Cuba

Severe storm leaves fallen trees and damage in Guantánamo

Guantánamo forgets its heroes: San Rafael cemetery languishes among ruins, garbage, and official neglect

Spectacular accident in Camagüey involves the director of Communal Services

An electric hearse is delivered in the municipality of Villa Clara

New Gerona without public restrooms: a boulevard with a bad smell and no solutions

Trash takes over Cienfuegos: Who cleans the "cleanest city"?

Residents of Vedado report the proliferation of garbage dumps and raise alerts due to the approaching hurricane season

A dumpster causes a plague of flies and mice near the Institute of Hematology and Immunology in Vedado

More than 173,000 Cubans still lack access to proper waste disposal systems

Sewage System in Havana: A Centenary Problem That Suffocates the Capital