Community Services

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

Fifteen electric vehicles are added to necrological services in Havana

Only after the complaint from the parish priest did authorities remove garbage in front of the Holy Trinity Church in Santiago de Cuba

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

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

Governor promotes successful management; locals ask where the "advancements" are in a city that is destroyed and with collapsed services

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

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

Workers from Minrex are put to fumigate in Plaza de la Revolución

A viral outbreak leaves one doctor dead and a sick building in the heart of Santiago de Cuba

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

Old Havana forces residents to take their trash directly to the truck: doubts, complaints, and mockery about the new "experience."

The justification for the communal services is the state of the cemetery in Camagüey, but the delayed response does not erase the neglect

From a clean city to a hotbed of infection: garbage, mosquitoes, and diseases are transforming the face of Holguín

"We live among trash and diseases": mountains of waste suffocate Havana in the midst of a health crisis

Neighbors close street in Santiago de Cuba with garbage

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

A Country Overwhelmed by Waste: Díaz-Canel's Failure in the Face of the Sanitation Crisis in Cuba

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

Díaz-Canel calls for order in Havana, and 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 deterioration of hygiene

Authorities in Matanzas promise to carry out clean-up 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 trash and diseases

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

The government justifies the lack of garbage containers in Havana: “They are used to make clothesline pegs.”

Official journalist on the garbage situation 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 dumpster and overflowing pit turn a central corner of Sancti Spíritus into a symbol of neglect and unhealthiness

Rancho Luna, the coastal gem of Cienfuegos, is sinking beneath trash and neglect

"There are people living with the stench of feces": Young person reports unsanitary conditions and neglect in the streets of Cuba

Severe storm causes fallen trees and damages in Guantánamo

Guantánamo forgets its heroes: San Rafael Cemetery languishes amid ruins, garbage, and official neglect

Spectacular accident in Camagüey involves director of Community Services

Electric hearse delivered in the municipality of Villa Clara

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

The garbage conquers Cienfuegos: Who cleans the "cleanest city"?

Residents of Vedado report an increase in dumping sites and warn about the approaching hurricane season

The garbage dump causes a plague of flies and rats near the Institute of Hematology and Immunology in Vedado

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

Sewage in Havana: A Centuries-Old Problem That Suffocates the Capital

Unusual exhibition of communal services in Alameda of Santiago de Cuba

Bus driver averts tragedy on the streets of Havana

A public transport vehicle collides with a private truck in Cárdenas, Matanzas

Official media denounces makeshift landfill in Sancti Spíritus

Rodobaldo Ramos, "the taxi driver" who cleans and maintains a playground in Isla de la Juventud

Díaz-Canel's umpteenth battle against garbage in Havana: "If we get the workplaces involved, we win."

Garbage floods Havana ahead of Hurricane Rafael

Díaz-Canel calls to "eradicate the culture of shoddiness" in Havana

Havana on the brink of collapse: Garbage trucks halted due to lack of tires and batteries

Díaz-Canel declares war on garbage in Havana: "Each Ministry will attend to one municipality"

Huge garbage dumps surrounded by three ministries in El Vedado

Trash floods Havana: an apparently unsolvable problem

Humorist Jardiel proposes methods to determine the age of landfills in Cuba

PCC Organization Secretary orders residents of Cienfuegos to trim and clean the streets of the city

Havana government collects immense garbage dump reported by activist in social media contest

Workers from Comunales collect garbage without gloves or protection in Havana

Social media contest highlights the waste crisis in Cuba's neighborhoods

Cuban comedian highlights unsanitary conditions in Havana: "New type of garbage dump"