Community Services

Garbage crisis in Holguín: residents report total abandonment by the authorities

A garbage dump in the vicinity of a church in Santiago de Cuba defies the sign prohibiting littering in the sacred place

In Camagüey, even the headquarters of Hygiene and Epidemiology is not exempt from the garbage crisis

They are reporting a plague of rodents that threatens homes and a food production center in Havana

Park in Sancti Spíritus turned into a dump

Huge dump on one of the main avenues of Camagüey

Family in Mayabeque transports their grandfather's casket in a cart pulled by a car after waiting for hours for a funeral vehicle

An elderly man dies on a street in Santiago de Cuba, and his body remains for hours without being removed

A water-filled sinkhole is disrupting pedestrian traffic in the Havana hillside

Trash blocks the entrance of a home in Matanzas and forces neighbors to clear the debris

Workers from El Rampeño collect garbage in El Vedado with unprotected hands and without basic tools

Guantánamo is betting on five tricycles to clean its streets, but residents are skeptical about their impact

Mobilization in a neighborhood of Camagüey due to the supposed visit of Díaz-Canel: "They picked up the trash because he is going to pass by."

Official newspaper suggests that Havana residents pay 100 pesos to collect garbage due to the deterioration of state services

Heavy rains cause landslide in downtown Matanzas

Trash and ruins: this is how the iconic corner of San Rafael and Galiano looks today in Havana

They denounce the expansion of an improvised dump in front of a 12-story building in Holguín

A wall of garbage at the foot of a crumbling building: that's how filthy the Havana street Belascoaín is

Until when? Accumulated trash reported next to residential buildings in Holguín

Giant landfill reported in Luyanó: Over four months without being cleared

A three-year-old boy is reported to have been found dead after falling into a pit in Alamar

Servicios Comunales in Cienfuegos is operating with only 25% of the necessary workforce

Governor of Guantánamo calls the attention of the mayor and the Public Works Department regarding the landfills and the neglect of the city

Cubans complain about garbage dumps in Holguín: "Communal Services are not interested."

They denounce a garbage site in Matanzas: "How far are we going to go?"

Zanja, another street in Havana suffocated by garbage

Las Tunas celebrated its 230th anniversary with garbage ruling its streets

"Havana is a corpse in the sun": garbage and neglect surround the Zanja funeral home

"It's sad to see this in Cuba with so many illnesses": people rummaging through the trash in Havana

"If Vedado is like this, how bad must the rest be?" Trash is piling up in heaps in the central Havana neighborhood

Authorities intervene in critically impacted building in Santiago de Cuba following report on social media

A huge dump next to the train tracks in Las Tunas is causing outrage among residents

Trash next to schools and a children's center: neighbor makes a desperate plea in Holguín

A “hard, hard, hard” plague: new videos expose the uncontrollable garbage crisis in Havana

Banks without shutters, graffiti, and missing fences: vandalism takes its toll in Cienfuegos

A mountain of garbage blocks the train route from Havana to Guantánamo in Las Tunas

ETECSA asks not to throw trash near its poles, and Cubans respond: "Are we supposed to eat it?"

The right to the city starts with a public restroom, and the authorities in Guantánamo seem to have forgotten that

The Los Chinos market in Holguín was cleared out to clean the area, but trash surrounds the new kiosks where food is sold

A private small and medium-sized enterprise will manage the waste in the Historic Center of Camagüey amid the crisis in communal services

Robbery reported at the family vault in the Guáimaro cemetery

More than 10 days without garbage collection, and the head of the PCC in Ciego de Ávila blames the embargo

Videos show the streets of Havana overwhelmed with filth: garbage engulfs the "City of Wonders."

Government acknowledges problems with garbage while warning of an increase in dengue on the Isle of Youth

Playa Ancón, in Trinidad, showcases a "sea of trash" at the end of the summer season

“How long will incompetence in Artemisa last?” A street buried in garbage outrages the neighbors

Los Sitios, another neighborhood in Havana caught between garbage and neglect

Dump in the heart of Camagüey

Mechanical shovels destroyed garbage depots, and the area of Matanzas was left without collection points

Guantánamo accumulates micro and mega landfills while the province remains on Epidemiological Alert

Cubans call for a solution in Cárdenas: "The garbage is piling up just a few meters from the house."

"They have turned this country into a complete mess": video shows the surroundings of Cuatro Caminos flooded with putrid water

They report a huge garbage dump next to a primary school in Holguín

Full of trash: This is how La Boca beach in Camagüey looks

"Garbage mafias in Cuba? Testimonies point to clans, violence, and an organized business in the landfills."

From public service to private business: a micro, small, and medium enterprise will charge 100 CUP for garbage collection in Isla de la Juventud

Garbage takes over Las Tunas and forces the search for solutions in the private sector

The benches in Plaza de Marte in Santiago de Cuba are being restored, but the question is how long they will last

Trash blocks a street in Holguín and threatens food vendor stalls

"Nothing is impossible": PCC Secretary in Plaza rivals Díaz-Canel's "utopia"