In Cuba's poorest neighborhoods, youths could face decades in …
WEBLA GUINERA, Cuba, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Young Cuban protesters from Havana's poorest neighborhoods face decades behind bars at upcoming trials, relatives and rights groups said, amid a...
Almost 90% of the Cuban population lives in ‘extreme poverty’ …
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Almost 90% of the Cuban population lives in ‘extreme poverty’ according to new study. The results revealed that 72% of those surveyed consider the food crisis the main problem, and that seven out...
What the Government Doesn’t Say about Poverty in Cuba
WEBOct 21, 2023 · Currently, 88% of Cubans live in extreme poverty, 13% more than in 2022, according to the 6th Report on the State of Social Rights in Cuba, recently presented in Miami by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH).
Youth from Cuba’s poorest neighborhoods face decades in jail …
WEBJan 14, 2022 · LA GUINERA, Cuba — Young Cuban protesters from Havana’s poorest neighborhoods face decades behind bars at upcoming trials, relatives and rights groups said, amid a crackdown on some of those...
In Cuba, hundreds take to the streets in rare protests as economic ...
WEBMar 18, 2024 · By Carmen Sesin. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Sunday in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, demanding food and power amid a worsening economic crisis that has left many everyday...
Cuba's worst economic crisis in decades forces people to get ... - NPR
WEBSep 28, 2023 · The economic crisis in Cuba is prompting an exodus by thousands, but also giving rise to a greater free market enterprise to begin taking hold on the Communist island.
Rural depopulation in Cuba, a question of inequality
WEBOct 10, 2023 · Cuban rural areas and municipalities are being depopulated. The authorities have recognized more than once that this is a “complex” and pressing reality. However, the advance of the phenomenon is very difficult to …
Poverty and Old Age in Cuba: an Earth-Shaking Reality
WEBMar 10, 2022 · For decades, Cuba boasted of its defense of the poorest countries in the world; of the unconditional aid Cubans offered to any nation experiencing a tragic event. Yet, they can’t spare a group of workers to come …
WEBBased on these estimates, 0.7 percent of the population in Cuba (80 thousand people in 2021) is multidimensionally poor while an additional 2.7 percent is classified as vulnerable to multidimensional poverty (299 thousand people in 2021).
Cuba Is Punishing Its Poorest Citizens for Protesting - Foreign Policy
WEBJul 10, 2022 · The videos continued to spread across the island, and by mid-afternoon, Cubans in more than 50 cities ran into the streets, flipping over police cars, setting them on fire, and standing on top...