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'Please, Something to Eat': Cubans Forced to Beg in Economic Crisis
CUBA, JUL 23 – Nearly half of Cubans live in poverty, with food prices rising 500%, leading to increased homelessness and social instability amid economic sanctions and funding shortfalls.
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The severe economic crisis in the island no longer allows the state to provide all its aid programmes.
"I've been looking in the trash for two years for something to eat," says a homeless man in Havana. In Cuba the authorities don't officially talk about poverty, but in the streets there's all the evidence
William Abel shows the contents of a plastic bag he just found in a garbage container in Havana, which will be his food: some rice with vegetables and a gnawed chicken bone. Dozens of flies also vie for it. This 62-year-old Cuban has been sleeping on the streets since his house collapsed on the outskirts of the capital. "Food is the hardest part. I've been searching the garbage for something to eat for two years," he tells AFP, speaking with dif…
William Abel shows the contents of a plastic bag that he has just found in a garbage container in Havana and that will be his food: a little rice with vegetables and a gnawed bone of chicken. Dozens of flies also dispute that food.This 62-year-old Cuban sleeps on the street since the collapse of his house on the outskirts of the capital. “Food is the hardest thing. I’ve been looking for something to eat in the trash for two years,” he tells the …
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