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Cubans Between Poor Nutrition and a Health Crisis

Cheaper ultra-processed foods with no nutritional value are replacing agricultural products in today’s Cuba.

The saga had begun right after Hurricane Melissa swept through the eastern provinces, when the Cauto River flooded dozens of communities.

The proposals “go against science, against the needs of climate response, and against the calls of affected communities.”

Priority circuits, such as the hospital and the Dairy Combine processing plant, are also affected by the outages.

“What begins online doesn’t stay online,” said UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous. “Digital abuse spills into real life, spreading fear”

There is growing suspicion that the Cuban regime has appropriated these funds to pay for its imports.

The crisis did not begin with the hurricane, nor will it end when the authorities officially declare the “recovery phase” over.

“We are the Regional Network of Migrant Families, a collective made up of families of foreign migrants who have disappeared in Mexico.”

Humanitarian assistance is not transformative enough to change a reality; it cannot always do so, nor is it always meant to. What comes next?

Arbitrarily arrested months or years ago. Their families search for them in prisons and hospitals, but no one will confirm where they are.