HAVANA– A Cuban preacher that triggered objection after claiming that there are no beggars in Cuba, just individuals camouflaged therefore, surrendered Tuesday.
Cuba’s Presidency stated in a message on X that Priest of Labor and Social Safety Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera “recognized her mistakes and sent her resignation.”
Feitó made the remarks Monday prior to replacements in a National Setting up board. The remarks went viral, motivating require Feitó’s impeachment and a wave of objection in a nation experiencing a tough economic situation in the last few years.
Also Cuban Head Of State Miguel Díaz-Canel was crucial. Without stating her by name, however describing the conference at the National Setting up board where Feitó got involved, Díaz-Canel stated on his X account: “the absence of level of sensitivity in attending to susceptability is very suspicious. The transformation can not leave any individual behind; that is our adage, our militant obligation.”
The economic crisis in Cuba has actually boosted social susceptability and brought about uncommon scenes for the island, such as individuals– particularly the senior– pleading or scavenging via trash, or some cleansing windscreens at edges.
” We have actually seen individuals, obviously beggars, (however) when you consider their hands, consider the garments these individuals are using, they are camouflaged as beggars, they are not beggars,” Feitó stated prior to the National Setting up board. “In Cuba there are no beggars.”
She included that individuals cleaning up windscreens utilize the cash to “consume alcohol.”
Feitó likewise snapped versus those that undergo the trash disposes, claiming they are recouping products “to market and not pay tax obligation.”
Till a couple of years earlier, in spite of the destitution, there were no indicators of pleading or being homeless on the island many thanks to advantages that have actually currently been substantially decreased.
The pension plan of a retired person has to do with 2,000 Cuban pesos each month, approximately $5 on the casual market, and simply under the price of a container of eggs. For those that do not obtain compensations from family members abroad, it indicates going starving.
Freelance Enrique Guillén thinks the preacher is incorrect which some individuals do not see the circumstance plainly, and wishes the federal government will certainly act.
” They are senior individuals that trust a pension plan that does not exist. They can not also acquire a container of eggs. It is the fact we are staying in Cuba,” Guillén stated.
On Monday, island authorities reported that Cuba’s gdp dropped by 1.1% in 2024, building up a decrease of 11% over the previous 5 years.
