Cuba's Labor Minister claimed there are no beggars in the nation, drawing criticism from President Miguel Díaz-Canel. He highlighted visible poverty as a symptom of wider social inequality. The ...

Cuba has not had enough money in the last four years to keep up with spending on social programmes. Read more at straitstimes ...

The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people ...

Amidst Cuba's severe economic hardships, leader Miguel Díaz-Canel continues to rely on the regime's hollow rhetoric, ...

Cuba's Labor Minister, Marta Elena Feito, was dismissed following controversial remarks suggesting the country's beggars were fakes. Her statements ignited public outrage amid Cuba's economic struggle ...

“We’ve seen people who appear to be beggars,” Feitó told the commission. “When you look at their hands, at the clothes these ...

HAVANA (AP) — Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean began arriving in Cuba on Sunday to talk about poverty and inequality at a summit of a fledgling regional bloc formed as a force for ...

Cuba's labor minister denied there are beggars in the poor, Communist-run country in official testimony, prompting rare ...

Class stratification and social inequality, both roughly along racial lines, have returned, despite the revolution’s goals. Since 2018, Cuba has even been forced to import sugar, long its ...

Miguel Díaz-Canel openly acknowledged the presence of homelessness and people living on the streets in Cuba, directly ...

As warming relations with the United States bring new money and tourists to Havana, some black Cubans like Miguel Campuzano Perez say racial inequalities are widening and they are being left out ...

William Abel peers inside a plastic bag he dug out of a trash can in Havana while scrounging for his next meal.- 'A small ...