I was interviewed for this Guardian article and endeavoured to introduce a bit of context/balance to a piece which I suspected would caricature Cuban ‘socialism’ by focusing on this real but specific weakness – public services in Havana. I am pleased it included my points about the US blockade and about the government planning investments to improve Cubans’ living environments. Street waste is a big problem in urban settlements – but in Cuba I have never seen the heart-breaking sight of children living in a hut on a mountain of rubbish, surviving off its putrid pickings, as I have seen in Latin America. Perhaps Guardian journalists have written about that – perhaps it’s just too normal to be news.
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