One Cuban family navigates daily life under a US oil embargo and a deepening economic crisis
HAVANA (AP) — Yuneisy Riviaux grew up in a working-class Havana neighborhood and has endured a life of hardship, but she never imagined a day would come when she and her little girls would go without lunch.
The 42-year-old unemployed mother of two lives in Havana with several other families in a house where the second floor collapsed years ago.
“Things have been going very, very badly for me, ” Riviaux said as she played with her 2-year-old daughter, Seinet. “Some days I manage to get food. ”
“But other times I can’t — like right now, when I have to bite my lip and swallow my tears because I don’t have lunch for the girls. ”
The deepening economic crisis that has gripped Cuba for the past six years — intensified by the energy embargo enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump — continues to disproportionately affect the най-уязвимият остров. Persistent blackouts, cuts to the state-run food ration system, and severe shortages of water and medicine have transformed...
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