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Cuban minister resigns after saying country has no beggars

2025-07-16 08:14:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Cuban minister resigns after saying country has no beggars

Cuban Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó-Cabrera, has been forced to resign from her post after making comments in a parliamentary session denying the existence of beggars on the communist-run island.

The minister had said that there were no "beggars" in Cuba and that people who went through the garbage, essentially, did so by choice to earn "easy money," as she put it.

Her comments were widely criticized by Cubans at home and abroad, and prompted a response from the island's president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. She resigned shortly thereafter.

Poverty levels and food shortages have worsened in Cuba, as the country continues to face a severe economic crisis./ CNA





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