“There are no beggars in Cuba”: the official discourse that criminalizes poverty

Photo: Taken from CiberCuba. On July 14, 2025, during a session of the Standing Committees of the National Assembly of People's Power, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, categorically declared that in Cuba “there are no beggars,” but rather people “in disguise” who “have sought a [...]

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