Cuba’s iconic capital Havana is drowning in a sea of uncollected trash as a critical shortage of fuel and vehicle parts affects garbage collection on the island crippled by sanctions and economic woes.
Mountains of rubbish on the streets give off a foul odor and attract clouds of flies in several parts of the city of 2.1 million people, which has three open-air landfills.
For a lack of bins, residents leave their trash bags in the street, exacerbating the stench already emanating from overflowing sewage pipes.
“My kitchen looks out on the garbage dump,” Lissette Valle, a 40-year-old homemaker, told AFP.
“We have to cover everything. If we don’t, we end up eating flies, mosquitos…”
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