00:00 I am Yolencia Costa, a member of the Democratic and Independent Cuba.
00:04 I am at the house of Miriam, a citizen of San Juan Martínez, one of the most affected houses.
00:12 Due to her illness, which is caused by pelvic attacks,
00:17 we are going to show you in this video the situation she has with her house and the affects she had.
00:23 Look at the situation this woman is living with her illness and pelvic attacks.
00:29 And problems with her sight.
00:32 Look at the situation she is living with her illness.
00:38 And no one, no government has come here.
00:43 Good afternoon Miriam.
00:46 Miriam, I have a question.
00:48 Your affection was for the flood and the wind.
00:52 Can you show me the house from inside?
00:55 Look at the situation this woman is living with her house.
01:02 That hole, it will open more in a while.
01:05 A hole in the floor.
01:07 My foot hurts.
01:09 Your foot is going to break soon.
01:11 And talking about the government, no one has come here.
01:15 With your situation, with your illness, no one has come here.
01:19 No one has come here, not even to evacuate.
01:22 And the roof is rotten.
01:25 In another house, on the side.
01:27 And the roof, look, it's rotten.
01:30 The roof is rotten.
01:33 Look at that.
01:36 Look at that, it's rotten.
01:39 And no representative of the government, no delegate has come here.
01:43 Look at this.
01:45 You are living in a piece of a room.
01:47 All this got wet.
01:49 The mattresses are rotten too.
01:52 That mattress is made of fabric.
01:55 They haven't given you a blanket, they haven't given you anything.
01:58 And with your situation, with your illness, they don't help you either.
02:01 Economically, they don't help you either.
02:03 No, 1,500 pesos are 1,500 pesos.
02:05 What are 1,500 pesos?
02:06 When the illness you have, they should help you with 5 or 6,000 pesos.
02:09 Imagine that my medication costs me 6,000 pesos.
02:12 6,000 pesos for medication.
02:14 250 pesos for my medication at the pharmacy.
02:17 250 pesos at the pharmacy.
02:19 And they don't give it to you for free.
02:21 I have to pay the debt of 1,500 pesos.
02:23 And 1,500 pesos is not enough to buy 10 pounds of rice.
02:25 This time, I fell in the cold.
02:28 In the cold.
02:30 Look at the situation you have.
02:32 I went to the Chapizquero the other day, it cost me 5,000 pesos.
02:35 And you had a pig to be able to get cold.
02:38 Exactly.
02:39 The most called revolution, look at the situation you have.
02:42 The bathroom was knocked over.
02:44 A woman was attacked and she lost two hours as if she were dead.
02:48 As if she were dead.
02:50 And these people here in Valle, year after year, the river floods.
02:55 And they get in here and don't even talk.
02:58 And I come from the situation she has from the attacks in Pelecia.
03:03 It is the most critical case that San Juan and Martinez Valle have.
03:07 So that you know.
03:09 Look at that floor.
03:10 Look at where she bathes.
03:12 She has no husband.
03:14 And her children live in Havana, far away.
03:16 And they have no money or anything.
03:18 Look.
03:20 Reported.
03:23 Yoelencia Costa and Julio Bóngara, ADN Cuba.
03:31 For more information, visit www.cubacuba.org
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