CIENFUEGOS, June 14 (Sunset Nogueras Rofes) – According to medical sources who refuse to be identified for fear or prosecution, the Assembly of the Popular Power in this municipality intends to use family physicians in an attempt to solve the growing number of homeless people that tarnish
the image that the Communist government projects of Cuban society.
To this end, some weeks ago the president of the Municicpal Assembly of the Popular Power in Cienfuegos, a city in south-central Cuba, Remberto de la Hoz, held meetings in several medical offices in the city in which he informed the physicians about the matter. The government official urged the
physicians to end once and for all with the sad reality, because the province is among the first in the country as far as homeless people is concerned.
The Communist leader added that it is the duty of physicians to "persuade the families of the various neighboryhoods to give shelter and food to the homeless so that they will abandon the streets."
At the end of these meetings Mr. de la Hoz said: "Gentlemen, you cannot imagine the number of homeless people in the streets. By orders of the Revolutionary government, you are the ones who have to take a step forward." Nobody replied.
The social chaos generated by the misgovernance of the island is demonstrated by the words of its representative in that region of the country. It is evident the Socialist State and its dependencies are incapable of providing a home for those without shelter.
Social derelicts of every type can be found anywhere in this city. Nonetheless, the official version is that these are crazy or antisocial persons. When this unique initiative fails, let’s hope the government of Cuba won’t appeal to a "police solution."
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