The quality of life in Cuba is severely degraded by a deep economic crisis, marked by recurring power outages and severe shortages of basic necessities like food and medicine. While the country still offers theoretically universal, free access to education and healthcare, the medical system suffers heavily from a lack of equipment and basic supplies. Faced with very low state salaries, decaying infrastructure, and strict rationing, citizens rely heavily on local solidarity and foreign remittance

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