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El calvario que sufren las personas mayores por la dramática crisis en Cuba: “Ni en el período especial había tanta miseria”

Teresa García no recuerda cuándo tomó agua fría por última vez o durmió una noche seguida. A sus 94 años nunca había vivido una situación similar a la de la Cuba actual: constantes apagones, escasez de alimentos y medicinas, además de “una sensación de desesperanza terrible”.
“Después de tantas angustias en la vida y al final del camino tener que pasar esta”, se lamenta al recibir a la agencia de noticias EFE en su casa, un pequeño apartamento ubicado en el centro de la ciudad de Pinar del Río (oeste). La profunda crisis cubana está en plena metástasis y afecta desde la economía a la salud y la educación, pasando por la alimentación y la energía.
Teté, como prefiere que la llamen, lleva sin fluido eléctrico desde el día anterior. “Si viene ahora por la mañana, son dos o tres horas. Y después no viene hasta por la noche, si la ponen”, dice mientras organiza en la cocina unas cubetas de plástico que alguna vez fueron blancas.
“Esto es para cuando venga la corriente: llenarlas con agua para cocinar. Se va el agua también porque no hay electricidad para bombearla. Valga que los bomberos (de la estación frente a su edificio) nos ayudan a cargar agua”, asegura.
Teté cuenta que se quedó poco a poco sola, porque gran parte de su familia murió y la otra emigró. “Tengo dos sobrinas en La Habana que están locas porque me vaya con ellas, pero nada de eso. Yo siempre he vivido aquí y no me voy”, explica.
Esta nonagenaria no tiene miedo de vivir sola. A lo que tiene “terror” es a los apagones y a la falta de agua, alimentos, medicinas, que le afectan el triple, dice, por su edad. Asegura que sus familiares emigrados y los vecinos la ayudan; si no, “el cuento sería otro”.

Cuba atraviesa desde hace cuatro años un panorama que los expertos describen como “policrisis”. A los prolongados apagones diarios se suma la escasez de básicos (alimentos, agua, medicinas, combustible), una inflación que ha triplicado los precios en apenas cinco años, una creciente dolarización y una oleada migratoria sin precedentes.
“Esto no tiene comparación con nada. Ni en el período especial”, subraya Teté al referirse a la crisis de los años 90, tras la caída del bloque soviético en Europa, entonces principal proveedor de Cuba.
Teté nació en los años 30 del pasado siglo, durante el gobierno de Gerardo Machado (1925–1933), y vivió la época previa y posterior al triunfo revolucionario de 1959, encabezado por Fidel Castro (1926-2006).
“Yo sé lo malo, lo bueno y lo regular de todos esos gobiernos porque los viví, y este no tiene comparación con nada. Es una lucha constante con todo: el pan que viene un día sí y otro no; los frijoles, carísimos; no hay leche, ni carne ni nada”, afirma.
Sentada en un viejo sillón de madera desgastado por los años, señala su refrigerador: “Eso no hace escarcha ya y la comida se me echa a perder con lo caro que está todo”. “Ni en el período especial había tanta miseria como ahora”, remata indignada.

Más de un cuarto de los 9,7 millones de cubanos tiene 60 años o más, según la Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (Onei), lo que coloca al país como uno de los más envejecidos de América Latina y el Caribe. Y en el contexto socioeconómico actual muchos sufren especialmente, de acuerdo a la socióloga cubana Elaine Acosta.
En declaraciones a EFE esta profesora de la Universidad Internacional de Florida (EEUU) subraya que la crisis impacta directamente a este grupo de edad, “con graves afectaciones a su salud física y mental”.
Agregó que este segmento de la población “sufre un mayor estrés, ansiedad y una sensación de desesperanza, de imposibilidad de desarrollar su vida como personas mayores, de vivir una vida digna”.
“Una buena parte de esta generación también vivió la crisis del período especial, por lo que padece enfermedades crónicas asociadas a ese déficit alimentario que vivieron durante los años 90”, destaca.
El éxodo migratorio sin precedentes que golpea a Cuba también incide en la calidad de vida de los adultos mayores que, como la propia Teté, “se han quedado sin sus redes familiares más cercanas que puedan asistirlos en todo lo que implica la gestión cotidiana de la alimentación, de la sobrevivencia cotidiana”, afirmó.
En el caso de los apagones, la socióloga subrayó que “implica desarrollar estrategias” para mantener los alimentos sin refrigeración, tener que cocinar de una vez en el día, gestionar largas colas para conseguir los alimentos, e incluso ”muchas veces consumirlos de manera vencida”.
Acosta consideró que “hay cosas que el Estado cubano no está haciendo”, lo que “agrava significativamente la calidad de vida de las personas mayores que ya estaban siendo afectadas hace varios años”.
Muchos ancianos quedan entonces a merced de la desesperanza en medio de la grave situación, como lamenta la propia Teté: “Cada día es peor. Aquí no hay vida. Yo no voy a ver el final, pero esto no tiene buen final”.
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House Republicans warn anti-ICE rhetoric from Democrats is driving violent attacks on agents

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President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and deportation rollout has ignited anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests across the United States.
House Republicans told Fox News Digital there is a parallel between Democrats’ rhetoric against federal immigration officers amid this crackdown and the surge in violence against ICE and Border Protection (CBP) officers.
«The increasingly violent attacks against law enforcement are being egged on by irresponsible Democratic politicians,» Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., said in an exclusive interview.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday blamed Democrats’ «sanctuary city policies» for the shooting of an off-duty CBP officer in New York City.
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A split image of demonstrators in New York City protesting the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to more quickly deport certain migrants from the U.S. to El Salvador, alongside a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in 2025. (Getty Images)
A second illegal immigrant has been apprehended in connection to the shooting of the CBP officer. He was reportedly struck in the face and forearm in Manhattan’s Riverside Park on Saturday night. Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a Dominican national who was caught by Border Patrol in April 2023, was taken into custody following the shooting.
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«Without enforcing our immigration laws, we have no immigration laws,» McClintock continued. «Without immigration laws, we have no border, and without a border we have no country. And that’s what Americans suffered for four long years with the open borders policies of the Biden administration.»
Democrat Sens. Alex Padilla and Cory Booker, two of the leading Capitol Hill critics of Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, have introduced legislation that would require immigration enforcement officers to clearly identify themselves without masks.
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga, told Fox News Digital that he has «absolutely» seen an increase in violence, explaining that when a member of Congress uses «radical rhetoric,» people take it to heart.

US soldiers seen at the US-Mexican border in New Mexico on May 8, 2025. (Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images)
«We should be applauding them. We should be thankful to them. They are literally removing criminal aliens from our midst and making us a safer nation. And yet these radical Democrats are inflaming the public. And as a result, you’re seeing more violence against them. And it’s unconscionable that they do that,» Clyde said.
Federal immigration law enforcement officers have been targeted since Trump signed his «big, beautiful bill» into law, which includes legislation for robust immigration reform. There were at least two ambushes in Texas, and protesters clashed with federal officers at the Portland, Oregon, ICE facility, over the Fourth of July weekend.
Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., told Fox News Digital that there has been «growing rhetoric by many on the Democratic side» from everyone except Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. Particularly in Los Angeles, Guest pointed to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s and Mayor Karen Bass’ anti-ICE rhetoric as protests delved into riots in the West Coast city last month.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre-enforcement meeting in Chicago on Jan. 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bass has signed a series of executive orders aimed at impeding ICE deportation raids in Los Angeles, criticizing the «unconstitutional, reckless raids» and establishing a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) working group that expands resources for families impacted by Trump’s deportation rollout.
«When we have Democrats constantly attacking our ICE agents for what they’re doing, demonizing them for enforcing the law, that is going to create more violence, and the situation is going to get worse and not better,» Guest added.
Rep. Mariannette Miller‑Meeks, R‑Iowa, added in an interview with Fox News Digital that it’s «unreal to me that people are attacking law enforcement agents trying to do their job.»
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She said the emphasis should be on supporting ICE and CBP agents.
«Keep the focus on deporting criminal illegals, people that are bad actors that should be out of the country, focusing on the influence of gangs and cartels in this country,» Miller-Meeks added, urging her fellow House Republicans to remind Americans that these deportations are necessary due to the surge of illegal immigration under the Biden administration.
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office for comment but did not immediately hear back.
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27 inmates from notorious Iranian prison still at large after Israeli strike: Tehran

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Iranian media reported that 27 inmates from the notorious Evin Prison remain at large following an Israeli airstrike last month.
After Israel’s strike during the 12-day war, 75 inmates escaped from Evin prison, according to the Associated Press, which cited a news website affiliated with Iran’s judiciary. In the article, Iranian Judiciary Spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said that out of the 75 escapees, 48 were either recaptured or returned voluntarily, the Associated Press added. Jahangir also stated that the escapees had been serving time for minor offenses.
A view shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Evin Prison that took place on June 23, after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 29, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)
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In June, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, which was aimed at destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities. While Iranian officials said 71 were killed in the strike, local media reported that there were 80 killed, including staff, soldiers, inmates and visiting family members, according to the Associated Press.
Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident who survived Israel’s strike on Evin Prison, told relatives that being in the facility was a «slow death,» according to the Associated Press, which obtained a recording of the conversation.
«The bombing by the U.S. and Israel didn’t kill us. Then the Islamic Republic brought us to a place that will practically kill us,» Seydal said.
On Tuesday, Amnesty International called for an investigation of Israel’s strike on the prison as a possible war crime, saying it constituted «a serious violation of international humanitarian law.»

FILE – Rescuers search through the rubble of a damaged section of Evin Prison following an Israeli strike the day before, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mostafa Roudaki/Mizan News Agency, File) (AP Photo/Mostafa Roudaki/Mizan News Agency, File)
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Erika Guevara Rosas, who serves as Amnesty International’s Senior Director for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns, said «the evidence establishes reasonable grounds to believe that the Israeli military brazenly and deliberately attacked civilian buildings.»
Evin Prison is infamous for its harsh conditions and became a place for Iranian officials to throw protesters.

A person stands on the rubble as a view shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Evin Prison that took place on June 23, after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 29, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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In 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Iranian officials and entities responsible for a crackdown on protesters, including Evin Prison warden Hedayat Farzadi, who was known for his brutal tactics. The department said that protesters thrown in Evin Prison under Farzadi’s watch were subjected to torture and physical abuse.
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