Cuban Minister for Labour and Social Security resigned after claiming Cuba, a communist-run nation around 150 kilometres from ...

Cuban minister resigns after saying beggars in the country were all fakes - Minister of Labor and Social Security Marta Elena ...

Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito tried her best to defend the government’s separate reality regarding life in today’s Cuba.

Cuba's Labor Minister, Marta Elena Feito, was dismissed following controversial remarks suggesting the country's beggars were fakes. Her statements ignited public outrage amid Cuba's economic struggle ...

She further claimed that people searching through rubbish dumps were doing so to resell materials without paying taxes.Her remarks quickly circulated online and drew strong reactions, including calls ...

The Cuban government fired its labor minister after she was publicly rebuked by the president for saying the country's beggars were all phonies in disguise.

The economic crisis in Cuba has increased social vulnerability and led to unusual scenes for the island, such as people begging or scavenging through garbage.

Ad Policy Cuban military personnel carry caricatures of US President Donald Trump as they pass in front of the Jose Marti ...

"We have seen people who appear to be beggars, but when you look at their hands, when you look at the clothes those people wear, they are disguised as beggars ... In Cuba, there are no beggars,” Labor ...

Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera’s comments dismissing poverty in the Caribbean nation trigger angry backlash.

Marta Elena Feitó-Cabrera said people going through rubbish were doing so by choice to make "easy money".