In a crumbling home somewhere in Cuba, a young man lies motionless — paralyzed, not only by injury but by a nation’s indifference. Nineteen years old, once full of promise, now silenced by pain, hunger, and neglect.
For two years, he has been confined to a bed, his body broken by a spinal cord injury sustained in an accident. But the true cruelty lies not in the injury itself — it lies in the slow, inescapable torment that followed. No rehabilitation. No consistent medical care. No access to the nutrition or medication that could keep him alive with dignity.
His voice, captured in a haunting video now circulating online, is weak — but determined.
“I’m suffering. I can’t breathe at night. I have nothing — not even enough to eat.”
This is not just a medical case.
It is a human rights emergency.
When Healthcare Becomes Abandonment
Cuba’s government claims to provide free, universal healthcare. But behind that facade is a crumbling system held together by propaganda and silence. While thousands of Cuban doctors are exported to foreign nations as part of state-run missions — often under exploitative conditions — those left behind are forced to navigate a landscape of medical scarcity, institutional collapse, and brutal indifference.
This young man, suffering from complications due to multiple failed surgeries, is one of many who’ve been discarded by a system that no longer functions. At night, he gasps for air. By day, he fades slowly — malnourished, unattended, and trapped in a home unequipped for care.
His mother, desperate and exhausted, has sounded the alarm — but no authority has answered. No ambulance has come. No social worker. No support. In a country that boasts of solidarity, this family is utterly alone.
A Life Reduced to Survival
In the video, his words barely rise above a whisper. But his eyes say what the regime refuses to acknowledge: this is what suffering in silence looks like.
There is no wheelchair. No oxygen support. No physical therapy. No consistent source of protein or medication. The food he receives — when any is available — is insufficient to sustain a healthy person, let alone someone recovering from trauma.
He lives in a state of medical limbo — physically immobile, emotionally isolated, and spiritually broken.
This is the result of Cuba’s health policies. This is what it means to be starved and forgotten.
A Desperate Plea for Rescue
What this young man needs cannot be found within Cuba’s borders. His condition is urgent — he requires a humanitarian medical visa to a country where real treatment is possible. He needs specialized surgeries, intensive care, proper nutrition, and long-term rehabilitation — none of which exist within the current Cuban system.
But more than that, he needs the world to see him — to recognize his suffering, to break the silence, and to act.
This is not just about one life. It is about a nation of lives quietly withering in hospitals, bedrooms, and psychiatric wards — invisible to the media, ignored by the state, and forgotten by the world.
Let the World Hear Him
This story must not be another viral tragedy that fades in a news cycle. It must be a turning point — a moment when we say no more.
No more neglect disguised as revolution.
No more starvation behind slogans.
No more lives sacrificed to preserve an image.
“I’m still here,” he says in the video, with a voice that refuses to be erased.
Let us ensure that he is not.
🔴 What You Can Do:
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Share this story and help give this young man a voice beyond Cuba’s borders.
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Reach out to human rights organizations and international health agencies.
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Demand that humanitarian aid be allowed in — and that this family receives urgent help.
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Call on governments to offer a humanitarian medical visa.
Starved. Forgotten. But not voiceless.
He is asking for a chance to live. And we must not look away.
