27 Families Evicted in Guanabo, Havana

27 Families Evicted in Guanabo, Havana
May 15, 2013

HAVANA TIMES – A total of twenty seven families living in the beach town
of Guanabo, east of Havana, lost their homes amid a strong police
special troops operation to evict them on May 4, reported Diario de Cuba
on Tuesday.

The settlement known as Los Tanques, built by the residents own efforts,
was demolished beginning with the wooden houses of the poorest families.
Then a bulldozer razed the foundations of those which were still under
construction, while finally destroying those homes already completed or
in advance construction.

Two days later, the victims of the eviction tried to stage a protest in
front of the Plaza de la Revolution, where the Council of State offices
are located, but were impeded by the police, who stopped the bus in
which they were traveling there.

According to information from Hablemos Press, one of the Housing
officials said that "more than 15 days ago these people had been alerted
to return to their place of origin, because these constructions were
illegal and would be demolished".

Although the official discourse says there are no evictions in Cuba,
these actions called "extractions" happen regularly on the island.

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