Vivir inventando: Tercera edad en Cuba

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Vivir inventando: Tercera edad en Cuba Este es el testimonio de Marta Rivera, una señora de 73 años que trabajó toda su vida y ahora vive en pésimas condiciones, sin poder tomarse ni un agua con azúcar porque no le alcanza. Denuncia ciudadana

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00:00 My name is Marta Rivera Gonzales, I have been living in Jaimanitas since 1978.

00:07 Where are you from?

00:11 I am from Havana, from Arriba Polo, from Palma.

00:17 I know you, you are working in many places.

00:26 I am from the coffee shop, my name is Jaimanitas, Terminales, and I am retired.

00:32 And now you are retired.

00:34 I am retired.

00:35 And how much is your salary?

00:37 1528

00:39 1528, that is hard, that is not enough.

00:41 Not at all, you have to be inventing.

00:44 Not at all, it is hard. And how are you solving life with such a hard economy?

00:49 Well, doing work and hunger too.

00:53 So, we were talking, how much did you get to the warehouse? 2 pounds of brown sugar?

00:57 2 pounds of brown sugar, 1 pound of white sugar,

00:59 Yes, 3 pounds of rice.

01:03 3 pounds of rice.

01:04 And then, you were telling me about the brown sugar, that you like it more than the white sugar, for the sugar water at night.

01:11 No, I don't drink sugar at night because it is a bad thing.

01:15 I am 73 years old, I work in many places, in different international events, mainly in the convention center.

01:25 I live in C24003, between 240 and 242, Jaimanitas.

01:33 I live in bad conditions.

01:42 My house is getting wet, the walls are broken.

01:46 I can't afford to buy cement because it costs 3,000 pesos.

01:51 I have worked all my life.

01:53 I worked as a contract worker with a jubilee in the school Rubén Martínez Viviana, in Custodio.

02:01 I previously worked selling newspapers.

02:05 At the end of my life, I have nothing.

02:08 Because a jubilee is worth nothing.

02:12 Here we are in Martica's house.

02:15 Look how Marta lives.

02:20 Look.

02:23 The terrible conditions of Marta's house.

02:33 Here she lives alone with her dog.

02:37 Look at the dog.

02:39 Marta, a jubilee who lives alone like you, the situation is dramatic.

03:06 My 528 pesos is not enough for anything.

03:09 The neighbor helps me.

03:15 She gives me some spaghetti.

03:18 The least I have is a refrigerator.

03:21 After a lifetime working for the state, you have to end your days in the tranquility of misery.

03:32 Marta's house.

03:35 Marta's house.

03:37 Marta's house.

03:39 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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