Buildings are collapsing and families are being left homeless in communist Cuba, yet the Castro regime is instead devoting resources to build luxury hotels for foreign tourists. The Castro family dictatorship has only one interest; lining its pockets with cash so it can fund its machine of oppression and remain in power. Cubans, on the other hand, are kept living in squalor and left to die in collapsing buildings. This is socialism in action.
Regime announces opening of a luxury hotel: Homeless Cubans are not their priority
A few days after the death of three Cubans due to the collapse of an apartment building in Old Havana on October 3rd, the state-run media confirmed the opening of the five-star Meliá Trinidad Península hotel for the high tourism season.
Operated by the Spanish chain Meliá Hotels International and located at Playa María Aguilar, the luxurious hotel will have 401 rooms, including standard and The Level rooms, and the capacity to be self-sufficient in energy with a platform of 1,500 photovoltaic panels and a self-contained hot water system. All this while the Cuban population suffers from constant power outages and water shortages.
According to Prensa Latina, “The Level” is a space for personalized, private, and intimate spaces to receive families, couples, or groups (over 18 years old), with a high level of services.
The hotel facility will also have its own transportation for excursions to the social-cultural attractions in the area.
It also offers seven bars and an equal number of restaurants and halls for events, meetings, and parties, with specialized attention to business and leisure groups.
According to the General Manager Juan Pereira in a statement to state-run media, “this Meliá is of high excellence, the flagship facility of the second most important beach in Cuba, after Varadero.”
Meanwhile, Renier Rendón, deputy director on the Cuban side, stated that “the commitment of all its workers is to dedicate themselves to excellence in one of the most visited resorts in the country.”
Although tourist occupancy in Cuba is extremely low, the regime continues to renovate and build hotels, to the detriment of spaces for public health, education, and housing on the island.
After the news of the deaths of three people in the collapse last week, one of the first reactions of the population was precisely the unstoppable construction of hotel facilities by the regime, which claims not to have the materials to guarantee homes for thousands of families living in shelters or in buildings at risk of collapse.