Cuban Minister for Labour, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, has been forced to resign after she made comments denying the existence of beggars on the Communist-run Island.
The minister had said there was no such thing as “beggars” in Cuba, and people going through rubbish were, in essence, doing so out of choice to make “easy money”.
Her comments, made in a parliamentary session, were widely criticised by Cubans at home and abroad, and prompted a response from the Island’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, after which the Minister resigned.
