The deterioration of cemeteries in several locations in Cuba reveals a deep crisis in the management of funeral services, marked by institutional neglect and a lack of resources.
In municipalities such as Jiguaní and Manzanillo, in the province of Granma, as well as in Camajuaní (Villa Clara) and in the emblematic Colón cemetery, in Havana, alarming scenes are reported: open graves, exposed human remains, accumulation of garbage and a general environment of neglect towards the deceased and their families.
In several of these cemeteries, residents report exposed bones, collapsed graves, and areas completely overrun with solid waste, without any effective response from local authorities.
Particularly serious is the case of the Colón cemetery, one of the most important in the country, where a CubaNet report documented the presence of skulls, clothing and other human belongings scattered on the ground.
“They are not tombs, they are rubble,” denounced journalist Camila Acosta, describing the state of this cemetery.
Adding to this situation is the decision to suspend, starting this week and until further notice, burials in state-owned spaces at the Vicente García cemetery in Las Tunas.
The measure, reported by the pro-government newspaper 26, responds to the collapse that has plagued the city’s main cemetery for at least eight years, where lack of capacity and poor conditions have pushed the local funeral system to its limits.
Dulce María Zayas Rodríguez, deputy director of Necrological Services for the capital municipality, stated that between November and December 2025 there was a peak in deaths, which aggravated the situation.
Now the people of that province will be buried in the Becerra cemetery, supposedly to free up 500 spaces in the Vicente García cemetery.
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