Cuban mother gains caregiver status after appealing to president
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Regla Yudith Montiagudo, a Cuban mother, received formal recognition as a paid caregiver for her son with disabilities after municipal authorities initially denied her application.
For months, officials prevented her from claiming a benefit outlined in Decree 121 of 2025, which allows family members to be compensated for caring for children with severe disabilities. Montiagudo presented her case on the radio program “Shared Criteria” hosted by Miguel Díaz-Canel, who promised a resolution.
Representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security then visited Montiagudo and approved home assistance services, and she also received a donated wheelchair. Díaz-Canel confirmed the outcome on a subsequent broadcast, emphasizing the need for sensitivity and swift action from decision-makers. He suggested that inflexible rules should be interpreted or changed when they impede effective solutions.
During the program, officials also revealed that over 883,000 people in Cuba were registered as vulnerable as of September, and they plan to distribute food packages, rice, peas, and sugar, with support from the World Food Programme. Several other citizens called in with their own challenges, and Díaz-Canel pledged to address each case, criticizing delays in pension payments and bureaucratic obstacles.
