After her hospitalization on February 19, and her subsequent death on the 24th, the situation of the Cuban singer Juana Bacallao came to light due to the marked abandonment in which she found herself in her last years.
And the abandonment of the singer by government institutions was denounced by friends and relatives of her, who stated that she lived alone at 98 years old, without any type of financial aid or pension.
Despite having been one of the most important singers on the Island, and one of the outstanding figures of the country’s cultural tradition, with special relevance in the 1950s and having rubbed shoulders with the biggest stars of her time, her He lived his last years in precarious conditions.
It was this situation that would have caused his illness and eventual death, as he died due to septic shock due to an untreated infection, and At the time of hospitalization, she was dehydrated and had not eaten for days..
If the artist did not have enough to cover her basic needs, she had even less to pay for antibiotics, especially considering that they are in short supply, and are not only difficult but expensive to find on the Island.
But the government’s indifference did not end with his hospitalization, as they were Cuban institutions who left her for dead two days before she really lost the battlewithout worrying about verifying on their own, directly at the hospital, the condition of the interpreter.
The situation continued until the end, with a very austere funeral organized by the State, in which the only floral arrangement was brought by the Minister of Culture of Cuba, Alpidio Alonso, in an unlined box, and with an empty funeral home, where not even the usual government haulers went.
Although the sad images of the singer’s farewell They caused outrage both inside and outside the Islandnothing could be done to avoid the outcome in which the singer ended up in a grave without a tombstone, without a plaque to commemorate her career and not even with her name placed with dignity.
His long-time fame did not prevent Bacallao from suffering the same sad outcome as many elderly people on the Island, abandoned to their fate, without resources to support themselves with dignity and dying in oblivion and indifference, with a humble coffin and just a few condolences.
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