BRAZIL PERSPECTIVE

São Paulo, June 7. Brazilian coverage mixes two temporalities. Folha de S.Paulo publishes a long Havana reportage: "Montanhas de lixo tomam ruas de Havana e expõem crise em Cuba" — mountains of garbage take over the streets because there is not enough fuel for the trash trucks. The reporter follows José Fernández Zaldívar, 79, who earns $9 a month sweeping San Rafael Boulevard — he goes home to find the trash blocking his front gate. Brazilian public health officials cited in the reportage warn: the proliferation attracts mosquitoes, dengue and chikungunya. It is the most human and concrete reportage of the day on the Cuban crisis, and it comes from a Global South paper. G1 Globo takes the economic angle: "O que representa para Cuba a saída de multinacionais hoteleiras" — precise chronology of the withdrawals (Meliá, Iberostar, Blue Diamond, Archipelago), explanation of the GAESA mechanism, demonstration that tourism is "fundamental for hard-currency capture and the survival of the Cuban economy." Agência Brasil documents the expanded sanctions: "EUA miram empresa de mineração e presidente de Cuba" — the U.S. mining strategy adds a raw-materials dimension to the blockade, an element the European and North American press barely touches. Estadão runs a Ruy Castro column on Kubrick — a bitter wink to the Castro name but without politics. The Brazilian coverage does not defend the Cuban regime, but it observes the human and economic cost with compassion. And it names a truth few say: what is happening in Cuba could, as a variant, happen in any Global South country that thwarts Washington.