Johana Tablada, the Deputy Director General for the United States at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex), took part in a voluntary cleanup effort in Havana today. "Today, many colleagues from the Ministry joined in voluntary work to clean up areas of the city. Tablada herself emphasized, "Exactly, and that is what's mostly failing besides the bad habits of people who throw waste anywhere." Regardless, Tablada seems to have transitioned from justifying the trash issue to actively addressing it with a broom instead of mere rhetoric. President Miguel Díaz-Canel recently led an emergency meeting with top Communist Party and Armed Forces officials to discuss the energy crisis, trash accumulation, and water supply issues, which have fueled public outrage.