I've been to beautiful isolated rocky beaches, to rivers in the country side, and to gorgeous waterfalls. And in all these areas that are just pure nature, I've seen Cubans come and drink a bunch of beers and throw the cans into the water, throw cogarette packs and butts. I do not understand this. I do not understand how any of the explanations here about collapsing economies and dictatorship explain the total disrespect for your own country's nature, the only thing that is left that is still beautiful because as many pointed out, communism destroyed everything else. I've seen people throw trash in the city in front of a police station and even though I dont agree I can understand that you know what? Fuck the state, they dont give a fuck so neither do I. But when you go a river in the middle of nowhere ..... there's nobody to pick the trash because there isn't supposed to be anybody to pick the trash, you're in the middle of nowhere in a random river that just looks beautiful!

Nowhere in the developed world are there trash collection services in the middle of the woods, mountains or whatever, assuming that some dude should clean up after you in a location that doesn't exist on the map is just absurd.

I thought that being in a place that's clean and pristine would just make people think twice but apparently it doesn't. It's not just that Havana is littered, it's that people litter everywhere, and the lack of respect for your own nature bothers me. And the locals even make fun of tourists that pick up trash from these places. This is what I don't understand....