Inter Press Service: Every summer in Cuba, the complaint is heard over and over again: “These beaches are filthy!” Empty beer and soft drink bottles, plastic bags and cups, the remains of someone’s picnic lunch, and innumerable cigarette butts are strewn on the sand every day, despite the threat of fines and the pleas of ecologists. Quoted in an article published by a Cuban newspaper, Julio Olivera, a resident of Guanabo, 30 km east of Havana, blames local residents themselves for 90 percent of the …