María Victoria Gil, sister of former Cuban Minister of Economy who is accused of corruption, He denied any involvement in the "shady and dirty" businesses of this, and even accused him of having done him great harm.
María Victoria, whom the Cuban people remember for her years as host of the television program From the Great Scene, sent an audio to youtuber Darwin Santana from Spain, after return on Monday from Havana.
Vicky, as she is known among Cubans, was surprised and upset by the things that have been said about her on social networks and in some media outlets in the United States.
"They say a lot of things about me, Darwin. For God's sake, What damage has my big brother done to me?", he expressed.
After a week in Cuba, the former presenter confirmed that His brother and his wife are detained and held incommunicado.
"They don't have cell phones, there is no way to communicate with them. My niece is in the house, but in house arrest, also without a cell phone. I contacted only my nephew, my brother's son, who is an unhappy person who lives apart from them with his wife and child, far away, in Marianao, and he doesn't know anything about them either," he explained.
María Victoria recalled that she has lived in Spain for 10 years, she has citizenship and goes to Cuba every two years so as not to lose her home. He added that he always flies in March and that he bought the ticket for this last trip a long time ago so that it would be cheaper.
"Do you think that if I were really Alejandro Gil's front man, if I had benefited from some shady, dirty business, from some embezzlement, I would have been able to enter the island of Cuba," he questioned.
"I think that the biggest proof that I have nothing to do with my brother's corruptionor is it that," he stressed.
Gil's sister, who at the beginning of the month announced that she was going to Cuba to film a cultural documentary, said that during her stay in Havana No one from the government, State Security, or Police bothered her..
"If I had a police officer behind me, I didn't realize," he said.
Finally, he criticized those who claim that he traveled to the island to take money from his brother's shady businesses.
"People are saying that I went to Cuba to get money, but are people crazy?" he asked.
María Victoria shared a text on her Facebook wall in which she ensures that she has not given any statement to digital media, and denounced an alleged impersonation of her son, Daniel Alejandro Trujillo Gil, in several publications that offered details of Alejandro Gil's situation. .
"Someone has impersonated my identity on the TikTok platform and has provided statements to the prominent journalist Mario Pentón, from my account and posing as my son. (...) I just received a screenshot of the message that my friend supposedly sent him. son to Pentón. In said message there are no lies or insults at all, it is information in the public domain but I reiterate that it was not provided by my son," he said.
The former Cuban television presenter announced that she will stay away from all political opinions, and begged the media to allow them to be at peace.
"I thank the Cuban authorities for their respect for my integrity during my stay in Cuba from March 3 to 10, 2024. For lighter statements than those I have offered to the media, there are people serving sentences in my country. My son and "My friends were sure that I would not be able to return, they have suffered a lot. But here I am, with my head held high because I have not committed any crime, because I have never profited from corruption," he added.
In February, when Díaz-Canel dismissed Alejandro Gil Fernández as deputy prime minister and minister of Economy and Planning, his sister reacted with indignation.
"All he has done is work tirelessly., trying to save the unsalvageable, adopting measures that in practice are insufficient because the problem is political. As long as they try to maintain that system everything will be pure utopia," said María Victoria of the deposed leader.
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