Cuban resident in Suriname speaks harshly to those who ask Cubans inside the country to take to the streets.

A Cuban living in Suriname asked Cubans living outside the country and urged those residing on the island to take to the streets to have better memory and remember that when they themselves were in a similar situation, they also mostly did not choose that path.

"It hurts me a lot because most Cubans who are outside the country forget that they were once in Cuba and how things work on the island," said Elizabeth Padrón at the beginning of a video on TikTok where she addressed the issue.

The young woman - who has been documenting her life experiences in Suriname for months - said that it bothers her to hear other compatriots living outside the country say that Cubans are in this situation "because they want to."

Padrón calls on Cubans "from the outside" to be more empathetic and to understand that no one wants to go to prison and that people choose to try to escape the country in search of a better life. The same as many of those who now criticize.

"Because when we were in Cuba, and I include myself, we never said anything. We were afraid just like they are," Elizabeth noted.

The young woman admitted, however, that if the people were to rise en masse, all of them, the regime would not have the real possibility of stopping those protests, although she sees little likelihood of such a thing happening.

"It remains true that if the entire population of Cuba takes to the streets, there are no police or castrists who can suppress an entire population," noted Elizabeth Padrón, but on the other hand, she commented that a significant portion of those currently living in Cuba are an aging population, elderly people who lack the strength for that fight.

"The people dared two years ago to go out into the street to shout for the first time, and yet how many people are still not imprisoned," he also argued.

"Those who are not Cuban do not know how it works, but we Cubans do know how it works. Those who speak like that forget all the things that happen on the island when you disagree with something," concluded Elizabeth Padrón, who, despite her analysis, hopes that someday, through some means, definitive change will come to Cuba.