Anido Cuesta and Hafez Al-Assad: "Daddy's little boys" in a bind with the same pair of sneakers

"If I ever lower my head, it will be to admire my shoes," said Marilyn Monroe, an unmatched star and a great authority on the subjects of 'putting your foot in it' and 'keeping your head held high.'

Her alter ego from La Colmenita, Cuban actress Ana de Armas, seems to merely bow her head before the regime that—during her days as a little worker bee—taught her the notion that the "revolution" was made by and for the humble.

But the interpreter of Blonde not only admires the shine of the dictatorship's boots, but also cares for the delicate feet of her new partner, Manuel Anido Cuesta, stepson and advisor of Miguel Díaz-Canel.

Now that she and the eldest son of the "not first lady," Lis Cuesta Peraza, have been seen very affectionate in Madrid, the public has taken note of how well-dressed and groomed the suitor of the star looks.

Tom Ford sunglasses (€295) and a Moncler jacket (€1,950) have been immortalized on glossy pages. The gossip column by Anido Cuesta and the actress, one of the most scandalous chapters of the regime, has overshadowed Sandro Castro and his "revolutionary speculation."

Traveling through Madrid at full speed, with bags from El Corte Inglés filled with Christmas shopping, dining in luxury restaurants, and taking photos alongside the 'little wasp', Lis Cuesta's son is proudly showing off his “little toys,” while his stepfather and advisor is ruining the lives of Cubans with calls for "creative resistance."

Cubans in 'gold rush' mode, devouring a Russian boot; and the stepson of the 'royal family' wandering the streets of the metropolis, with his metatarsals wrapped in delicate deer skin from his exclusive Zegna sneakers, worth 966 euros.

Almost a thousand euros worth of footwear, equivalent to nearly 300 minimum wages in Cuba (or 20 years of proletarian work), that’s what the stepson of Díaz-Canel boasts. This 'leader' aims to further deepen the subjugation of Cubans.

Accompanied by the reciter of “zapaticos de rosa,” Anido Cuesta poses like one of the Kennedys: firm, self-confident, sheltered by the opulence and personal security paid for by Cubans, both of them embodying the most daring distraction maneuver of the island's counterintelligence.

Pero las distracciones de este mundo son caprichosas y, mientras Anido y Anita jugaban a capitán cebollita por Madrid, en Damasco, Siria, empezaba a apretarle el zapato a un viejo amigo de la tiranía de La Habana.

He pressured him so much that Bashar Al-Assad had to flee in a hurry with his family to Moscow, where the Kremlin's fixer granted them asylum, keeping their luggage in a safe and gifting the asylum seekers a pair of slippers to make them feel at home.

Among the thousands of images that have recently revealed the lifestyle of the Al-Assads, one photograph stands out: Bashar and his family walking through the streets of Damascus, looking like "ordinary people." And there, observing the claws of that bloodthirsty "royalty," we find the eldest son, Hafez Al-Assad, wearing the same Zegna sneakers as Anido Cuesta. What a coincidence!

The fall of the Syrian regime, after 53 years of tyrannical rule by the Assad family,ha sentado como un jarro de agua fría a sus aliados de La HabanaMoreover, seeing Díaz-Canel's stepson wearing the same pair of sneakers as Bashar's son (who shares the name of the grandfather and founder of the Alawite dictatorship) could be interpreted as a bad omenThe advisor of the "most unpopular straw man" with the public is playing with fire!

It is said that in the closet of Imelda Marcos, the Marie Antoinette of Manila, there were over 3,000 pairs of shoes from Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Givenchy. After losing power, the wife of the dictator Ferdinand—who murdered 3,200 people, tortured 35,000, and imprisoned 70,000 citizens and political dissidents—stated that in her wardrobe "they didn't find skeletons; they only found precious shoes."

We do not know if Cuesta Peraza will be able to say the same as the former First Lady of the Philippines, not because of the "skeletons," but rather due to the "precious shoes." It is common knowledge that fashion and footwear are the unfinished business of La Machi, a modest cultural official who clumsily strides through the hallways of the Palace.

But while we wait for the ending that history has in store for the loving dictators of 'continuity,' perhaps Anido Cuesta's girlfriend could advise her mother-in-law on trends, just as he advises his stepfather on... what exactly?

Oh well, what does it matter… it will be about family in trouble.