The regime's diplomat criticizes Orishas: “We are poor, but there is no hunger or misery in Cuba.”

Cuban diplomat Johana Tablada criticized the latest track by the group Orishas, titled Ojalá pase, which has sparked controversy both on and off the Island.

In an article published in the official newspaper Granma, Tablada stated that “the little song” does not appeal to him, “not only because of what it says, but also because of everything it deliberately omits.”

The song by Orishas fiercely criticizes the regime for the country's economic crisis and describes issues such as family separation, hunger, and the general frustration of the people.

It has raised criticism for using the chorus of the well-known song Ojalá, by Silvio Rodríguez, who accused the group of doing so without his permission, which he described as a "regrettable act of parasitism".

But according to Tablada, what bothers him about Ojalá pase is its "poisoned lyrics" that forget, for example, the Cuban doctors who work with so much love.

"Those of us who have lived outside of Cuba know how much it would cost and currently costs for that family doctor, those medications that are now in short supply due to the blockade that even takes away our fuel with piracy and malice, as well as those surgeries, tests, cancer treatments, and access to ultrasounds, X-rays, MRIs, and other specialized services," he expressed.

Tablada accused the three singers of siding with the abuser and of putting themselves “whether by conviction, manipulation, or convenience” to raise their hands against everything that Cubans love.

"I don't like deceit, meanness, ingratitude, manipulation, and opportunism," he emphasized.

The diplomat highlighted some fragments of the song, such as the one that says: "Today I invite you to walk through my fields, to show you what your ideals are worth."

In response, he claimed that "we are poor, but there is also no hunger or misery in Cuba," and stated that despite the blockade, the country "continues to be a paradigm of social justice and human development where people laugh."

It also asserts that the part where Orishas criticizes the lack of light and drinking water, as well as the muddy roads, is nothing more than a "snapshot of other third-world countries" that does not specifically identify Cuba.

This is not the first attack that Ojalá pase has received from a representative of the regime. Yoerky Sánchez, the director of the state-run media Juventud Rebelde, stated that fame had swallowed up the Cuban interpreters.

"Who blocks our land? Who sanctions and threatens any ship that passes by? Who takes planes out of the sky? Don't fool us. No, Orishas; of course not. Fame swallowed you whole. Don’t lie or flirt; you know very well who has blocked the domino," asserted the journalist on his Twitter account, using a poetic style.