The Cuban actor Carlos Massola called for a "total change" in Cuba and reiterated his message in favor of release of all political prisoners.
“I would like there to be a change in Cuba, that there is a change, that Cuba is urgently asking for it. A total change! There are many very ugly, very bad things. There are many people in prison who should not be. “I am asking for them, I am asking for the freedom of all political prisoners,” he said.
Interviewed by influencer Cuban Yariel Toledo, the actor expressed his opinions about the current reality of the country and complained about the precariousness of the lives of Cubans, the majority of whom do not have enough money for their salaries, suffer from shortages, suffer from the lack of medicines and with the deterioration of public services.
“A real abuse,” Massola answered when asked about the situation that the Cuban people are experiencing. “There isn't even bread, what the hell is there going to be avocado!” said the actor. referring to a previous complaint of yours, which went viral, in which he criticized the food shortage on the island and showed a slice of avocado he was eating, calling it “my steak.”
Massola celebrated the arrival of the internet and social networks in Cuba, although the service has limitations and many of its contents are blocked.
“Cuba needed social networks although it bothered some. That's how people find out about things. Before we didn't know anything. Here we knew nothing, about nothing. But now we know the truth of things”, he opined.
Programs like the one in Toledo and social networks have removed the blinders of many Cubans. “So that people can see what is really happening,” said the actor, who described his reality as “dismal, there is no work.”
“They are taking my job away for my opinions", considered Massola, who defines himself as a person without "double speech", who tries to say what he thinks without insulting anyone. "But the freedom of political prisoners Yes, I ask for it openly,” he assured.
The actor, who He has expressed himself on several occasions in favor of the freedom of political prisoners He insisted on it once again. “That is an open wound that Cuba has, I have said it several times. There are many people in prison for coming out to express what they thought. "I'm not going to mention names, because there are many."
Finally, the popular film and television actor conveyed a message to his audience and Cubans in general. “Don't be silent, don't be afraid, say what you think.”
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