A group of Cuban exiles released a video where they reflect on the 65 years of hunger, misery, hatred and death that, for them,It involved the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
In the video, spread by activist Ángel Rivas, several activists ask themselves “what do we have today?” 65 years after the triumph of the Revolution “that promised us paradise on earth.”
“Hundreds of young people convicted for talking about freedom and those who are still free only think about escaping by any means possible, on rafts, crossing jungles and borders, risking their lives in the attempt,” says one of the 5 activists who intervenes in the video.
“There are no medicines, not even a glass of milk for the children, mothers do not eat to give them the little they can manage, the elderly faint in lines, doctors improvise in hospitals, the sick die,” says another.
Another Cuban considers that "the bad smell suffocates us, mountains of garbage rot in the corners infected by rats and flies, we spend the night afraid of dying crushed by the tons of debris."
The last of the activists comments that there have been “65 years of leaders who parade their obesity around the world, asking sacrifices from a stubborn people, who survive on a pittance of 15 dollars a month.”
“65 years of inventing enemies, 65 years of a blockade that does not exist, 65 years of arming guerrillas and getting involved in other people's wars, 65 years of lies to justify the inefficiency of a corrupt government,” they conclude.
This Sunday, in his message for the 65th anniversary of the triumph, Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel called on Cubans“to enter 2024 with all the passion and joy” in his end-of-year message.
Disseminated on the X account of the Presidency of Cuba, the message from the questioned president blames the US embargo for all the calamities and is overflowing with the same optimistic slogans as always.
“Today everything seems more difficult than ever due to the long years of supporting the criminal weight of a policy of fences and sanctions that seems infinite in its cruelty. But we revolutionaries have not arrived until this 65th anniversary to surrender and deliver flags,” says Díaz-Canel.
Despite the deep economic crisis that Cubans are suffering and thatmore than 400,000 have left the island in the last two years, Díaz-Canel's message overflows with empty triumphalism.
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