The Dominican influencer Dani Pérez, known internationally as Destino Tolk, interviewed the Cuban actor and communicatorAlex Otaola, and asked him why he puts so much pressure on Cuban artists. He also wanted to know if during the years that Otaola lived in Cuba he had been openly against the dictatorship. Otaola replied that he has been anti-communist all his life, from the beginning. "You don't know Cuba, you haven't experienced that system. Being gay in Cuba...I was born in 79. When I was a teenager14 yearswe were in theeighty something. I can tell you that assuming you are openly gay in a communist country is being an opponent because you are the pest of society. "You are what they have tried to eradicate and have not been able to," he said.
For the Cuban presenter, having taken the step of publicly declaring himself homosexual led him to risk being put in another concentration camp like the UMAP (Military Units to Aid Production, where in the sixties they locked up homosexuals with the intention of re-educate them). "That is being brave. That is being anti-communist," he added, to immediately attack Taiger and El Micha, of whom he said that being so tall, "they become genuflectic before the bloodthirsty boots of their masters."
The Cuban presenter answered all of Destino's questions and also referred to the images of him at a Van Van concert in Havana. "Gente de Zona said 'Down with communism' because of the pressure because they saw that their concerts were emptied." Otaola made it clear that he is going ahead. "I have nothing to hide," he said after explaining that he traveled to Cuba on an assignment from Mega TV to interview several artists, including Juan Formell's son. Hence their presence at that concert because I had never been able to see them perform before. As he explained, when he lived on the Island, he did not have money to pay for the tickets.
To Destino Tolk's question about whether he has seen any contracts between the artists who travel to Cuba with the dictatorship, the Cuban actor responded that a contract is not necessary "to go there and promote their hotels." Immediately the actor, who aspires to be mayor of Miami, entered into a controversy with the Dominican influencer when he reproached him for questioning those who send money to his family. Otaola remained firm that remittances support the dictatorship and, therefore, they should not be sent, despite the fact that the Dominican defended that if his mother were in Cuba he would send her money so that she could live regardless of what others say. .
Another heated moment of the interview came when Otaola referred to Cuban artists who do not want to make political demonstrations as "idiots who are adapting" and recommended that while they are in this process of political uncertainty they do not charge for tickets to their concerts.
Upon hearing those words, Destino replied that he should not refer to artists that way because they are people who have lived their entire lives inside a "prison" in which the dictatorship shows them what they want to be known.
Alexander Otaola responded to Destino that he only knows about that prison by reference and that he had personally experienced it. That's when seconds later the Dominican tells the presenter that he did nothing when he lived in Cuba, nor did he take actions against the communist regime.
"I did, I confronted the police, I argued for a fine. I did all kinds of demonstrations," Alexander Otaola exclaimed. Next, Destino asks him to show him videos as evidence to which the Cuban responds that he cannot because at that time there were no cell phones in Cuba.
Destino Tolk's controversial interview with Otaola comes after the Cuban actor launched his campaign for mayor of Miami-Dade County this Monday.
“I am excited to launch my campaign for mayor of Miami Dade County. “I am passionate about this great community and I have a strong commitment to seeing prosperity grow in our county,” the presenter began by saying in a video shown at the event.
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