A resident of Holguín, specifically from the municipality of Mayarí, issued a unique challenge to the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel this Wednesday: to survive as an average Cuban citizen for a month.
"I don't think it will hold up," William Pico commented on Facebook while sharing a video showing a person cooking chicken in a pressure cooker placed on a wood stove.
"We are eating meat here, delicious!" said Pico.
"I challenge Díaz-Canel to spend a month in this," said the Holguin man, suggesting that the leader, detached from the reality of ordinary people, would not be able to endure the hardships suffered by millions of Cubans.
Recently, Díaz-Canel stated in a televised appearance that he does not live apart from the people, although he admitted that the first thermometer to gauge the population's opinions is his friends and family.
None of us lives apart from the people. I am in a familiar, friendly, work environment where people have the same problems as the population because they are part of the people," he said.
Therefore, my friends, my family as well, in the best sense, complain that the situation is tough, they share those opinions with us", he added.
The "hard situation" that Cubans are experiencing, and apparently also the leader, includes shortages, inflation, blackouts, and more recently, the specter of the need to cook massively with firewood and charcoal.
The severe energy crisis combined with the lack of fuels on the island is once again leading to unusual scenes for the 21st century, such as a mother who had to resort to cooking with firewood in the middle of a central street in the city of Holguín.
A video shared on social media allows you to see the woman watching over a pressure cooker sitting on firewood, cooking some food.
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