The Cuban regime celebrates International Children's Day: "They must be cared for."

The Cuban regime congratulated the children of the island this Saturday on the International Day of Childhood with a phrase from the dictator Fidel Castro in which he stated: "they must be taken care of and watched over like the pillars on which a work is founded."

The President of the National Assembly, Esteban Lazo, posted on X: "On the International Day of Childhood, congratulations to Cuban girls and boys". He then shared Castro's quote: "And that's what we should focus on the most: on today's children, who are tomorrow's people. We must take care of them and watch over them as the pillars on which a work is built."

The ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel also posted a message on the occasion of the date, where he assures that "for the hope of the world, for its well-being and its future, Cuba fights. For the Cuban Revolution, every day is International Children's Day."

Lis Cuesta, who is not recognized as the first lady but acts as such, wrote on her Facebook wall: "For all the children in the world, our best wish today, especially for the Palestinian children, who are drowning in tears and death during their childhood. Stop the genocide now!!!" she pointed out.

However, the "warm" messages from the regime were met with responses from Cubans outraged by the situation that children in the Caribbean nation are living through.

Childhood in Cuba goes from blackout to blackout. What have they done to fix the electrical infrastructure that is over 40 years old?? Nothing. "Invest" in hotels, for sure, and have them empty," a netizen posted on Diaz-Canel's wall.

"They are unable to sleep due to a 20-hour blackout while you travel the world; (they are) hungry and unaware of what chocolate is while your wife organizes gourmet food events, (they are) unable to laugh while your owners' grandchildren squander Cuba. Dictator," independent journalist José Raúl Gallego wrote.

Inflation, food shortages, the emigration of thousands of parents, and the energy crisis have cast a shadow over the childhood of thousands of Cuban children.

Many of them have had to start working as street vendors to help their families, and some mothers cannot send them to school after 20 hours without electricity service, where the intense heat and mosquitoes do not allow the children to rest properly.