Cuban comedian Otto Ortiz, renowned for using humor to highlight societal issues and criticize the regime, expressed on Tuesday that he would like to live on Cuban television: "There's so much optimism, so much joy, so much faith in the future."
Ortiz lamented on Facebook about his residence in Nuevo Vedado and listed the reasons why he believes it would be much better to live at Televisión Cubana.
"My television life would have the dollar at 120... At 120!" the comedian remarked, highlighting that the regime maintains that exchange rate, while the informal exchange rate in Cuba is quite different.
If I lived on television, the National Insurance Company (ESEN) would surely have already replaced the car they owe me from almost five years ago. But no, we're in 2019 and they haven't given anything for months.
The comedian announced in 2023 his intention to sue ESEN for breaching their agreement and accused the entire management of making agreements for years that they cannot fulfill, and of simply “meeting with their dissatisfied clients to buy time and prolong their suffering.”
The comedian lashed out at that company because in the past he signed a contract to insure his car, but it was of no use to him.
Finally, Ortiz stated that another reason for moving to the "neighborhood" of Televisión Cubana is that "ETECSA, Aguas de La Habana, the Electric Company, Public Health, and even private agricultural cooperatives, should all be national vanguards and serve the people," thereby denouncing that the state media portrays a conflict-free and sanitized version of Cuban reality.
"Well, I’ll trade," the Cuban comedian finally stated, who reacted indignantly in April to the program aired by the Mesa Redonda focused on the issue of insurance in Cuba: "Lying has become a way of life," he said.
In the comments section, the comedian's followers agreed that, for Cuban television, the country has very few problems.
Yaquelin Pérez pointed out that, “Cuban TV is a shelter where there is everything. If you really want to achieve your goal, you must transfer to the NTV. There, everything works and it’s nice in service of the people. Corruption is fought, markets are full, factories are producing, and the ESEN is doing a hard job.”
For his part, Rafael Duenas expressed that he is on the verge of “turning away from the U.S. to live in the NTV. That sounds good, the NTV is better than the U.S. Here, plans are not fulfilled as much, there isn’t as much joy, and things don’t work as well.”
"I wonder if 'those people' feel any shame or embarrassment about all the things they say, which we all know (including them) are lies," noted Maleybis Pérez Camacho.
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