Cuban mother wins gift basket for giving birth on Fidel Castro's birthday

A mother from the province of Guantánamo received a baby basket after giving birth to her baby on the birthday of the dictator Fidel Castro.

The suitcase, delivered by workers from the Territorial Division of the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) in Guantánamo, was given to the first newborn at the Agostinho Neto General Teaching Hospital.

Although the publication shared by the government entity does not specify the content of the delivery, the shared photos show that the bag contained baby clothes and shoes, as well as other necessary products for the newborn.

This is one of the many activities that take place in Cuba to venerate the image of the dictator who was in power for 47 years and, paradoxically, has been the cause of Cuban families being separated.

Last Saturday, 74 swimmers recreated the Crossing of the Bay of Matanzas, an open water event "motivated by Fidel Castro."

The swimmers departed from the old Captaincy of the Port to Playa el Tenis and completed a route of 2.5 kilometers, which was conquered by Alberto Javier Oliveros Pérez, an engineer from ETECSA in that province.

According to the official broadcaster Radio 26, the winner expressed that the test "is a challenge to the human will to overcome, a sentiment instilled in various generations of Cubans by the Commander-in-Chief Fidel, who challenged his time and led a triumphant Revolution in January 1959."

Another example was a "voluntary" work done at the Haydee Santamaría Popular Council.

In shared images, the leaders are seen weeding the propaganda fences of the Revolution and the assailants at the Moncada Barracks, located on the Siboney road. This type of task, more symbolic than productive, underscores the forced nature of an activity that is presented as "voluntary."

Meanwhile, young communists from the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud held a campsite at Arenas Negras to await the dictator's birthday.

These examples reflect the regime's persistence in paying tribute to the architect of the crisis being experienced on the island, even though its followers find it hard to acknowledge.