Ulises Toirac responds to the government's cyberclarias: "With what I've worked for, the hospital could be purchased."

The Cuban comedian Ulises Toirac responded to the attacks from Roberto Herrera, a pro-regime cyberclaria with a restricted profile on Facebook, who questioned his access to healthcare in Cuba.

Herrera accused him of "discrediting the system" and then relying on it when he needed it.

"Ulises has dedicated years to criticizing the Cuban system. He has called it inefficient, collapsed, without a future. But when his right eye began to fail, he did not seek private clinics in Miami or insurance in New York. He came to Cuba," said the individual.

Toirac, accustomed to censorship and professional marginalization due to his criticisms of the Government, described the attack as a crude attempt to stifle his opinion and defended his career forcefully.

The first thing he clarified is that he did not come to Cuba for healthcare, because he lives in Cuba.

And he specified that at the Ramón Pando Ferrer hospital "La Ceguera", where a serious eye condition is treated, they have not 'returned' his health. "They have made an effort to halt the progression of an illness," he noted.

The actor recalled that, throughout his career, he was the star, director, and screenwriter of three high-rated television shows for nearly 20 years, in addition to directing more than 14 theater productions with box office records, and touring the country for four decades.

"With what I have earned, the hospital could have been purchased. It's that simple," he emphasized on .

Toirac also praised the medical workers in Cuba for their knowledge, expertise, and sacrifice, but emphasized that this should not silence their criticism of the system's shortcomings.

"Being treated in a hospital (which also serves the rest of the population, because I will not go to any exclusive private clinic available only to the elite of power) cannot silence my opinion nor diminish the wrongs being committed in this country," he stated, referring to how the regime uses healthcare as a tool for control and blackmail.

Finally, he denounced the level of official media manipulation and described Herrera's text as "a demonstration of how pathetic they are in debate and how weak their arguments are."

"You should be ashamed," he concluded.

The post garnered strong support on social media from colleagues and friends.

Luis Alberto García labeled the attacker as a "far-left fascist" and criticized the intolerance, extremism, and lack of debate in Cuba.

"Anyone who does not adhere to the rigid, singular narrative is branded a traitor, a subversive, a fifth columnist, or a counter-revolutionary. We have a sick nation," he wrote.

The comedian Jorge Díaz Valera stated that those who are truly blind are the ciberclarias. "When there are no resources to fight the truth, they resort to blackmail."

Other art professionals also joined the defense of Toirac.

Luis Lacosta, art director of the ICAIC, wrote: "Your writing is excellent; we must respond to the troublemakers wholeheartedly," while the musician Dagoberto Pedraja described it as an act of dignity in the face of "the braying of a misguided fool."

Toirac's messages indicate that the government's attacks and those of its defenders are part of a systematic smear campaign aimed at silencing those who have openly criticized them.

In another filled with irony and humor, he pointed out that the official accounts refer to him as "mercenary scum" and "traitorous scum" who for years "has slithered like a snake against the invincible advance of our Socialism."

Ulises Toirac concluded his response by reaffirming his critical stance and defending his right to dissent, while denouncing the arbitrariness of a system that uses censorship and intimidation as tools of control over artists and citizens.

His messages, which have received hundreds of supportive comments, are a symbol of resistance against political manipulation in Cuba.

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