The businessman and influencer Sandro Castro, grandson of Fidel Castro, is generating controversy on social media after publishing his new "Notisandro" on Instagram, where he combines sarcasm and open critiques of the crisis in Cuba, while advising Cubans on where they should not invest.
Sandro appears in the video with a bottle of repellent tied to his head, referencing the health crisis caused by the aedes aegypti mosquito. He introduced himself “reporting from Apagonia, where the only light visible is that of the sun,” clearly alluding to the power outages and the dark crisis in the country.
Among jokes and ironic comments, the dictator's grandson referred to the rise of the dollar in the informal market, claiming that “El Toque is driving the price of USD to 450 pesos,” and urged his followers to “not buy” in order to force a decrease in the value of the currency.
What is curious is that Castro avoided discussing the alternative exchange rate that he had promised to launch this week with the support of private entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium-sized enterprises on the island.
This sudden "forgetting" occurs after days of an intense campaign by the regime against El Toque and after it was revealed that the Central Bank of Cuba will be the institution to present a new exchange rate, although the government did not announce the date when it will be made public, nor the method they will use.
Sandro's silence fueled speculation among his followers, who were eager for details about the alleged economic project and jokingly invited him to become the minister of the sector now that the former head of the department has fallen from grace.
In a humorous tone, Sandro also mentioned the informal market of "La Cuevita" in Havana, pointing out that there one can find "the best investment opportunities."
In response to the question of whether it was a good time to invest in gold chains, the influencer replied: “I see a lot of long chains, it's not the time to invest in that.”
The phrase was interpreted with a double meaning. It is an ironic reference to the trial of reggaeton artist Chocolate MC, who is facing a possible life sentence in Miami, and to whom Sandro left a message of support in the same video.
However, with his ambiguous statement, the most public of the Castros also refers to the judicial process against former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil, who could receive a sentence similar to that of the reggaeton artist, but in Havana, after being tried by the regime behind closed doors last week, in a process shrouded in complete secrecy.
Sandro ended the video with laughter and jibes at the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel, indirectly labeling him as responsible for the country’s energy and economic crisis.
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