“They have destroyed Cuba”: Filmmaker depicts the country ravaged by the regime

The Cuban filmmaker Carlos Díaz Lechuga published a strong message on social media in which he claimed that "they have destroyed" the country and described a scenario of collapse of basic services, social deterioration, and impoverishment, which he directly attributed to the regime.

In his text, the filmmaker portrayed a “sick” island, with “the electrical system down”, “thousands of spots… without water”, “hygiene 0”, “nothing to eat” and prices “sky-high” compared to salaries that “are laughable”.

In the post, Díaz Lechuga insisted that everyday life has become unsustainable due to the combination of scarcity, deterioration of infrastructure, and an economy that —in his view— punishes the population.

"The dollarized country and people earning in pesos," he wrote, before denouncing that "all families in Cuba" are "broken, divided" and that there is no "real justice."

She also stated that prisons would be filled with people “for the simple act of thinking what is right to think,” and described a “dignity erased” by the persistence of the leadership in power.

The filmmaker directed his criticism towards the political realm by holding accountable “a family” that, according to him, “doesn’t want to relinquish power,” and stated that everything happens “for money.”

In the most visceral part of his message, he argued that while “an entire people” is “destroyed”, the elite indulges in luxuries: “the Castro family and Díaz Canel travel by private jet, buy watches and shoes from high society.”

He concluded with a symbolic image of Castroism as an endless mourning: “Fidel died, and the wake goes on and on…”

Díaz Lechuga's statement appears in a context of increasing pressure and public debate on social media regarding the national crisis and the role of cultural figures who challenge the regime's priorities.

In the same context, a recent controversy featured the actor Luis Alberto García, who responded to a user attempting to discredit his opinion for not being a “man of science or technology,” following the artist's criticisms of political marches amid power outages and shortages.

That discussion reignited a conversation about the right of creators to express their opinions and the social cost of the crisis facing the population.

Her most recent posts, in which she laments the lack of empathy from the authorities regarding the health and energy crisis, have gathered hundreds of supportive comments, although they also include attacks from users sympathetic to the government.