The Cuban content creator Robert Evangelista once again shook up social media with a post that combines humor, satire, and social critique.
Its peculiar "Letter of the Year 2026 for Cuba" is a parody of the traditional Yoruba predictions that each January signal the start of the Afro-Cuban religious calendar.
In the video, which has already surpassed 89 thousand views, Evangelista appears reciting solemnly a series of ironic phrases, where “signs,” “orishas,” and “proverbs” serve as a mirror of the current Cuban reality.
Communal Governments, they are not beggars, they are disguised actors, it announces at the beginning, in a clear allusion to the deterioration of public services and the precariousness on the island.
Then it adds that the Letter of the Year’s Sign accompanying it (Itacoa I am hungry): “It speaks about the importance of leaving the rice because none of us are Japanese,” referring to the recent statements made by a regime official regarding the crisis in food production in the country.
The influencer introduces fictitious and absurd elements that reflect the public's frustration with the crisis: “Ruling Orisha, Chikungunya,” “We must light a candle for the company Aguas de La Habana because all diseases will be cured by drinking water.”
The proverbs of his unique "sign" left no one indifferent:
- Lemon is no longer the foundation of everything
- Potatoes are not grown in Cuba
- With a touch of a cauldron, the neighbor doesn't leave the neighborhood
The publication concludes with a phrase that many interpreted as a message of creative resistance and continuity: “It has been a difficult year, but the next one will be better. If you are a good believer, you must resist.”
Amid laughter and double entendres, Evangelista manages to transform social discontent into shared humor, highlighting that even in the darkest moments, Cubans retain the ability to laugh at their own reality.
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