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The former Cuban military pilot Orestes Lorenzo Pérez, known for his historic escape in a military plane and his subsequent clandestine return to rescue his family, has once again voiced a strong criticism of the Havana regime, stating that “the only real and active army that Cuba has today is that of the cyberclarias.”
In a recent post on his social media, Lorenzo mocked the military exercises broadcasted by Cuban state television, in which the regime showcased alleged defense maneuvers against a U.S. invasion.
"They have unleashed a cheap tough-guy offensive that saturates social media with threats to take out anyone," he wrote.
"They show images from the mobilization and combat training event to reject a U.S. invasion and 'make the Americans bite the dust of defeat,'" he said.
The former pilot described those demonstrations as a “comedy viewed with humor from the outside and with horror from the inside,” because —as he stated— the Cubans know well who the real threat is aimed at: “The people understand who the regime refers to when it showcases those exercises.”
Lorenzo also questioned the lack of coherence between the official discourse and the reality of the country: “If the Cuban leadership were truly prepared to reject foreign intervention, they would have followed the plan of ‘War of Everyone’ and distributed weapons to every revolutionary. But that has never happened.”
No one in Cuba is armed or prepared to fight that much-talked-about war. In the event of an invasion, they wouldn't even have time to gather stones to throw, wrote Lorenzo Perez, who resides in the United States and remains connected to the aviation world.
For the expert, this lack of military preparedness demonstrates that “the true enemy that the dictatorship fears is not the United States, but the Cuban people themselves.”
In his opinion, the regime will never hand over weapons to the population, not even to its most loyal supporters: “They fear that those very weapons could be turned against them.”
In previous statements, Lorenzo had also pointed to the power structure in Havana and the figure of President Miguel Díaz-Canel, whom he referred to as a “disposable puppet.”
“The ones who placed the clown Díaz-Canel in the presidency need to back away from him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him 'resign' for completely false reasons,” he commented days ago.
The former officer of the Revolutionary Army recalls that in the Cuban political system “everyone is a replaceable object as needed.”
His analysis aligns with that of several experts who point to internal tensions within the military and political apparatus of the regime, especially following the economic decline, widespread blackouts, and the growing social discontent on the island.
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