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The former spy Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), appears to be stuck in a time warp.
While the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) lifted the blockade on its official speech this Sunday and offered to cooperate with the United States, he continues to sing praises and quote Fidel Castro, while calling for a “revolution” that now only exists in the school manuals of the former regime.
"Here, even four-year-old boys already know what Revolution and homeland mean," quoted Hernández Nordelo on his social media, tagging the statement with hashtags of impossible eternities and illusory victories.
The message, more reminiscent of a billboard from the 80s than the intellect of a homo politicus from 2026, reflects the total disconnection between Havana's new diplomatic narrative and the fossilized language of popular castroism.
The foreign ministry led by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla begins to speak of "respectful dialogue" and "international standards," but - from his imaginary trench and heroic grandeur - Hernández Nordelo continues to invoke his bearded idol, the children with scarves, and the epic of the trench.
It’s not surprising: in recent months, Hernández Nordelo has become a sort of revolutionary absurdity influencer.
From his office at the CDR, the former spy seems determined to embody the most delirious nostalgia of Castrism just as the MINREX removes the word "blockade" from its official rhetoric.
In mid-January, he reappeared on social media wielding a Soviet PKM machine gun, lying on a mattress and sporting a Rolex—a scene that resembled a tropical Rambo mixed with a museum selfie—declaring that "the people desire peace, but they will not be surprised by war."
Weeks later, he attempted to mock a graffiti that appeared on the Malecón which said, "Enough already. Cuba to the streets." The result was exactly the opposite: he ended up amplifying the opposing message and giving it international visibility.
But the last straw came on January 30, when he shared a photo of an Argentine baby in an incubator and used it to argue about the supposed effects of the "blockade" on Cuban children's health. The image actually came from the Materna Argentina image bank.
Thus, amidst staged selfies, patriotic memes, and export quality fake news, Hernández Nordelo seems determined to demonstrate that disinformation remains the only war that Castroism knows how to fight.
While the regime rehearses a language of cooperation towards the U.S., its neighborhood spokesperson clings to the same old script: resurrecting dictator Fidel every time reality proves that the so-called "revolution" no longer breathes.
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