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The Cuban scientist Amílcar Pérez-Riverol highlighted on social media the seriousness of the crisis the country is facing and harshly criticized the Havana regime for blaming the United States for the economic collapse.
"People in Cuba are already living: without electricity, without gas for cooking, without food to cook, without a stable water supply, without medications, without quality hospital care, without transportation, without decent salaries, without basic sanitation, without hygienic-epidemiological conditions, without vacations, without state protection, without hopes," wrote the Cuban researcher in a post on his Facebook profile.
The scientist, who currently resides in Germany, wondered: “What do the regime and its representatives mean by saying that ‘more difficult conditions are coming’? What could be more difficult than the absolute material misery they are already subjected to? What more will they squeeze out of the people just to avoid leaving?”
Pérez-Riverol's words circulated widely on social media, in a context where the Cuban government has revived its victimization narrative and claims that the United States is attempting to "suffocate the Cuban economy" and provoke an "extermination" of the people.
In another message, the scientist directly responded to that official narrative. “Trump did not nationalize and centralize the economy. Trump did not undermine private initiative. Trump did not chain dozens of failed economic policies. He did not improvise plans that were as ridiculous as they were useless. He did not squander decades of Soviet and Venezuelan subsidies. He did not set back the sugar industry by more than a century. He did not extinguish the fishing industry. Nor did he make us a country without food sovereignty. Trump did not strangle small businesses every time they took off. He did not demonize, canonize, and then demonize the dollar again. He did not invent the Reordering. He did not abolish university autonomy. He did not expel or exile professors, journalists, intellectuals, or workers. He did not extinguish freedom of expression. He did not silence every dissenting voice. He did not imprison peaceful protesters. Nor did he invest in hotels what was lacking in hospitals. He did not confuse Revolution with nation,” he wrote in another .
And he concluded: "For the sake of intellectual honesty, we must look back seven decades before pretending that Trump is to blame for this disaster."
His statements come just days after the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, acknowledged in an interview with the EFE agency that Cuba is set to begin a “reorganization process” that will be “very difficult for the population.” This announcement, which provided details on a possible internal readjustment of the state apparatus and a greater military centralization of resources, has been interpreted as a signal that the regime is preparing to manage collapse, rather than to prevent it.
In that context, Pérez-Riverol's words take on a particular weight as he describes a country where the population already lives in extreme conditions.
In a third post, the scientist went further and urged the regime to negotiate his exit to avoid further suffering for the people. “The only dignified action left for the regime in Cuba is to negotiate its exit after ensuring a peaceful transition without further suffering for the people. Leaving is the only decent act in decades. Leaving to prevent further sinking of the country into misery, absolute chaos, and violence. Leaving to avoid more pain,” he expressed.
And he added: "May at least his final act be for the good of all. To leave and let Cuba dream. To leave and let Cuba heal. To leave and let Cuba be at peace."
Pérez-Riverol's posts, available on his Facebook profile, have become a reflection of the widespread sentiment of frustration both on the island and beyond, where the population faces daily blackouts lasting over 20 hours, rampant inflation, and a crumbling economic system.
While the regime promises a "painful process," voices like that of the scientist insist that true change will not come through further reorganization, but rather with the departure of those who have been repeating the same mistakes for decades.
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