The Cuban singer Aymée Nuviola reacted strongly to the televised appearance of Miguel Díaz-Canel and shared an extensive reflection on her social media addressed, as she explained, to the Cubans living on the island.
In the video, published this Thursday, Nuviola began by clarifying the purpose of her message: “Gentlemen, I am making this video for the people who live on the island, for the Cubans who are inside Cuba,” and she asked for the content to be shared so it could reach more people.
The artist stated that she had seen and attentively listened to the intervention of the Cuban leader and expressed her outrage at the content of the speech. “I was listening and watching what Díaz-Canel said to the Cuban people today, and the indignation is that it is something that I, ladies and gentlemen,” she affirmed.
Nuviola criticized what she considered a speech disconnected from the reality of the population, referring to statements made by Díaz-Canel about energy experiments and alternatives for cooking. “He talked about experiments they can conduct with gas, with crude oil, with cooking, as if we were in the eighteenth or nineteenth century...” she noted.
In contrast, he described the social situation that Cubans are facing: “A people that is starving, that has no medicine, that spends most of the day without electricity,” and added that during the winter there were people “who didn’t even have a coat to wear, given the cold weather.”
The singer also questioned why the Government does not provide clear information about the negotiations with the United States. “How come they don’t tell the people what conditions the United States is imposing for negotiation?” she asked, and stated that, in her opinion, “everything the United States is asking for is simply something that can directly benefit the Cuban people, and it’s not in their interest.”
Nuviola was particularly critical of the official discourse regarding the so-called "achievements of the Revolution." “What are the achievements of the revolution that need to be defended? What are they?,” she questioned, before stating: “Health, which is supposedly an achievement, is useless; education is useless; hygiene is useless; electricity is useless; nothing works!”
At another point in the video, he directly accused the ruling elite of protecting their economic interests. “Do you know what they are defending? The millions they have abroad,” he claimed, adding that those leaders “have stolen from the people.”
The artist also criticized the contrast between the situation of the leaders and that of the average citizen. “They want to stay in their Cuba, with their conveniences, with their people joking about communism, with their millions,” she said, and concluded: “Because they don’t care about the people, it’s all a lie of that criminal dictatorship.”
In her message, Nuviola also referred to what she described as a loss of dignity caused by the prolonged crisis. “That government has stolen their dignity,” she stated, adding: “When one reaches such a low level of survival, there is no longer any dignity.”
The singer stated that there is an opportunity for change and asserted: “For the first time, a U.S. government has genuinely taken an interest in the situation of the Cuban people, and this is an opportunity for justice.”
Finally, he urged Cubans to reflect on the official discourse and its repetition over the years. “Listen to Díaz-Canel's speech again, and tell me, how many times have you heard the same nonsense?” he expressed, before calling to “open your eyes.”
Nuviola's statements come after Díaz-Canel's appearance in which he acknowledged a severe energy crisis, discussed a return to measures similar to those of the Special Period, and presented proposals such as electricity generation from waste and biogas, amid prolonged blackouts and fuel shortages, as explained in his televised message and in the announcement of an energy plan based on the use of waste.
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