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Abel Prieto Jiménez raised a new alarm about the future of Cuba in an article published by Cubadebate and attributed to REDH Cuba, where he openly asks: “Are our days numbered?”. However, rather than a self-critical reflection on the economic and social collapse that the country is experiencing, the text insists on blaming the "Empire" and the alleged international media offensive as the central explanation for the disaster facing the Island.
Prieto is discussing the context following the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3rd and asserts that this event sparked a “wave of anti-Cuban euphoria” on social media, fueled, according to him, by “both real and virtual annexationists” who are celebrating the potential end of the Revolution.
The president of Casa de Las Américas describes this phenomenon as a mix of resentments, historical frustrations, and "appetites for revenge" that, in his view, culminate in an "openly fascist discourse."
In his analysis, Prieto also links this alleged offensive to the executive order signed by Donald Trump on January 29, which he describes as part of a strategy of "total economic suffocation" against Cuba. To support his argument, he quotes activist Manolo De los Santos, who characterizes U.S. policy as a "collective punishment" designed to use "hunger, darkness, and disease as political weapons."
The text not only emphasizes the idea of the external siege but also introduces an element it terms “the meme war.” Prieto reproduces an analysis from the Media Observatory of Cubadebate that warns of a supposed “coordinated avalanche” of memes circulated from Florida, between January 30 and February 2, depicting Cuba as “the 51st state” and Marco Rubio as a “key operator of punishment and transition.”
The article describes this content as annexationist propaganda and part of a psychological offensive that, according to Prieto, aims to undermine the will of the Cuban people. In this context, he argues that American "think tanks" would be responding to recent acts of political reaffirmation by the regime, such as the tribute in Caracas to 32 fallen soldiers and the March of the Torches on January 27.
But the underlying message, despite the question in the title, ultimately reaffirms the narrative of resistance. Prieto refers to a video of Fidel Castro in which the late dictator mocks predictions about the fall of the Revolution: “The 60s... it won't happen overnight... The 70s... it won't happen this week...”.
However, the text highlights a contradiction that is hard to conceal: while the government denounces external campaigns, the crisis within Cuba continues to deepen. The country faces constant blackouts, chronic shortages of food and medicine, uncontrollable inflation, collapsed wages, and a massive migration that has emptied entire neighborhoods.
In that scenario, Prieto's insistence on attributing the national decline to "memes," social networks, and external conspiracies seems more like an attempt to shield the regime's political narrative than a convincing explanation for an exhausted population.
The question "Are our days numbered?" sounds less like a genuine concern for the future of the country and more like a rhetorical strategy to revive the old narrative that Cuba endures, but is always under attack.
Meanwhile, on the streets, the question many Cubans are asking is not whether the Revolution is on borrowed time, but how much longer the people can endure.
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