While the people of Cuba endure blackouts, food shortages, and a decline in basic services, the regime spokesperson Marxlenin Pérez Valdés travels through Spain to -according to the official version- "denounce" the new phase of "American imperialism" under Donald Trump's administration.
The screenwriter and host of the television program "Cuadrando la Caja" is embarking on a tour of no less than 18 cities to discuss the escalation of the embargo, the energy crisis, and what she describes as disinformation campaigns against the Island.
According to the regime-friendly portal Cubainformación, the tour is organized by the State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC), and it includes support rallies called by leftist groups.
Under the slogan "Cuba in the face of the new phase of American imperialism," Marxlenin, the wife of one of Fidel Castro's grandsons, will visit Madrid, Sevilla, Málaga, Córdoba, Valencia, Gijón, Oviedo, Logroño, Zaragoza, and Barcelona, among others.
The organizers state that all events will have security services and a right of admission.
The tour is also part of international activities celebrating the centenary of Fidel Castro, under the slogan “100 years with Fidel.”
Despite the fact that the government's poor management and economic policies have left the people in the worst economic crisis in decades, the official presenter, however, focuses her discourse on solely blaming the United States for the internal situation, a stance she defends on television and social media.
In January, following measures taken by Trump that declared a national emergency by considering the Cuban government a threat to U.S. security, Marxlenin reacted by calling the decision "the latest farce against our country."
Pérez Valdés holds a doctorate in Philosophical Sciences and is a former Marxism professor at the University of Havana. She is married to Fidel Castro Smirnov, the grandson of the late historical Cuban leader, which connects her directly to the political elite of the country.
He has publicly expressed his admiration for the ruling Miguel Díaz-Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta, and has been involved in controversies for defending official positions on the food crisis on television and discrediting critics of the system.
Their program "Cuadrando la caja," broadcast since 2022, is presented as a space to discuss economics "from the Cuban socialism" perspective, although its discussions merely replicate the government's narrative.
On one occasion, he stated that before Hugo Chávez came to power in Venezuela, Cuba had already begun to "recover economically", claiming the legacy of Fidel Castro in the period following the Soviet collapse.
The name Marxlenin -which combines references to Karl Marx and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin- was chosen by her parents while they were studying philosophy at the University of Havana, as she has mentioned herself in television interviews.
In a participation on the Round Table, he recalled that he got to know Fidel Castro, who joked about the possibility of being called Fidelia.
The tour of Spain aims to strengthen support networks for the Cuban regime in a context of heightened political tension on the international stage.
Meanwhile, the internal situation of the Island continues to be marked by deep economic and social difficulties, in contrast to the external activity of one of the most prominent voices in the official narrative.
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