The Cuban singer-songwriter Descemer Bueno reacted strongly to recent statements made by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, regarding the situation of hunger in Cuba.
The artist wrote his comment in the replies section of a post from CiberCuba on Facebook that captured the words of the leader.
From that perspective, Descemer questioned Lula's interpretation of the causes of the food crisis on the Island and asserted that the internal restrictions imposed by the Cuban system itself prevent the population from producing or obtaining food.
"Tell this idiot that they don't even let us fish for food, plain and simple," the musician wrote in the comment, directly responding to the politician's statements, an old ally of the Castro regime.
In his message, the singer-songwriter listed several limitations that, he stated, citizens face within the country in accessing food or producing it on their own.
"We cannot sacrifice a cow that we do not have, because it is prohibited," he pointed out in the same post, referring to the legal restrictions that exist in Cuba regarding cattle farming and the slaughter of livestock.
Descemer also stated that, in his personal experience, even attempts to promote agricultural projects have encountered obstacles.
"I once wanted to create a field project to help the people of the town, and they sent me a rapid response brigade," she stated, referring to the groups organized by the regime that were mobilized to respond to situations deemed problematic by the authorities.
The singer concluded his remark by asking for an explanation to those whom he believes are spreading a false version of the Cuban reality. "Tell these liars," he added at the end of his message.
Descemer's words were spoken in response to statements made by Lula during the opening of the 39th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Brasília.
At that event, the South American leader stated that the food crisis affecting Cuba is not due to the country's inability to produce food or energy, but rather to external restrictions.
"Cuba is not suffering from hunger because it doesn’t know how to produce or generate energy. Cuba is experiencing hunger because they don’t want it to have access to the things that everyone should have the right to," stated Lula during his speech.
He used the Cuban case as an example in his criticism of international leaders who, according to him, allocate significant resources to military spending instead of prioritizing the fight against hunger.
He also compared the situation in the Island to that of Haiti. He pointed out that if some governments refuse to support Cuba for ideological reasons—since it is a communist country—they should at least help Haiti, which he described as a devastated nation dominated by gangs, facing comparable levels of hunger.
His statements came at a time when Cuba is facing a serious energy and economic crisis, with issues related to fuel supply, prolonged blackouts, and a growing shortage of food and basic goods.
Lula attributed the worsening of the situation to the measures taken by the Trump administration.
On January 29, Trump signed an executive order threatening to impose tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba, considering that the Island poses a risk to U.S. national security.
The energy pressure intensified days earlier, on January 3, when Washington announced the end of Venezuelan oil supplies to Cuba following a military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro.
After that action, Trump urged the Cuban government to negotiate with the United States "before it is too late."
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