“Don't talk to me about politics,” insists the father from Cuba, as he asks his daughter, who emigrated to the United States, to increase the remittance from 150 to 200 dollars and, by the way, to send some medications as well.
In a serious tone, perfectly mirroring the reprimanding air of certain Cuban "communists," content creator Abdiel Hernández has depicted the double standards incubated by the regime of the Island and its most steadfast defenders when they attempt to maintain an anti-imperialist discourse while simultaneously living off the economic assistance that comes from “the North.”
The piece features a character who, while emphatically defending the stability of the Cuban system and dismissing reports of citizen protests — “that in Morón… were just four antisocial elements” — simultaneously requests an increase in the family allowance, because money “is no longer enough for anything.”
The monologue, crafted in a satirical tone, includes references to inflation, shortages, and the lack of medications, featuring an extensive list of drugs that the character asks his daughter to send from abroad, including painkillers, antihypertensives, and antibiotics.
"If we were not under blockade, we would be a global superpower; there would be an abundance of medicine, there would be an abundance of food, there would be abundance of everything," says the character, referring to the economic restrictions imposed by the U.S. on the Island.
Thus, throughout the conversation, the protagonist insists on blaming the Washington government for the shortages, without even remotely mentioning the responsibility of the Cuban rulers in the destruction and unproductivity of the country and the curtailing of freedoms and civil rights.
The father assures his daughter not to worry, that "nothing is missing" in their home, which—according to his description—depends on equipment and supplies she previously sent from that enemy country where “they brainwashed her”: rechargeable lamps, solar panels, fans.
The video also parodies the consumption of state media, suggesting that the "truth" about the country's situation can only be found in the Cuban television news, featuring journalists such as official spokespersons Humberto López and Randy Alonso, in contrast to the discrediting of other "enemy" information sources like journalists Mario Pentón, Juan Manuel Cao, and other influencers opposed to the Havana government.
The video intentionally highlights the character's repeated refusal to "talk about politics," despite the conversation constantly revolving around that topic in a society like Cuba, which is bombarded in every space and moment by the political propaganda of the totalitarian regime.
The scene culminates with an additional request: the management of an invitation to travel to the United States, undertaken by the father as a personal sacrifice "under protest," solely to see his daughter and granddaughter, which reinforces the ironic tone of the content by highlighting the distance between anti-capitalist ideological rhetoric and individual aspirations, a candid portrait of the prevailing double standard.
The publication, which has generated thousands of reactions and has been reproduced or shared countless times, has prompted users to recall similar cases in a country whose crumbling economy relies predominantly on remittances from abroad and the export of professional services under exploitative conditions as two of its main sources of survival.
The video also recalls that from "we don't want them, we don't need them," which Fidel Castro once proclaimed regarding those who did not share the imposed political ideology on the island, the tone has shifted to a plea for the exiled to return and invest their dollars in the country to save the regime from collapse.
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