The Cuban content creator Alejo Valdés Quintana erupted on social media over the neglect suffered by the people of Cuba, stating that the crisis on the island is not a priority for the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel or for the United States.
In a video posted on Instagram a young Cuban expressed: "Things are really tough. We're all waiting for someone to do something in Cuba. I'm tired of hearing every day that everyone is waiting for things to get better. Everyone is waiting for the United States to do something."
The author questions the logic of placing hopes in Washington: "How can you expect the United States, a country that has blocked you for years, to come now, extend a hand, and save you? Don't be hypocritical."
However, he points with equal harshness at the regime: "Díaz-Canel and all those spineless people in power are Cubans like you and me," yet they oppress their own people.
Valdés Quintana also denounces the climate of repression that prevents any public complaint on the island.
"Simply saying this can get you imprisoned. It makes no sense," he claims. And he poses a question that encapsulates the essence of his message: "Why do you sit in your house waiting for one of these two sides to decide for you, for your children, for your grandchildren, for your descendants?"
He is not the only one who has raised this type of message with rhetorical discourse. A Cuban in the U.S. recently expressed a very similar frustration.
The video is produced during one of the most critical moments that Cuba has experienced in decades. The two governments are engaged in diplomatic negotiations since February 2026, but the regime refuses to discuss the release of political prisoners or substantial changes to the system.
Washington, for its part, has sent 30,000 barrels of fuel to the Cuban private sector and announced humanitarian aid of 9 million dollars, but it maintains the embargo on the government and demands a regime change that Havana rejects.
In that negotiating scenario among elites where the people have no voice, Valdés Quintana invokes history to warn that the lack of unity has been the cause of all Cuban defeats.
"The only viable option I see is finding a way to leave the country." This sentiment is shared by many young Cubans who abandon the "life project in the Revolution".
"From my point of view, they are not interested in the Cuban people. They are not interested in you. They are not interested in me," summarizes Valdés Quintana, in a phrase that thousands of Cubans have made their own.
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