A Cuban pigeon fancier has gone viral on social media after posting a video where he explains in detail how an organized network of messenger pigeons operates in Cuba, generating ironic and indignant comments among internet users.
In the clip lasting one minute, shared by the official profile of the government of Songo La Maya, Santiago de Cuba, the man describes to a group of regime military personnel a system in which breeders exchange pigeons between different localities —such as San Mundo del Crucero and Alto Zongo— to ensure that messages reach their destination.
The man describes what he presents as a “complex and sophisticated messaging system,” in which a dove is released from an agreed-upon point and then collected at the destination by another person to deliver the message to the final recipients.
The system operates through a reciprocal exchange: each pigeon fancier sends their own pigeons to a breeder in another part of the country, and that breeder does the same in the opposite direction.
"I take this dove, send 20 of my doves to Zongo. That one sends me 20 here," he details.
In cases of urgency, the birds are distributed among all members to broaden coverage: "From this one, I send 5 so that all the pigeons of the pigeon fanciers are legally distributed. With the goal that the message, wherever it needs to be sent, will reach its destination."
The video has accumulated over 31,000 views and dozens of comments, most of which are ironic.
Internet users interpreted the explanation as a symptom of the collapse of communications on the island, with reactions ranging from dark humor to resignation. Several users pointed out that in the twenty-first century, Cubans are forced to rely on communication methods from the nineteenth century.
Nai Zald said, "It's amazing, the same method as in the First World War."
"Remember that Americans have the imperial eagle, which coincidentally has a great affinity for doves; they love them," ironized Dayan Montero Vazquez
For his part, Randy Alfonso continued the mockery: "What connection speed do the satos have and how much RAM do the buchones have?"
Jorge Luis Gonzalez said: "The whole world advanced 67 years, and we have gone back that same amount in time."
The context in which the video emerges is not coincidental. Cuba is undergoing one of the worst energy and telecommunications crises in its recent history, with daily massive blackouts that collapse the National Energy System and paralyze the services of ETECSA, the state telecommunications monopoly, leaving entire communities without internet, landline, or mobile data.
The regime also declared the use of Starlink illegal without state authorization starting in April 2025, blocking one of the few connectivity alternatives available to Cubans.
The episode is not the first to link Cuban pigeons with social media. This month, a Cuban pigeon with identification rings was found exhausted in Panama City, Florida, after crossing the open sea, which also generated a viral trend with comments about the bird "fleeing the regime," directly paralleling the massive human migration from the island.
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