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Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) and former spy of the Havana regime, published a video on social media showing a Cuban sleeping on cardboard in Miami, with the intent of attacking Cuban-American politicians and the American capitalist system.
In the video, the man explains his situation directly: "I sleep in this little spot here, with cardboard on the floor. Look at the cardboard here, I collected it and I use this for my back from here to the bed."
Hernández accompanied the post with a direct criticism of Marco Rubio, María Elvira Salazar, Mario Díaz-Balart, and Giménez: "Don't they say they want to help the Cubans, and that they will build houses for everyone? Build a little house for this fellow countryman, and for the many who live like him in Miami! #EnoughOfHypocrisy".
Far from achieving the desired propaganda effect, the publication triggered an avalanche of criticism from Cubans in exile who dismantled the argument one by one.
Wendy Galvez Sanchez was straightforward: "There is good work available. And I see it as healthy. Here, you can't survive on tricks like in Cuba." Galan Yovi pointed in the same direction: "He sleeps whenever he wants; I think it's better for him to get a job at Walmart so he can earn some cash."
Maivys Zuñiga pointed out the fundamental difference between both countries: "He lives there out of laziness, but in Cuba, those who live like that do so because they have no other choice."
Mario Ernesto Montero posed a question that captured the sentiments of many: "Ask yourself first why they are here and why they would rather be on the streets here than turn back."
Alain J Aleman added sarcastically: "But I still don't see the first raft from Miami to Havana." Ale MP was equally firm: "He lives there because he wants to, plus he prefers living there than returning to Cuba."
The video accumulated over 88,000 views and 998 comments, most of which reflected the same argument: in Cuba, poverty has no way out, while in the United States, those who work can get ahead.
A history of posts that generate the opposite effect
This is not the first time that Hernández's publications have the opposite effect of what was intended.
This Monday, the former spy used photos of the "No Kings" protests in Times Square to ask if the United States was a "failed state," and he received ironic responses from Cubans who pointed out the blackouts of up to 20 hours a day on the island.
Before, he was photographed pedaling a bicitaxi in La Güinera, an action that was described as "foolishness" and "a staged act" by internet users.
In January, he attempted to discredit the graffiti "Basta ya! Cuba pa' la calle" on the Havana Malecón and ended up amplifying the anti-government slogan.
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