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The Cuban comedian and actor Ulises Toirac published today, Easter Sunday, a reflection in which he described the situation in Cuba as "a catastrophe" and stated that he sees no solution "even in the medium term."
Toirac shared the text on his public Facebook profile, in response to a friend who asked him how he viewed the country's path.
"I see it very, very poorly. The doctrine that sowed intransigence: Cuban against Cuban, served as fuel for our long-standing divisions that significantly hindered the triumph of the mambí wars," wrote the artist.
For Toirac, this historical fracture has not only persisted but has intensified. "Today, our country is in a state of catastrophe, because this catastrophe of the Nation is stronger than ever," he stated.
The comedian identified the main obstacle as the inability of all social actors to place the nation before their individual interests. "As long as we don't understand that there is a Nation to save rather than just factions, and as long as we all continue to cling to selfish privileges that exacerbate the opposite, we are more fried than a liseta in Manzanillo," he argued.
His diagnosis was especially bleak regarding the timeframe. "I don't see a solution even in the medium term. The wounds are more significant than the wishes."
Taking advantage of the symbolic framework of the significant Christian celebration, Toirac framed his reflection as a question about "what prevents us from returning to (life)," while concluding with a direct statement: "No battle is won this way."
The publication comes in the context of the artist's intense critical activity on social media in recent months.
On Saturday, Toirac warned that the pardon of 2,010 prisoners announced by the Cuban government as a humanitarian gesture for Holy Week excluded those convicted of "crimes against authority," the category under which the regime has systematically prosecuted demonstrators from the massive protests of July 11, 2021, and subsequent acts of civil disobedience.
"The phrase 'excepting crimes against authority' makes me suspect that in the hypothetical case of pardons for political prisoners, it will be done in a very selective manner," he noted.
Throughout March, Toirac also attributed the electric collapse to "30 years of mismanagement due to poor policy" in investments, dismissed the idea that external sanctions are the main cause of the economic crisis, and stated that the decisions of this government are what set the economy on fire.
As of the end of February 2026, the organization Prisoners Defenders reported 1,214 political prisoners in Cuba, 218 of whom have been sentenced for sedition with average sentences of 10 years.
This Sunday’s publication was accompanied by an artistic image of the Cuban flag disintegrating, a visual symbol that reinforces the tone of the message: "No battle is won this way."
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