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Humberto López, host of the propaganda program "Razones de Cuba" on National Television of Cuba, participated on Wednesday in the V International Homeland Colloquium, where he and other attendees and living statues dressed as Fidel Castro.
The event, held from April 16 to 18 at the Estación Cultural de Línea y 18, in El Vedado, Havana, carries the slogan "Homeland with Fidel" and was inaugurated by President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday.
Images posted on Facebook by user Yaquelin González with the hashtag #PatriaConFidel showcase three distinct scenes: a group of six people posing next to a cardboard cutout of a man in an olive green military uniform, black beret, and beard, surrounded by logos of Sputnik, teleSUR, Cuban Television, and Radio Rebelde; another group beside a living statue depicted as a revolutionary guerrilla with a rifle and bronze makeup, with signs for "V International Colloquium" and Granma in the background; and a third group of five people alongside a large photograph cutout of a young Fidel Castro sitting on a rock.
In one of the panels in the venue, it read: "Biographical summary of Fidel Castro... articles written by Fidel during the revolutionary struggle and all his most recent words and writings... from a thousand speeches and interventions of the Cuban Revolution".
The presence of media outlets such as Sputnik, teleSUR, Granma, Cuban Television, and Radio Rebelde in the venue illustrates the nature of the colloquium as a platform for state media and those aligned with the Cuba-Russia-Venezuela axis.
The V Colloquium brought together over 500 participants from more than 20 countries and was organized by the Union of Journalists of Cuba, Casa de las Américas, and the Cuban Chapter of the Network of Networks in Defense of Humanity.
The event is dedicated to the centenary of Fidel Castro's birth and the 65th anniversary of the victory at Playa Girón, which gives it a particularly symbolic significance for the regime.
López has been labeled as a "violent repressor" by the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba for his smear campaigns against independent journalists, activists, and opponents.
In November 2025, the host accused the independent media outlet El Toque without evidence of operating a scheme of "currency trafficking" and an "economic war" financed from the United States, and presented personal files with photos and information of 18 alleged executives of the outlet on his program.
His participation in the Patria Colloquium aligns with his role as a spokesperson for the Cuban state's media apparatus, an event that critics have described as official propaganda disguised as an academic debate on communication.
The closing keynote of the V Colloquium, scheduled for this Friday, is titled "The Word Made Revolution: Fidel and Communication".
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