The Cuban historian in exile Jorge Luis León confidently stated that Cuba will experience a democratic transition in November 2026 and that he plans to return to the island that month "with his American passport and with Cuba democratic once again."
León expressed his certainty in a live interview with CiberCuba, in which he also denounced the signature collection campaign launched by the regime on April 19 under the name "My Signature for the Fatherland."
"I am 76 years old, I have undergone open-heart surgery, but I don’t want to die without going back to Cuba, without seeing my daughters there, without seeing my friends, and without being able to go to the park and shout ‘long live free Cuba’ once again," declared the historian.
When asked why he was so confident that the Cuban political transition would happen before November, León pointed directly to Washington.
"I am so sure because it seems that within the U.S. government they have grown tired of all this commotion and of having such a submissive enemy to dangerous forces like Russia and China, so close to the United States, just 90 miles away."
The historian emphasized that China and Russia pose real threats to the United States, and in his view, the Cuban regime has surrendered to these powers "for crumbs," renouncing any sovereign dignity.
"The conflict with the United States is the most foolish policy that could have been adopted this century. From the last century to this one, it has been a sterile and useless dispute that has only taken us back to the caves," declared León.
His words about the situation in Cuba were devastating: "We are in the caverns, without light, without water, without electricity, without transportation, without dignity. There is nowhere to bury a dead person. There aren't even coffins."
León described scenes that he referred to as "barbarism," and regarding the campaign "My Signature for the Fatherland," launched by the Communist Party to support the declaration "Girón is today and always," he was emphatic. "It is a farce; it is such a miserable and low act that it truly exposes the shabby essence of this regime. It resorts to pressures to seek the support it does not have."
His statements come at a time of intense pressure from the United States on the Havana regime. The Trump administration has imposed more than 240 sanctions, including an executive order that blocked between 80% and 90% of Cuban crude oil imports, worsening the blackouts.
On April 10, a secret meeting between delegations from the United States and Cuba was held in Havana. This is the first time a U.S. government plane has landed on the island since 2016.
"Ronald Reagan ended communism in the Soviet Union, and Trump will take credit for ending communism in America. In November, Cuba will be democratic again. I ask God to grant me, before I die, that happiness," concluded León.
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