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The Cuban retiree Inés Casal published a lengthy post titled "I don't know about you, but I..." on Facebook, in which she presents a stark portrayal of present-day Cuba and sends a direct warning to the regime: the citizens are no longer fooled.
Casal, mother of the activist and independent artist Julio Llópiz-Casal - one of the key figures in the 27N movement - structured her message in a series of cartoons, each beginning with the same repeated phrase, accompanied by an observation about the reality faced by the Cuban people.
"I see more and more Cubans waking up and understanding that we cannot remain silent," he writes at the beginning, praising the youth who, despite being indoctrinated by the system, "have shed the Marxist and atheistic burden and are courageously, with dignity and patriotism, confronting this cruel and bloody dictatorship."
Regarding the rulers of the so-called "continuity" - referring directly to Miguel Díaz-Canel and his circle - Casal is relentless: he describes them as "an absurd caricature of the commander who preceded them," incapable of even emulating Fidel Castro's malice, and notes that "one can only have talent if one has a good heart."
"Fewer and fewer people are swayed by Castroist buffoons, by trivial speeches, and by staged and manipulated interviews," he claims.
The retiree also describes the visible exhaustion in those who attend official events: "I observe every day that there is greater weariness, greater bitterness, greater fatigue in the faces of those who are brought to prepared events that no longer mobilize 'revolutionary' consciences."
And he adds: "I see greater fear in the faces of those who shout empty slogans that they don't even believe in themselves."
Casal celebrates that some intellectuals—musicians, visual artists, actors—are beginning to stand up against the dictatorship and issues a warning to those who remain silent: "Those who continue to stay quiet, and who will continue to do so, will one day not too far off face history and their descendants. That will be the punishment for such base opportunism."
On the material situation of the country, the text leaves no room for doubt: "I see a people that can no longer endure how they live: without electricity, without water, hungry, in a growing state of destitution, living like zombies, resorting to drugs and antidepressants to at least forget for a while the terrible reality they face."
Regarding the international community, Casal is blunt: "I expect nothing from global organizations like the UN, certain NGOs, the EU, all the leftist and socialist movements in the world, and other etceteras that we know. I neither expect nor ask anything from them; they are filled with opportunists."
This is not the first time that Casal has raised his voice with such firmness. In March 2025, he published another text in which he stated that Cuba is in the hands of a criminal and opportunistic elite and concluded with the question: "Or is it that Cuba is already dead?"
This time, however, it concludes with a statement of civil faith: "I continue and will continue with my hope intact."
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