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The Cuban singer Manolín "el Médico de la Salsa" published a powerful message on Facebook this Wednesday, where he criticizes the campaign "My signature for the Homeland" launched by the Cuban regime, and urges his fellow countrymen to "open their eyes" and not cooperate with those who oppress them.
The campaign was launched last Sunday by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), presented as a "spontaneous" movement of civil society, but organized from the Ideological Department of the Central Committee to collect signatures in support of the Revolutionary Government's Declaration "Giron is today and always."
"Open your eyes, fellow countrymen, do not save your executioners," wrote the artist, who accuses the regime of preparing "a mass suicide of the people so they can remain in power."
Manolín directly points to Raúl Castro as the main responsible party and describes the doctrine of the "war of the entire people" as a sinister plan in which citizens would be used as cannon fodder in the event of a confrontation with Estados Unidos.
"Cubans are their hostages, their slaves, and their human shields," asserted the singer, who claims that the regime knows it cannot win a war against Washington, and that is why it hopes the world will put an end to the conflict in light of the magnitude of civilian casualties, while the leadership remains in power.
In his post, Manolín recalls the words of a friend in Havana: "These sons of bitches swore they would take everything with them to the grave, including us, and they are keeping their promise."
The artist lists everything the regime refuses to grant: the release of political prisoners, free elections, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and equal rights for all Cubans.
It is not the first time that Manolín has criticized the warlike rhetoric of the regime. He previously wrote: "It has always been this way, they never call the people for anything good. For Angola war, for Ethiopia war, for Venezuela war, for Grenada war, for Ukraine war, and now war in Cuba as well."
Manolín is not the only one rejecting the initiative. The opposition figure José Daniel Ferrer declared last Sunday: "No signatures in favor of tyranny. With signatures or without them, they are going to fall soon; we will bring them down soon."
On social media, there are also mockeries directed at those participating in the campaign, with phrases like "They are fugitives from folic acid" or "For every signature, there are 10 more hours of blackout".
It is not the first time the regime has resorted to this tactic: in September 2025, it carried out an identical campaign to support Maduro, in which the Ministry of Education demanded signatures from minors under the threat of being labeled counter-revolutionaries, which prompted a formal complaint from the organization Cubalex for violations of children's rights.
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