The Cuban actress Angelina Castro launched a direct critique against the political strategy of the Cuban exile in the United States, asserting that decades of funding and votes given to Cuban-American congressmembers have not yielded any concrete results for the island or for Cubans living in the country.
In a recent interview with CiberCuba, Castro stated that he has no "illusions" about the situation in Cuba and that he has long stopped believing in what he refers to as "fairy tales."
"I am an older lady, I'm almost 50 years old, and after you turn 40, you have to sit down and realize the nonsense you've believed your whole life and how we've been used," she stated.
Castro, based in Miami and part of the so-called historic Cuban exile, noted that the United States has been providing funds to institutions fighting for Cuba for decades "and we haven't gotten anywhere."
For the actress, the moment closest to a real improvement was during the diplomatic opening of the Obama administration, which was harshly criticized by some sectors of the exile community.
"The closest we came to an improvement in the Cuban situation was during Obama, and he faced criticism," he said, adding that thanks to that opening, the internet arrived on the island.
Castro defended dialogue as a strategy and criticized that both Obama and the current Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, have been attacked simply for sitting down to negotiate with the regime.
"If we do the same thing, we won’t get different results", he asserted.
His most direct criticism was aimed at the Republican congresswoman from Miami, María Elvira Salazar, whom he described as someone "more lost than I would be in a church reading the Bible."
Castro questioned Salazar's statements in which she claimed that President Donald Trump was unaware of Trump was unaware of the situation of undocumented Cubans. "Ma'am, we are not foolish, how long will you continue to deceive us?" he asked.
Castro argued that if Trump truly ignored what happens with the Cubans, despite the numerous laws that Salazar supposedly promotes in his favor, then "the president should not be the president of this country".
The actress called on the Cuban-American community to reconsider their electoral behavior.
He stated that voting for politicians who harm the living conditions of Cubans in the United States in exchange for promises about the island's freedom is "foolishness" that the community has been repeating for years.
"They're messing with us here in the United States because I am truly interested in Cuba."
Quiero que sea libre... pero yo no puedo votar por un senador ni por un congresista que me esté poniendo la cosa mal aquí con el sueño de hada de que me ponga la cosa mejor en Cuba. Eso es una estupidez de nosotros los cubanos y lo hemos hecho por años", concluyó.
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