Angelina Castro, one of the most popular faces on television in Miami, for her participation in the show La Cosa Nostra on América TeVe, has appeared on the program Transición en Cuba to discuss the future of the country where she was born over forty years ago. But time does not seem to touch her. She has not been able to quell the fervor with which she defends her political views, completely against the grain, in a city like Miami, where you're either communist or you're not. There is no middle ground.
At the peak of this interview, the actress points out those who have built a career around the Cuban cause, receiving support from the United States government. "They have no leaders. All they know how to do is take grants," she says, outraged. She also highlights those who "scream in Miami, but never picked up a machete in Cuba."
The only thing he agrees with them on is the urgency of releasing political prisoners. "That's the part that needs to change," he emphasizes.
The media star is clear: as long as Cubans do not see a steak sandwich, they won't understand why they need a change. That's why their opinion is to start lifting the embargo gradually, while keeping an eye on the regime and with the constant threat that if it doesn't make the necessary reforms, they "could cut the chain."
"For me, the solution is that the United States should focus on the U.S. and stop thinking of Cuba as a threat, because it is certain that the Cuban regime will not attack anyone."
Her solution is the same one that Obama presented 15 years ago and which failed. But she now defends it, just as she defended that Obama would win the elections when all her colleagues on television were betting against it. "And I won," she emphasizes.
For her, for example, there is no difference between Obama's negotiations and those of Marco Rubio, it all depends on how one wants to perceive it. She didn't see pressure before, and she doesn't see it now. In contrast, she views Cuba as being more open today than it was before Trump arrived; however, despite being Cuban, she feels very American and wants domestic issues in the United States to be prioritized before discussing intervention in Cuba, donations to Israel, or missiles in Iran. She sees no reason for taxpayer money not to be sufficient to ensure housing for veterans, yet it is being spent in liquid form across the Strait of Hormuz.
Regarding the transition in Cuba, Angelina Castro assumes it will take a long time to materialize. "Cuba will take a while," but it must start little by little because, in her opinion, there is no plan B. "What is the other option? What is the other party? We have to start to balance that out," she concluded.
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