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The journalist Henry Omar Perez from the state-run Cuban News Agency (ACN) based in Villa Clara, posted on Facebook this Saturday an image with a red background and white text that says "I am Cuban and reject military intervention in Cuba," triggering a flood of responses that reflect the deep division among Cubans both inside and outside the island.
The post accumulated over 1,092 reactions, 508 comments, and 15 shares, turning into a digital battleground where most internet users quickly questioned the journalist's credibility and the coherence of his message.
In a personal comment, Perez lashed out at those calling for intervention: "I find it striking that all those who have commented demanding a military intervention in Cuba live outside the island with their entire families. One must be very shameless to call for bombs on a country while watching from afar in an air-conditioned room."
The response from internet users was emphatic. Several asked him directly where his children live, implying that he himself might reside outside of Cuba.
One called him a "snitch," and another was more direct: "As a Cuban journalist associated with the regime, you have to post what you're told to publish."
What most undermined Perez's argument was the voice of Cubans claiming to live on the island who also support intervention.
One of them wrote: "I live in Cuba, and a military intervention is the only way to free ourselves from the communism that has brought nothing but hunger, misery, and destruction to this island. Cuba is destroyed without bombs falling, and its leaders see it from their air-conditioned rooms."
Other internet users pointed directly to the journalist's political contradiction. "You reject the same things that Raúl Castro rejects," one of them shot back.
Another was more succinct: "Better to say I’m a communist and reject any intervention." A third posed an unanswered question: "Aren't you brave enough to reject the perpetuity of the PCC in power, to condemn that a young mother is sentenced to 15 years for posting a video online, while a murderer gets eight years and is out in five?"
There were also those who, without calling for intervention, rejected the journalist's stance with equal firmness.
"I am Cuban and I reject a military intervention in my country, but I would like a radical change for the people since we can no longer endure this, and things keep getting worse," wrote one user. Another encapsulated the mood of many with a single phrase: "But if we are already dead, what are they talking about?"
One comment reflected the climate of repression on the island: "I don't want war, but I do want better; I don't comment because they throw me in jail."
The profile of Perez as a pro-government journalist is not new: in November 2025, he called the independent outlet El Toque a "terrorist" and insulted its director. In April 2026, he published his marked ballot for Díaz-Canel with the message "I voted for Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and I would do it again."
The publication comes at a time of heightened tension between Cuba and the United States.
President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near the Cuban coast, stating that the U.S. could "take Cuba almost immediately" and did not rule out applying the same formula used to capture Nicolás Maduro to the regime in Havana.
The Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez warned of a potential "bloodbath" if a military action were to take place, while the Pentagon and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States dismissed any imminent intervention.
An internet user ironically summarized the essence of the debate: "Cuba has been under military intervention for 67 years."
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