Ferrer claims that the U.S. has "all the strength" to end the regime: "It has the support of most Cubans on the island and in exile."

José Daniel Ferrer García, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), posted this Friday on his social media that the United States "has all the moral, legal (Raúl Castro murdered American citizens), military, economic, and political strength necessary to put an end to the Castro-Communist regime," and also has "the support of the majority of Cubans on the Island and in Exile."

The message comes shortly after it was revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to criminally charge Raúl Castro for the downing of two planes from Brothers to the Rescue on February 24, 1996, in which four American citizens or permanent residents were killed over international waters.

Ferrer’s reference to the "legal force" of the United States thus receives concrete and immediate support: the possible indictment against the 94-year-old ex-dictator for a crime that the OAS determined occurred nine to ten nautical miles outside of Cuban territorial airspace, in violation of international law.

In his post, the opposition member demanded an end to decades of oppression with a series of direct calls: "It is time to put an end to oppression and extreme misery, to repression and political imprisonments. It is time for no opposition members to be exiled and for those of us who want to return to our Homeland to be able to do so. It is time for Cubans to have freedom of expression, press, association, assembly, and peaceful demonstration in our country. It is time for free multiparty elections."

The post is part of an intense international campaign that Ferrer has been carrying out since early May. On May 5, he appeared before the European Parliament in Brussels, where he denounced "the worst crisis in modern history" of Cuba and demanded Magnitsky sanctions against the regime.

The next day, he requested before the MEPs that the U.S. do in Cuba "as soon as possible something like what happened in Venezuela on January 3," referring to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, an operation in which 32 Cuban intelligence agents were killed.

On May 11, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Independiente from Warsaw, Ferrer claimed that the regime "will not survive this year" and warned Europe: "If Europe continues to turn its back on us, Cuba will end up erecting altars to Donald Trump. And Spain will be responsible."

Ferrer's argument regarding popular support is backed by recent surveys. An independent poll with 42,263 valid responses revealed that 60.9% of Cubans support direct military intervention by the U.S., and 64.9% endorse the overthrow of the regime "by any necessary means, including armed ones."

This Thursday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana and met with officials from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior, including Raúl Castro's grandson, to convey the message that the U.S. is willing to engage in dialogue "only if Cuba makes fundamental changes."

Ferrer was exiled from Cuba in October 2025 along with his family following a hunger strike at the Mar Verde prison to protest against torture. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience.

"Without a doubt, we are very close to the end of the Castro-communist regime," the opposition figure stated days ago, in a phrase that encapsulates the tone of his entire international campaign in recent weeks.