A Cuban mother identified on TikTok as «La cubanita» posted a heartbreaking video last Wednesday, summarizing in just over a minute the exhaustion of thousands of families on the island: hunger, misery, a lack of doctors, and a collapsing educational system.
"We are a medical powerhouse but we don't have doctors. We are surrounded by the sea but there isn't even fish to eat. Hunger is killing us, misery is killing us," the woman says with a trembling voice.
The video quickly became a barometer of the desperation faced by Cuban mothers in 2026, accumulating over 7,900 views, 907 likes, and 115 comments in just a few hours.
One of the most compelling points of the testimony is the complaint regarding education.
"Cuba is freed from illiteracy, and classes finish almost two months early without a final exam; children advance to the next grade without having met all their objectives," the mother notes, answering the implicit question herself: "Why? Because the conditions in the country do not allow children to study as they should."
His words align with verified facts: the Cuban government advanced the closure of the school year 2025-2026 by approximately 15 days due to the energy crisis, eliminated the entrance exams for Higher Education, and Miguel Díaz-Canel himself acknowledged that it was necessary to "reorient the curricular design" due to the lack of fuel and electricity.
The educational authorities in Havana had already suspended classes on March 5 due to the instability of the electrical system, in a country where power outages can exceed 20 hours a day in some provinces.
"The children suffer collateral damage because they lack the essentials even for their growth," laments the woman, whose video is part of a series of viral testimonies from Cuban mothers who have turned to social media to express their despair.
UNICEF warned in November 2025 that one in ten Cuban children suffers from severe food insecurity, consuming only two of the eight essential food groups.
The video of "La cubanita" ends with a question that nobody in the regime seems willing to answer: "How much longer? How much longer? What future? Tell me what future there is. I can't take it anymore."
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