An explosive exchange about Cuba shook the Chilean program Sin Filtros, known for its confrontational and highly polarized style, when a Cuban identified as Leonel Delgado confronted several panelists live and ended up being accused of defamation after calling those who defend the Cuban regime "criminals."
The most tense moment occurred during a debate about the political situation on the island and a possible intervention by the United States. Visibly upset, the Cuban guest lashed out at Javier Pineda Olcay, known as Milhouse Pineda and one of the panelists, after he stated that "there is democracy in Cuba."
"You are a criminal. Because going to Cuba and praising a dictatorship that has destroyed my country for 67 years is being a criminal," shouted the man in the middle of the studio.
The discussion escalated quickly as the other participants tried to interrupt each other. At another moment, the Cuban asserted that he is not afraid of being deported due to his irregular immigration status and made a statement that raised the tension of the debate even further:
"Where are they going to send me? To Cuba? So that they can imprison me, so that they can kill me?"
Pineda responded immediately by threatening him with legal action.
"You've earned the complaint. You have the right to be a traitor, but you cannot insult," he said in front of the cameras.
The tone of the program even led to jokes among the panelists and host Gonzalo Feito, amidst the verbal chaos that characterizes Sin Filtros. One of them, specifically the former presidential candidate of Chile for the 2025 election, Johannes Kaiser, joked by saying, “the lawyer is going to make Cuba pay for it.”
In another segment of the same program, former Argentine Vice President Carlos Federico Ruckauf made statements about the political future of Cuba and suggested that the United States would seek a figure similar to Delcy Rodríguez in a potential transition.
"I believe that there the North Americans want a Delcy Rodríguez," Ruckauf affirmed, before stating that Raúl Castro would be interested in negotiating an exit that guarantees protection for his family.
"Raúl wants a transition that will save his life, his son's, his daughter's, and his granddaughter's," he stated.
The former official also linked the policy towards Cuba with Donald Trump's electoral interests and the weight of the Latino vote in the United States.
The statements and the intense confrontation sparked reactions on social media, where many users shared clips of the program and debated both the tone of the Cuban and the stance of the Chilean panelists regarding the reality of the island.
Although Sin Filtros has a large audience in Chile and part of Latin America, the program is not considered a traditional news show, but rather a political debate and entertainment show characterized by constant ideological clashes, interruptions, and live confrontations.
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