The official program Con Filo recently published a promotion for its episode "Who Wants an Invasion Against Cuba?" on Facebook and received exactly the opposite of what it intended: a flood of Cubans inundated the section with comments openly supporting a regime change, even by military means.
The post garnered more than 2,364 comments, the vast majority of which responded affirmatively to the implicit question in the title, in what users themselves described as a monumental propaganda failure.
User Harold Rodriguez counted 239 messages saying yes before adding his own, while Iran Capote wrote: "Is there any comment here that says no? I'm tired of reading and reading; all I see are those who support."
The responses ranged from humor to profound despair.
Ernesto Duarte summed up the general sentiment with a phrase that was repeated in dozens of variations: "Short answer: me. Long answer: Meeeeeeeeee!"
Others were more direct: "The invasion is not against Cuba, it is for Cuba and against you," wrote Focotown with Yaya Panoramix, while Yurgen Orlando Martinez Ollet noted, "I don't know whose idea it was, but the survey backfired."
Several commentators emphasized that they were not asking for a war but for political freedom.
Alex Michel Matos Sánchez wrote: "No one, we do not want invasion, we want freedom, free elections, free trade, the legal mechanism to change the political system whenever the people choose to do so."
Hanssel Carrillo added, "I just wish to live in a country where wanting a different system is a real possibility and not a reason for discrimination."
Susy Martinez was even more direct with the regime: "If you don't want war or invasion, let the people choose and decide genuinely without reprisals, and you will see."
Many users challenged the program to show the results on television, anticipating that they would never do so.
«With Filo, I challenge you to make the result public,» wrote Ma Chete, while Yan Marcos Reguera Aquit stated: «This publication will not be aired on television.»
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced federal criminal charges against Raúl Castro for the downing of two planes from Brothers to the Rescue on February 24, 1996, which resulted in the deaths of four U.S. citizens.
The next day, the U.S. deployed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Caribbean waters, although President Donald Trump denied that the move aimed to intimidate the regime.
Reports from the media Politico indicated that officials from the Trump administration were frustrated because the sanctions and the fuel blockade had not succeeded in bringing about changes on the island, with military options on the table although there was no imminent operational decision.
In this context, Con Filo devoted its episode to denouncing an alleged media campaign aimed at justifying an aggression against Cuba, not anticipating that its own publication would become the most eloquent thermometer of popular frustration.
This is not the first time that the program, produced by Cubadebate and launched after the protests on July 11, 2021, has faced massive rejection from Cubans on its own platforms.
Danay Santana sarcastically summed up the outcome of the initiative: "All the personal pronouns: I, you, he or she, we, you all, they and them too. The whole world, man. Because what you all are doing is just too much. We want freedom for Cuba."
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